Tunisia: IFEX TMG Urges Government to Cease Repeated Attacks On Activists Following Brutal Violence Against Sihem Bensedrine And Omar Mestiri

International Freedom of Expression Exchange Clearing House (Toronto)

5 March 2008

Members of the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition of 18 member organisations of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) network, are appalled at the treatment of human rights activists Sihem Bensedrine and Omar Mestiri upon their arrival in Tunisia on 3 March 2008.