Restarting “Conspiracy trial”: What is the history of Tunisia with the death penalty? | Human Rights News

More than 40 people are scheduled to resume a group experience in Tunisia Accused Against the Tunisian state and its president, Kais Says.

The trial, which was originally scheduled for March 4, was postponed to April 11, and then was delayed for a week.

Among the defendants are some of the largest opposition politicians in the country, diplomats and media figures who The charges say, including communication with “foreign forces” to undermine the rule of Saied, It is overcome And a symbol of the decline in democratic Tunisia.

Almost all the defendants face long sentences or death penalty.

The executions have been suspended effectively in Tunisia since 1991, despite the judges who hand over the sentence.

Will some defendants be sentenced to death in this case? Will such a sentence will be implemented?

Let’s take a closer look.

Is the death penalty still exists as a punishment in Tunisia?

The death penalty remains a legal punishment available to the judges, but it has not been implemented since 1991, which proves an actual stop.

The 2014 constitution provides specific allowances for legal executions, but Tunisia has consistently supported the United Nations efforts to create a global endowment on the use of the death penalty since 2012.

However, he did not cancel the death penalty.

Did people be sentenced to death in Tunisia?

While the last person to be executed in Tunisia was the “butcher of Napole”, the serial killer is a napor Damirag, who was hanging in 1991, the punishment continues to be presented in legislation and rulings.

Recently, in February of this year, eight individuals were sentenced to death for the 2013 opposition politician, Mohamed Brahami, while, in March 2024, four death sentences were granted to be killed in the same year from another politician, Zokri Belyid.

In 2022, 16 people accused of being members of ISIS (ISIS) were sentenced to death for their role in the 2016 attack on the southern city of Ben Gendin, which killed seven civilians and 13 members of the security forces.

Likewise, in January 2020, a Tunisian court sentenced eight individuals to death for their involvement in the 2015 suicide bombing of the Presidential Guard bus in Tunisia, killing 12 presidential guards and wounding 20.

Are some defendants a “conspiracy case” face the death penalty?

Johar bin MobakKhayam Turki, Issam Chebi, Ghazi Chaouachi, Ridha Belhaj and abdelhamid Jelassi, who have been detained in a trial detention since February 2023, among other crimes, by trying to “change the nature of the state” under Article 72 of the Law.

If convicted, they will face the death penalty.

Another defendant accused of trying to change the nature of the state is the former Minister of Justice Nurdeen Bahiri, who relies on his accusation on a series of social media sites that he claims to have composed.

Other accusations against the defendants include conspiracy against state security and belonging to a “terrorist” group, both of which are capitalist crimes.

What is the position of President Cis for the death penalty?

It supports it.

During the first presidency of 2019, Kays Sayes easily admitted his support for the death penalty, as long as it was implemented after legal procedures.

In 2020, Saal returned to the case, in response to popular anger after the brutal killing of Raha La Am, 29, to the case, and told the Security Council, “The killing deserves the death penalty.”

However, although Saied’s previous support for the punishment, it is important to note that he has not yet supervised its implementation, despite the wide purification of its political opponents and critics.