Tunisia: UN experts urge swift action to uphold migrants’ rights
Jul 19, 2023, at 11:40 pm
New York: A group of UN independent experts on Tuesday expressed concern over Tunisia's alleged discriminatory treatment of migrants, urging the authorities to take action to halt collective expulsions and protect human rights.
Racist rhetoric in Tunisia must stop, independent UN experts warn
Apr 05, 2023, at 09:49 pm
New York: Tunisia must take swift action to curb racist rhetoric and halt ongoing rights violations of Black Africans, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) said on Tuesday.
Tunisia: UN rights chief concerned over crackdown on opposition
Feb 15, 2023, at 06:12 pm
New York: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has voiced concern over the deepening crackdown in Tunisia targeting perceived political opponents of President Kais Saied as well as civil society, his Office, OHCHR, reported on Tuesday.
Tunisia: UN rights office calls for release of former justice minister
Jan 12, 2022, at 05:29 pm
New York: Authorities in Tunisia are being urged to immediately release - or properly charge - former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri, and another man, who have been detained under suspected terrorism offences, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
Libya, Tunisia agree to reopen border soon: Libyan Government of National Unity
Sep 10, 2021, at 07:25 pm
Tunis/UNI/Sputnik: Libya and Tunisia have agreed to reopen the border within the next week, a spokesman for the Libyan Government of National Unity said.
Tunisia arrests 107 illegal immigrants off southeast coast
Feb 10, 2020, at 05:50 pm
Tunis/Xinhua/UNI: Tunisia has foiled an illegal immigration attempts to cross the Mediterranean toward the Italian coast, the interior ministry said Monday.
One officer, three terrorists killed in exchange of fire in Tunisia
Sep 02, 2019, at 06:35 pm
Tunis, Sep 2 (Xinhua/UNI) One National Guard officer and three terrorists were killed on Monday in exchange of fire in central west Tunisia, a regional security source told Xinhua.
More than 80 people feared drowned in Tunisia shipwreck: UNHCR
Jul 05, 2019, at 10:16 am
Geneva, Jul 5 (Xinhua/UNI) More than 80 people are feared drowned following a boat disaster off Tunisia, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.
Seven Tunisian illegal migrants rescued off eastern coasts
Jun 04, 2019, at 10:11 am
Tunis, June 3 (Xinhua/UNI) A Tunisian navy unit on Monday rescued seven Tunisians aged between 25-35 off the coastal city of Sfax in eastern Tunisia, the Agence Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported.
70 migrants die as boat sinks off Tunisian coast
May 10, 2019, at 08:32 pm
Tunis, May 10 (UNI): At least 70 illegal migrants of sub-Saharan origin died on Friday after their boat got wrecked in international waters of the Mediterranean, around 40 miles off the coast of Tunisia's Sfax province.
Three terrorists killed in central Tunisia: radio station
May 05, 2019, at 06:00 pm
Tunis, May 5 (Xinhua/UNI) Tunisian security forces killed three terrorists late Saturday night in the Tunisian central province of Sidi Bouzid, a local radio station reported Sunday.
4 wounded in landmine blast in southwestern Tunisia
Apr 21, 2019, at 07:26 am
Tunis, Apr 21 (Xinhua/UNI) The Tunisian authorities said a landmine explosion wounded four civilians in Orbata mountain in Tunisia's southwestern province of Gafsa on Saturday.
Five killed, 24 injured in bus accident in Tunisia
Apr 08, 2019, at 09:16 am
Tunis, Apr 7 (Xinhua/UNI) At least five people were killed and 24 others injured when a passenger bus overturned in southeastern Tunisia on Sunday, according to a statement by the Tunisian Health Ministry.
64 illegal immigrants arrested off Tunisian coast
Mar 09, 2019, at 09:29 am
Tunis, March 8 (Xinhua): Tunisian navy arrested 64 illegal immigrants, including four women, off Zarzis coast in southeastern Tunisia after their vessel broke down, the Tunisian Red Crescent (CRT) of Medenine province said Friday.
Tunisia: Boat capsizes off eastern coast, 48 migrants die
Jun 04, 2018, at 09:12 am
Tunis, June 4 (IBNS): At least 48 migrants died after the boat in which they were traveling capsized off the eastern coast of Tunisia, media reports said on Monday.
UN rights office urges Tunisian authorities to ensure freedom of peaceful assembly
Jan 13, 2018, at 01:47 pm
New York, Jan 13 (JEN): The United Nations human rights office on Friday called on the authorities in Tunisia to ensure that protestors are not arrested in an arbitrary manner, and that all those detained are treated with full respect for their due process rights and other fundamental guarantees.
Tunisia, at UN, calls for comprehensive response to global terrorism
Sep 23, 2017, at 01:26 pm
New York, Sept 23(Just Earth News): The threat of terrorism has forced Tunisia to double the budget of its military and security expenditures, Foreign Minister Khemais Jhinaoui told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday , stressing that more international support was needed despite the Government’s efforts to stamp out the scourge.
In Tunisia, Ban stresses importance of youth employment in sustainable development
Mar 30, 2016, at 02:00 pm
New York, Mar 30 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Speaking at a national conference on employment in Tunisia, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called on the international community to help the North African country create new businesses and fund active labour market programmes for young people.
In Tunisia, Ban welcomes country's democratic progress
Mar 29, 2016, at 12:56 pm
New York, Mar 29 (Just Earth News/IBNS): While in Tunisia's capital on Monday, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the country's democratic progress while reaffirming the United Nations' support to its citizens and Government.
'No terrorist attack can reverse Tunisia's democracy,' UN Security Council says
Mar 10, 2016, at 02:37 pm
New York, Mar 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Strongly condemning the 7 March terrorist attack in Tunisia, the United Nations Security Council last night stressed that “no terrorist attack can reverse Tunisia's democracy and its efforts towards economic recovery and development.â€
Tunisia: UN condemns deadly attack on bus carrying presidential gaurd
Nov 25, 2015, at 03:55 pm
New York, Nov 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security Council this evening condemned the attack on Tuesday in Tunis against a bus carrying Presidential Guards, which resulted in many deaths and injuries.