»Tunesien im Ausnahmezustand: Menschenrechtsverletzungen wie unter Ben Ali«

Since the 2010-2011 popular uprising against the repressive rule of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia has faced growing security threats from armed groups that seek to implement Shari’a law across the country. Police stations, the National Guard and army, particularly in areas near the Algerian and Libyan borders, have often been targeted with bombings and armed attacks. In 2015, Tunisia was catapulted into the international spotlight after three major attacks that were claimed by the armed group calling itself the Islamic State shook the country and shocked the world.

In response to the armed attacks, the Tunisian authorities have stepped up security measures, declared a state of emergency and relied on emergency laws. Amnesty International condemns unreservedly all attacks by armed groups that target civilians and recognizes the duty of the Tunisian authorities to protect the population from such actions. However, its research reveals that the implementation of these measures has often been arbitrary, discriminatory and disproportionate, and has led to a range of human rights violations increasingly reminiscent of the practices under Ben Ali’s rule. 

Despite the positive steps that have been taken in Tunisia over the past six years and the public commitment to human rights made by the authorities, human rights violations persist. The reality is that not enough has been done to break with the patterns of violations that were common under the Ben Ali regime to make Tunisia the success story it is often portrayed as. Many repressive laws still remain unchanged and enable continuing violations. Efforts to deal with past violations by providing victims with access to truth, justice and reparation have been slow and flawed.

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