Detention facility profile · Prison details
Pre-trial detention and execution of sentences · Overcrowding; substandard accommodation conditions.
Overview
Overcrowding; substandard accommodation conditions.
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Human rights situation
Date of committal to prison: 1 June 2024
On 1 June 2024, Akram Jemaaoui was attending a football match at Radès stadium. Following violence that broke out outside the stadium, he was arrested and taken to the Sidi El Bechir police station without his family being informed, then…
March 2023
Habib Ellouze, a former member of the National Constituent Assembly and a leading figure in the Ennahdha movement, aged 72, has been held under a committal warrant since March 2023 in connection with several cases, including the "Conspiracy 2" case, in which he was sentenced…
On 11 February 2023, arrested
On 11 February 2023, political activist Khayam Turki was arrested after his home was raided and searched by the First National Unit for the Investigation of Terrorist Crimes, under a judicial warrant, in connection with his participation in political meetings and his contribution…
Date of arrest: 15 July 2025
On 15 July 2025, Montassar (a middle-aged Tunisian man, married and father of four) was arrested in the street by plain-clothes security officers, who searched him without finding anything, then took him to his home and his mother's home to search them…
Date of committal to prison: 31 January 2024
Ahmed Harbaoui was committed to Mornaguia Civil Prison on 31 January 2024 with no signs of illness. His health gradually deteriorated (dehydration, blood pressure disorders, weight loss) without his being seen by a doctor, according to his family's accounts during visits.…
Timeline
Date on which the facility entered into operation, according to the available data.
Ahmed Harbaoui was committed to Mornaguia Civil Prison on 31 January 2024 with no signs of illness. His health gradually deteriorated (dehydration, blood pressure disorders, weight loss) without his being seen by a doctor, according to his family's accounts during visits. He was transferred to…
On 1 June 2024, Akram Jemaaoui was attending a football match at Radès stadium. Following violence that broke out outside the stadium, he was arrested and taken to the Sidi El Bechir police station without his family being informed, then transferred to…
Habib Ellouze, a former member of the National Constituent Assembly and a leading figure in the Ennahdha movement, aged 72, has been held under a committal warrant since March 2023 in connection with several cases, including the "Conspiracy 2" case, in which he was sentenced…
On 11 February 2023, political activist Khayam Turki was arrested after his home was raided and searched by the First National Unit for the Investigation of Terrorist Crimes, under a judicial warrant, in connection with his participation in political meetings and his contribution to forming…
On 15 July 2025, Montassar (a middle-aged Tunisian man, married and father of four) was arrested in the street by plain-clothes security officers, who searched him without finding anything, then took him to his home and his mother's home to search them without showing…
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