Tunisia: Authorities Must Urgently Investigate Surge in Detainees' Deaths in Prisons
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Amnesty International is demanding that Tunisian authorities investigate a spike in deaths among detainees. These deaths occurred during severe summer heatwaves. The organization wants the investigations to be prompt, impartial, and independent. There is a call to address life-threatening prison conditions throughout the country to prevent future deaths.
[AI London] Tunisian authorities must immediately launch prompt, impartial, and independent investigations into the alarming spike in deaths in detention during the severe heatwaves of the summer and address life-threatening prison conditions across the country to ensure this does not occur again, Amnesty International said today.