On rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani
B-10-2025-0532
on behalf of the Renew Group · Rapporteur: JanChristoph Oetjen, Petras Auštrevičius, Dan Barna, Helmut Brandstätter, Benoit Cassart, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Engin Eroglu, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Svenja Hahn, Karin Karlsbro, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Urmas Paet, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar
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This resolution condemns escalating repression in Tunisia, including arbitrary detentions and restrictions on freedoms, and demands the release of Sonia Dahmani and all political prisoners.¶¶ It calls for repealing Decree-Law 2022-54, ensuring judicial independence, and making EU support conditional on human rights progress.¶¶¶
Key points
- Strongly condemns escalating repression in Tunisia, including arbitrary detentions, politically motivated persecutions, and restrictions on freedom of expression and association.¶
- Calls on Tunisian authorities to immediately release all individuals detained for exercising their rights and to cease intimidation of NGOs, lawyers, journalists, and human rights defenders.
- Demands the immediate and unconditional release of Sonia Dahmani, guarantees for her physical and psychological integrity, and access to adequate medical care.¶
- Urges Tunisian authorities to drop all pending charges against Dahmani and quash all convictions from politically motivated proceedings.¶
- Calls on Tunisian authorities to repeal Decree-Law 2022-54 and revise all legislation restricting freedom of expression.¶
- Urges Tunisian authorities to guarantee judicial independence, prevent executive interference, reinstate all judges dismissed without due process, and ensure fair-trial guarantees.¶
- Calls on the EU and member states to make human rights, rule of law, and fundamental freedoms central to political dialogue, financial assistance, security cooperation, and migration agreements with Tunisia.¶
- Calls on the EU to condition non-urgent financial assistance on progress in restoring judicial independence, protecting civil society, and safeguarding fundamental rights.
Who is affected
- Tunisian authorities: must release detainees, repeal Decree-Law 2022-54, ensure judicial independence, and drop charges against Sonia Dahmani.¶¶¶
- Sonia Dahmani: would be released and have charges dropped, with guarantees for her integrity and medical care.
- EU and member states: must condition financial assistance and cooperation on human rights progress in Tunisia.¶