Salsabil Chellali / سلسبيل شلالي

Tunisia Researcher/Director at Human Rights Watch @hrw. Former Journalist covering Tunisia and Algeria. Retweets ≠ endorsements

[The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @TimepDC]

📢 TIMEP is hiring an Advocacy Associate!

At a critical time for the MENA region, become a part of the team that's working tirelessly to bring the insights of those on the frontlines to policymakers in Washington, DC and around the world! Apply by July 1: https://t.co/sS1paNjP5Y

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

This week at the International Criminal Court, Libyan suspect Khaled El Hishri is at a hearing that could take him to trial for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed at Mitiga Prison in Tripoli.

This moment is 15 years in the making. HRW's @HananMSalah is in The Hague ⤵️

[هيومن رايتس ووتش @hrw_ar]

"الرابطة التونسية للدفاع عن حقوق الإنسان" كانت من المنظمات التي شكّلت الديمقراطية في #تونس. الآن تخضع للتعليق. https://t.co/8LXcRN96eF

[هيومن رايتس ووتش @hrw_ar]

تونس: أوقفوا الملاحقات القضائية التعسفية ضد العاملين في إغاثة اللاجئين https://t.co/KWJOyhlV1A

[Gina Romero @Ginitastar]

1/4🧵Tunisia has suspended the Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH), one of Africa's oldest human rights organizations. No legal grounds, no prior warning, and no real opportunity to contest it. #Tunisia #HumanRights #CivicSpace

[Bassam Khawaja @Bassam_Khawaja]

Come work with us: @HRW is hiring a coordinator in the Middle East and North Africa Division based in Beirut https://t.co/1fneOcHq1B

[Philippe Dam @philippe_dam]

Après des années de silence sur répression en #Tunisie, cette déclaration de @EU_EEAS contre attaques contre Ligue tunisienne des droits de l'homme (LTDH) est bienvenue.

@UeTunisie: il ne doit pas y avoir de place pour les attaques contre les libertés dans la relation UE-Tunisie

[CPJ MENA @CPJMENA]

#Tunisia: Tunisian authorities must immediately release journalist Zied el-Heni, who has been placed in pretrial detention over a social media post last week, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. https://t.co/OiiQ5jKzHC

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

#Tunisia: Decisions to suspend Tunisian League for Human Rights & other prominent NGOs is very concerning. This impacts critical legal & social assistance to victims, women’s rights, work on social & economic inequalities, & monitoring human rights, incl. in places of detention.

These suspensions contribute to environment of intimidation & risk serious chilling effects on exercise of freedom of association, assembly & expression, & participation in public affairs.

We urge authorities to halt immediately all such suspensions.

[inkyfada | إنكفاضة @inkyfada]

Journalist Zied El Heni has been placed in custody, according to lawyer Samir Dilou.

On 23 April 2026, he was summoned to appear before the Fifth Central Unit for Combating Information and Communication Technology Crimes in El Aouina, to be heard as a suspect, without any reasons being disclosed.

Inkyfada is following the case as it unfolds, amid continued pressure on journalists.

[CPJ MENA @CPJMENA]

#Kuwait: The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes a Kuwaiti court’s acquittal of US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on all charges following nearly two months of detention.

https://t.co/HtaM4TbfPA

[Rima Hassan @RimaHas]

🇪🇺 Pour obtenir la suspension de l’accord d’association UE–Israël, les 27 États membres de l’Union européenne devaient se prononcer en sa faveur lors de la réunion des ministres des Affaires étrangères. Seuls 7 ont soutenu cette suspension : l’Irlande, Malte, les Pays-Bas, le Portugal, la Slovénie, l’Espagne et la Belgique.

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

1/5 HRW calls on Kuwaiti authorities to immediately and unconditionally release American-Kuwaiti journalist, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. His detention is emblematic of the tightening space for free expression in Kuwait and the use of vaguely worded national security charges to silence journalists.

[Bénédicte Jeannerod @BenJeannerod]

Experts ONU: "Une proposition de loi visant à «lutter contre les formes renouvelées de l’antisémitisme» pourrait porter gravement atteinte à la liberté d’expression, à la sécurité juridique en matière pénale et à d’autres droits humains internationaux"
https://t.co/VKnKdjfNBj

[Philippe Dam @philippe_dam]

#Tunisia’s repression (& @EU_EEAS’ failure to stand up for rights of Tunisians) once again on @EP_HumanRights’ agenda.

3 years after @VonDerLeyen’s flawed deal w/ Kais Saied, time to change course & tie future relations to release of political detainees & human rights reforms

[Timothy E Kaldas @tekaldas]

Kuwaiti-American journalist, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, was detained in Kuwait, reportedly for publishing footage from the war on his social media accounts

Journalism is not a crime and the Kuwaiti government should release Ahmed and drop all charges against him
https://t.co/p1DbuVhomW

[Bassam Khawaja @Bassam_Khawaja]

Terrible news: Tunisian political commentator and lawyer Sonia Dahmani sentenced on appeal to 18 months in prison and is at imminent risk of arrest https://t.co/MgiNC0Y1ot

[Ramzi Kaiss / رمزي قيس @kaiss_ramzi]

Israeli attacks across Lebanon yesterday killed over 303 people, according to an updated, but not final, casualty count from Lebanon’s health ministry. Just in one day.

More than 1888 people have been killed & 6000 injured since March 2.

https://t.co/BYkJ99lg2c

[HRW Brasil @hrw_brasil]

Tunísia: A recente condenação do juiz Anas Hmedi a 1 ano de prisão é uma clara retaliação por sua defesa da independência judicial frente aos reiterados ataques do presidente Saied. Autoridades tunisianas deveriam anular imediatamente sua condenação e cessar o assédio a críticos.

[Ramzi Kaiss / رمزي قيس @kaiss_ramzi]

More than 112 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across Lebanon, and more than 837 people have been injured, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.

Just in one day. And the death toll is not even final.