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13/09/2023
The applicants in Ghannouchi and Others v Republic of Tunisia obtained an order from the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights on 28 August 2023 that puts into place provisional measures to protect leading Tunisian opposition politicians who are currently in detention.
The Court has ordered Tunisia ‘to take all measures to eliminate all barriers’ between the detainees and their families and lawyers and doctors of the detainees’ choice and to furnish the detainees and their families and lawyers ‘with adequate information and facts relating to the legal and factual basis’ for their detention. Tunisia has been ordered ‘to report on the measures taken to implement this order’ within fifteen days of its notification.
The Court’s order can be read here. Reporting is available by Al Jazeera and Middle East Eye.
The applicants are represented by Rodney Dixon KC with the assistance of Kathryn Howarth and Sebastian Bates.
