Tunisia: 25-Year-Prison Term for Prominent Human Rights Defender Sihem Bensedrine an Outrageous Injustice
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The verdict shows how hard Tunisia's judiciary is against regime critics. Bensedrine had documented thousands of cases of regime violence at the head of the Truth Commission.
Accused of falsifying parts of transitional justice files, the 75-year-old journalist denounces a political judgement and announces her intention to appeal.
The former journalist is questioned for his work at the head of the Truth & Dignity Mechanism, created after the 2011 revolution. His condemnation comes in a context of toughening the repression of critical voices in Tunisia.
A court in Tunisia sentenced Bensedrine to 25 years in prison, and the activist speaks of the regime's action against the re-examination of former crimes.
Tunisian human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine, one of the country's most well-known opponents, was sentenced to 25 years in prison in cases related to transitional justice. Justice was suing her for suspicions of falsification of part of the final report of the Mechanism Truth and Dignity (IVD), set up after the 2011 revolution and who heard thousands of victims of the powers of Habib Bourguiba (1957-1987) and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (1987-201…
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