mohammed abbou
On 24 May 2007, Mohammed Abbou one of Tunisian leading human rights defenders was forcibly dragged from a meeting with his family simply because his wife Samia mentioned that she had met a joint Front Line and Human Rights First mission in Tunisia to investigate the situation for human rights defenders
24 мая 2007 г. Мохаммеда Аббу, одного из ведущих правозащитников Туниса, насильно вывели с еженедельного свидания с родственниками только потому, что его жена Самиа упомянула о ее встрече с представителями совместной миссии фонда «Фронтлайн» и организации «Хьюман Райтс Фёрст», которая прибыла в страну расследовать положение правозащитников.
Представитель «Фронтлайна» Наташа О’Брайен, выступая с заявлением у тюрьмы Эль Кеф, сказала следующее: «Преследование Мохаммеда и Самии Аббу является подтверждением всему тому, что мы увидели в ходе нашего пятидневного визита в Тунис, где правозащитники и их семьи являются жертвами жестоких репрессий».
Самия Аббу приехала в тюрьму Эль Кеф на еженедельное свидание с мужем вместе с представителями фонда «Фронтлайн» и «Хьюман Райтс Фёрст». В предыдущие визиты Самия уже подвергалась физическому насилию, ей угрожали и запугивали.
24 мая 2007 г. Мохаммеда Аббу с применением насилия выпроводили из комнаты свиданий всего минуту спустя после начала свидания.
Two years of detention for denouncing torture in Tunisia
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PRESIDENT BEN ALI
Président M. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Président de la République Palais Présidentiel Tunis
1 March 2007
Re: Mohammed Abbou, two years of detention for denouncing torture in Tunisia
Your Excellency,
I am writing to express my deep concern for the Tunisian human rights defender Mohammed Abbou, his wife, Samia Abbou and their children. Mohammed Abbou is an eminent human rights defender from Tunisia. He was arbitrarily arrested in Tunis on 1 March 2005, and was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in April 2005. He was charged for publishing an online article, in which he criticized Tunisian prisons, comparing them to Abu Ghraib. According to family members who have visited him in prison he has been kicked and punched by prison guards and denied medical attention.
Two years of detention for denouncing torture in Tunisia
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PRESIDENT BEN ALI
Président M. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Président de la République Palais Présidentiel Tunis
1 March 2007
Re: Mohammed Abbou, two years of detention for denouncing torture in Tunisia
Your Excellency,
I am writing to express my deep concern for the Tunisian human rights defender Mohammed Abbou, his wife, Samia Abbou and their children. Mohammed Abbou is an eminent human rights defender from Tunisia. He was arbitrarily arrested in Tunis on 1 March 2005, and was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in April 2005. He was charged for publishing an online article, in which he criticized Tunisian prisons, comparing them to Abu Ghraib. According to family members who have visited him in prison he has been kicked and punched by prison guards and denied medical attention.
Samia Abbou, esposa del importante abogado y defensor de los derechos humanos Mohammed Abbou, fue víctima de un brutal ataque el día 7 de diciembre. Un grupo de alrededor de 40 hombres vestidos con ropa civil la atacaron y golpearon tanto a ella como a otros tres líderes defensores de derechos humanos, en los alrededores de la prisión El Kef, cerca de Túnez.
Samia Abbou había viajado a El Kef a visitar a su esposo, quien está detenido allí. La acompañaban los defensores de los derechos humanos Moncef Marzouki, ex – presidente del National Comittee for Liberties in Tunisia (CNLT) [Comisión Nacional por las Libertades en Tunicia] y del Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH) [Liga Tunecina por los Derechos Humanos]; Salim Boukhdhir, un conocido periodista; y Samir ben Amor, miembro fundador de la International Association for the Support of Political Prisoner [ Asociación Internacional de Apoyo al Prisionero Político]. Según los informes, la policía detuvo varias veces el vehículo en el que se trasladaban durante el viaje a El Kef y se hallaba presente en los alrededores de la prisión al momento del ataque.
Samia Abbou, wife of eminent lawyer and human rights defender, Mohammed Abbou, was subjected to a brutal assault on 7 December. She and three other leading Tunisian human rights defenders were attacked and beaten outside El Kef prison, near Tunis, by a group of about forty men in civilian clothing.
Samia Abbou traveled to El Kef to visit her imprisoned husband with human rights defenders; Moncef Marzouki, former president of the National Committee for Liberties in Tunisia (CNLT) and the Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH) Salim Boukhdhir, a well known Journalist and Samir ben Amor, founding member of the International Association for the Support of Political Prisoner. According to reports, police stopped the car in which they were traveling on a number of occasions throughout the journey to El Kef and were present outside the prison at the time of the assault.
ARTICLE 19 has made a joint appeal to incoming UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to remind the Government of Tunisia of its international obligations. Freedom of expression is severely curtailed in Tunisia and writers, journalists, editors and human rights defenders face ongoing harassment.
Read more and join the appeal to end freedom of expression restrictions in Tunisia
JOINT ACTION
22nd January 2007
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN TUNISIA STILL UNDER SIEGE OVER ONE YEAR AFTER WSIS
Hosting the United Nations-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunisia, a country where repression of human rights - in particular freedom of expression - is rampant, remains controversial.
ARTICLE 19 has made a joint appeal to incoming UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to remind the Government of Tunisia of its international obligations. Freedom of expression is severely curtailed in Tunisia and writers, journalists, editors and human rights defenders face ongoing harassment.
Read more and join the appeal to end freedom of expression restrictions in Tunisia
JOINT ACTION
22nd January 2007
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN TUNISIA STILL UNDER SIEGE OVER ONE YEAR AFTER WSIS
Hosting the United Nations-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunisia, a country where repression of human rights - in particular freedom of expression - is rampant, remains controversial.
18 May 2006
A group of women lawyers observed a 24-hour hunger strike on Wednesday 17 May in the Bar association building (Maison du Barreau) opposite the Palais de la Justice in the Tunisian capital of Tunis
The women were taking part in a sit in since 9 May, protesting against the Tunisian governments decision to create a law to take the control of the training of barristers away from the independent national Bar association – the Conseil national de l'ordre des avocats (CNOA).
The 32 women went on hunger strike because of police aggression perpetrated against them during the sit in protest.
Tunisian police verbally and physically attacked well-known lawyer, Leila Ben Dabba on the steps of Maison du Barreau as she was attempting to bring food to the protestors on Monday 15 May
The women have demanded a judicial enquiry into the attacks and the CNOA have condemned Government efforts to undermine the independence of the legal profession.
Tunisian lawyer Mohammed Abbou was imprisoned for three and a half years in April 2005 because of his criticisms of the human rights situation in Tunisia
18 May 2006
A group of women lawyers observed a 24-hour hunger strike on Wednesday 17 May in the Bar association building (Maison du Barreau) opposite the Palais de la Justice in the Tunisian capital of Tunis
The women were taking part in a sit in since 9 May, protesting against the Tunisian governments decision to create a law to take the control of the training of barristers away from the independent national Bar association – the Conseil national de l'ordre des avocats (CNOA).
The 32 women went on hunger strike because of police aggression perpetrated against them during the sit in protest.
Tunisian police verbally and physically attacked well-known lawyer, Leila Ben Dabba on the steps of Maison du Barreau as she was attempting to bring food to the protestors on Monday 15 May
The women have demanded a judicial enquiry into the attacks and the CNOA have condemned Government efforts to undermine the independence of the legal profession.
Tunisian lawyer Mohammed Abbou was imprisoned for three and a half years in April 2005 because of his criticisms of the human rights situation in Tunisia
