OUTCOME TUNISIA: UNJUSTLY JAILED LAWYER TREATED INHUMANELY

Your Excellency,

I write to you to express my grave concern over the prolonged unjust imprisonment of Tunisian lawyer, Sonia Dahmani. She is imprisoned for exercising her right to freedom of expression, including publicly criticizing conditions of detention in Tunisian prisons as well as the ill-treatment of refugees and migrants in the country.

Following her public comments during her regular appearances on television and radio shows, Tunisian authorities have initiated five separate legal proceedings against her. She was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in two cases.

Sonia Dahmani is enduring cruel and inhuman conditions of detention in prison. She faces extreme temperature fluctuations, with freezing cold during the winter due to a broken window. She has developed serious health issues. Sonia Dahmani is also denied basic necessities and adequate healthcare like clean clothing and medication, while being subjected to humiliating treatment by prison guards.

I urge you to immediately and unconditionally release Sonia Dahmani, quash her unjust convictions and sentences, and drop the baseless criminal investigations against her. Pending her release, she must be granted access to her family, lawyers, and adequate healthcare and held in conditions that meet international standards for the treatment of prisoners.

Yours sincerely,

[YOUR NAME]