Tunisia: FTDES Calls for Declaring State of Environmental Emergency in Gulf of Monastir

Tunis — The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (French: FTDES), Thursday, called for declaring a state of environmental emergency in the Gulf of Monastir, following “a recent environmental disaster triggered by the death of a huge number of fish, the contamination of the sea and the emission of bad odors.»

The FTDES called for urgent measures to be taken to address the disaster as soon as possible and hold all those accountable.

«Following this environmental disaster, a large number…