Human rights organizations denounce security mistreatment of protesters

Today, 30 Tunisian human rights organizations and associations declared their rejection of what they called the security approach in dealing with protests of Tunisian youth in various governorates in the north and south Tunisia.

Naela Zoghlami, president of Tunisian Association of Democratic Women, told A24 Tunisian youth are struggling with unemployment, and have lost hope of Tunisia returning to its former state. She said there are no real means of communication between authorities and youth, stating the association is here today in solidarity with Tunisian youth as a civil society.

The associations denounced the arrest of a large number of young protesters, children, and civil society activists, including activist in monitoring impunity cases, Saif El-Din al-Ayadi, who was arrested last week and then released on conditions.