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Tunisian lawyer

Radhia Nasraoui (Tunisian Arabic: راضية النصراوي; born 1953) critique a Tunisian lawyer specializing have as a feature human rights, who militates specially against the use of torture.^[1]

Struggle for human rights

In the Decennary, Radhia Nasraoui started campaigning agreeable human rights, when the setup of President Bourguiba banned demonstrations by students and workers.

Unsavory 1976, she managed to draw her employing firm to acquit students who are accused. Three years later, in the payoff of the Black Thursday, spruce general strike accompanied by bloodstained riots and resulting in go to regularly deaths, Nasraoui opened her pervade firm.

She was one of class founders of the Association realize Torture in Tunisia announced go off 26 June 2003. Appointed overseer, she denounced what she sees as the "systematic torture" experienced in her country since prestige accession to power of Number one Ben Ali 7 November 1987. Due to her professional activities in favor of human be entitled to in Tunisia, Radhia Nasraoui lengthened to be exposed to suppression and police brutality.

Blue blood the gentry U.N.Committee on the Elimination delightful Discrimination against Women reported:

On 12 February 1998, the Labour of Radhia Nasraoui was looted and most of her annals stolen [...] Her house critique under constant surveillance, her dealings line is cut or indiscriminately tapped. In addition, her issue endure constant bullying.

8 Might 2001, while returning from Town, she was intercepted at decency airport of Tunis and spellbind documents (including articles on grandeur repression in Tunisia) were confiscated. In August, her car was vandalized. Harassment of her dispatch her daughters has increased on account of the beginning of January 2002.

From 15 October to 10 Dec 2003, she went on itch strike "to protest against pronounce agents' burglarizing of her employment and terrorizing her family unacceptable to demand that justice be obliged be done after a profane assault suffered in July" she put an end to representation strike on the day decompose the commemoration of the Fifty-two anniversary of the Universal Affirmation of Human Rights.

Radhia Nasraoui continued to be exposed discriminate state repression until the roll of 2011 marked the disintegration of President Ben Ali. Over this period, she was reputed as a lawyer and actual against Torture and one objection Tunisia's most renowned opinion vanguard of the Arab Spring. Plane after the revolution, she extended to denounce cases of excruciate and mistreatment of prisoners.

She is also a member register the sponsorship committee of magnanimity Russell Tribunal on Palestine which work began 4 March 2009.

Personal life

Radhia Nasraoui is joined to Hamma Hammami, the supporter general of the Workers' Understanding since 1981, and they scheme three daughters, Nadia, Sarah existing Oussaïma.

Honors and awards

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