Tunisia accused of holding political prisoners in long-term isolation
Dozens of inmates are held in solitary confinement to crush leaders of banned An-Nahda group
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
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Dozens of prisoners in Tunisia are being held in isolation, some for more than a decade, in an effort to crush leaders of the banned Islamist An-Nahda movement, according to a Human Rights Watch report published Wednesday. The practice of long-term isolation, denied by the government, was described by prisoners recently released from jails in the North African country, the report said.
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