US EditionTunisian Aid Workers Convicted of Assisting Migrants but Will Go Free
Human Rights Watch and Tunisian groups say charges against aid workers criminalize humanitarian efforts amid a crackdown on NGOs as migration issues rise in Tunisia.
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At the hearing, 81-year-old Mustapha Djemali, a former high-ranking UN official, was an emotional advocate for his work, pointing out that his association occupied "asylum seekers, without any connection to illegal immigration" and that he had been working "in humanitarian affairs for more than forty years".
Tunisian aid workers convicted of assisting migrants but will go free
Two Tunisian aid workers were sentenced on Monday to two years in prison for assisting irregular migration but will be freed as they have already served time in prison, their lawyer said. The two workers are among more than a dozen aid workers who are awaiting trial after a May 2024 crackdown.
HRW slams trial of Tunisian aid workers for aiding migrants
Human Rights Watch on Monday called for charges against migrant aid workers accused of assisting irregular migration into Tunisia to be dropped, denouncing it as part of a broader crackdown on NGOs. The accused work for the Tunisian Refugee Council (TRC), an aid organisation that partnered with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, to screen asylum applications in the North African country. Tunisian rights groups have also condemned the trial, which res…
Tunisians Convicted Of Aiding Migrants But Will Go Free
Two aid workers accused of assisting irregular migration to Tunisia were sentenced Monday to two years in prison, with four months suspended, but will be freed after time already served, their lawyer said, sentences well short of what had been feared.
A portrait of Mustapha Djemali distributed by Amnesty International. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Five humanitarian workers, including a former high-ranking Tunisia-Switzerland, were tried on Monday, 24 November, in Tunis for facilitating the illegal entry of migrants into the country. This was the first trial of this type in Tunisia. Two of the defendants were sentenced to lighter sentences than expected, and the other three were dismissed, according …
Two aid workers get light sentence in Tunisia migration trial
Two aid workers accused of assisting irregular migration in Tunisia were sentenced Monday to two years in prison, with four months suspended. Mustapha Djemali, 81, head of the Tunisian Refugee Council, and project manager Abderrazek Krimi faced charges of sheltering migrants and facilitating illegal entry. Their lawyer said both men will be released immediately, having already served the majority of their sentences, offering some relief to their…
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