“The prisons in Tunisia are filled to the brim with 33,000 prisoners!” Human rights organizations warn of unprecedented overcrowding and demand an end to political trials!

صحافة بلادي — The shocking figures about the state of prison institutions in Tunisia sparked a widespread wave of condemnation among human rights bodies and lawyers, after it was revealed that the overcrowding rate in Tunisian prisons exceeded double the legal capacity.

33 thousand prisoners in spaces that cannot accommodate more than 17 thousand

The Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights and civil society organizations explained that the expansion of the use of prison deposit cards in cases of opinion, political and union activity, and digital blogging (Decree 54) has exacerbated the overcrowding crisis in an unprecedented way.

Demands the release of prisoners of conscience and the activation of alternative punishments

Tunisian opposition forces and international human rights organizations called for stopping prosecutions of a political nature, respecting the independence of the judiciary, and activating mechanisms for conditional release and alternative punishments.