Tunisian parties warned of a “serious deterioration” in rights and freedoms and called for the release of political and opinion prisoners.
Eight parties issued a joint, addressing “the deep political crisis in Tunisia, the continued deterioration of economic and social conditions, the decline in the purchasing power of Tunisian men and women, the worsening unemployment, the unprecedented rise in the price index, the decline in public services and facilities, and the lack of prospects for large segments of the Tunisian people.”
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She also criticized “the serious deterioration of the situation of rights and freedoms , and the political trials and trials of opinion holders that the country is witnessing, which do not have the elements of a fair trial, in addition to throwing politicians, female politicians, unionists, bloggers, lawyers and journalists into prisons, on the basis of their peaceful political, civil and union activity and their expression of opinions opposing the choices of the ruling authority, and these are prisons that do not have the minimum rights of prisoners.”
The aforementioned parties called for “the release of all political prisoners, prisoners of conscience, and all those detained for their solidarity with the Palestinian people, and an end to the prosecutions and trials for political, civil, and human rights activism and for expressing free opinions that oppose the choices of the July 25th authority.”
She expressed her solidarity with the political prisoners “who chose to defend their rights through hunger strikes, in protest against the deteriorating conditions of the prisons and in adherence to their rights within them, and against the backdrop of the injustice and oppression that has affected them and their families, including the activist Ahmed Najib Chebbi, along with many other activists.”
The authority was held responsible for their physical safety, and called for the provision of the minimum internationally agreed upon standards in the United Nations conventions on prisoners and detainees, condemning the policy of restricting their right to know information and follow local and international news through television channels, and their right to read and access newspapers and direct visits.
She also denounced “the authorities’ failure to fulfill their obligations towards the unemployed,” expressing her rejection of “the security approach, harassment, siege and deportation with which they confront their movements, the latest of which was the “Dignity March” after it was prevented from advancing towards the capital.”
The aforementioned parties expressed their rejection of “the package of decrees issued by the head of the current authority (President Kais Saied), foremost among them the decree relating to the appointment of the electoral commission, which undermines its independence and continues to entrench its subordination to the executive authority, and the decree repealing the Local Authorities Law, which undermines the path of decentralization and local governance as one of the most prominent gains of the revolution.”
It affirmed its “continued struggle to put an end to the state of chaos the country is experiencing, to turn the page on absolute autocratic rule, and to move beyond the coup path of the July 25th regime with a new democratic transition phase that takes into account the mistakes of the past, restores the Republic’s institutions and national sovereignty to their rightful place, and works to build a national project with a comprehensive social content that unites the various democratic, progressive, social, and leftist forces, guarantees rights and freedoms, enshrines social justice between regions and individuals, resists despotism and tyranny, and breaks with all reactionary projects, regardless of their origin.”
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