Tunisia: New Evidence of Torture Five Years On From 'Jasmine Revolution'

press release

New evidence of deaths in custody and torture suggests that brutal repression is on the rise again in Tunisia five years after the toppling of the previous authoritarian government (on 14 January 2011) by the "Jasmine Revolution", a move which sparked a wave of uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa.

During a visit in December, Amnesty International obtained information about deaths in police custody as well as allegations of torture during police interrogations. There have been at least six deaths in custody since 2011 in circumstances that have not been effectively investigated or where investigations have not resulted in criminal prosecutions.

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