Tunisia: Overturn Unjust ‘Conspiracy’ Trial Convictions

Beirut — End Sham Trial; Release Those Arbitrarily Detained

A Tunisian Court on November 17, 2025, is scheduled to hear the appeal of 37 people unjustly sentenced to heavy prison terms in a politically motivated “Conspiracy Case” from April, Human Rights Watch said today. Four of those detained are on hunger strike, including one who, according to his lawyers, was subjected to physical violence in prison on November 11.

The defendants were charged under numerous articles of Tunisia’s Penal Code…