Afef Abrougui · June, 2011

Latest posts by Afef Abrougui from June, 2011

Tunisia: Protest to Free a Government Critic

Tunisian protesters took to the streets yesterday calling for the immediate release of Samir Feriani, who has been in custody since May 29, 2011, for openly criticising the Interior Ministry. Human Rights Watch and Anonymous both addressed the Tunisian authorities and asked them to free him.

13 June 2011

Tunisia: Official Arrested for Criticizing Interior Ministry

Samir Feriani, a senior official in the Interior Ministry, was forcibly arrested by the police and taken into a military barracks in Tunisia on May 29. Days earlier, he had published in “Al-Khabeer” magazine two letters addressed to the Tunisian people, in which he criticized the recruitment policy of the ministry.

5 June 2011