Human Rights and Rule of Law in Tunisia: The Case of Sonia Dahmani

by name voted on 27.11.2025

Summary

This resolution condemns the arbitrary detention and judicial harassment of Tunisian lawyer Sonia Dahmani. It calls for her immediate release and demands that Tunisian authorities protect freedom of expression and judicial independence.

10 27.11.2025

Resolution

human rights

public administration

international relations

Key points

The resolution condemns the judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of lawyer Sonia Dahmani.
It demands the immediate and unconditional release of Sonia Dahmani and all other political prisoners or human rights defenders.
The Parliament denounces the inhumane detention conditions, specifically noting the lack of adequate medical care for detainees.
There is a call for the full repeal of Decree-Law 54, which has been used to prosecute individuals for expressing their opinions.

Vote

PPE

S&D

PfE

ECR

Renew

Verts/ALE

The Left

NI

ESN

Total

Speeches

11 Speeches in total

Pro

Contra

Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Renew

1:24 min

14.3. Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani

Thierry MARIANI

Thierry MARIANI

PfE

1:29 min

14.3. Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani

Documents (PDFs)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law and human rights situation Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani

These raw data are provided by the Open Data Portal of the European Union (data.europa.eu) and are licensed under ODC-BY 1.0.