The NGO Amnesty International on Thursday described as "arbitrary" and "illegal" the travel bans imposed on several personalities since the coup by Tunisian President Kais Saied.
The latter monopolizes, since July 25, all powers.
The human rights organization claims to have identified since that date at least 50 cases of travel bans targeting judges, officials and businessmen and a parliamentarian.
"The total number is probably much higher," Amnesty added in a statement.
"No trial or judicial investigation"
The examination of the 50 cases identified by the association "shows that people banned from travel did not really have a trial or judicial investigation opened against them" and that they were not informed of the ban on travel. travel only verbally by airport security officers.
These prohibitions are "without justification and in the absence of any judicial decision, in flagrant violation of their right to freedom of movement", denounced Heba Morayef, director of Amnesty International for the Middle East and North Africa, cited in this press release.
“Even in exceptional circumstances, a person should be able to see and challenge the evidence on which a travel ban is based,” she added.
A coup
Kais Saied, president-elect in 2019, invoked the Constitution to grant himself full powers, sack the head of government and suspend parliament for an initial period of 30 days, before announcing on Monday evening the continuation of these measures indefinitely. .
Since this coup, arrests, travel bans and house arrest have targeted magistrates, deputies and businessmen, as part of an anti-corruption "purge" promised by Kais Saied, now arousing fears of a decline in law enforcement officials. freedoms in Tunisia.
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