{"id":18778,"date":"2025-06-12T18:06:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T18:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=18778"},"modified":"2025-06-12T18:06:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T18:06:26","slug":"family-of-tunisian-humanitarian-sharifa-riahi-urges-end-to-crackdown-on-migration-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/06\/12\/family-of-tunisian-humanitarian-sharifa-riahi-urges-end-to-crackdown-on-migration-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of Tunisian Humanitarian Sharifa Riahi Urges End to Crackdown on Migration Activism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-6 ai-optimize-introduction\"><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-The family of Sharifa Riahi, head of the humanitarian organization Tunisia Terre d\u2019Asile, has called on the government to stop criminalizing humanitarian work and scapegoating organizations defending migrant rights for the state&#8217;s failure to manage irregular migration.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-54\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"50fdf803-11c6-423b-af51-8f8f0804ae76\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\" data-start=\"1065\" data-end=\"1696\">Leila Riahi, Sharifa\u2019s sister, said:\u201cThere is increasing repression of field-based humanitarian and civil society work under the Tunisian regime, which has since taking power labeled NGOs as agents, saboteurs, and traitors. The work of associations defending migrants\u2019 rights has been falsely portrayed as an effort to resettle migrants in Tunisia and alter the demographic makeup. These were the words of the head of state himself, followed by arrests of civil society activists\u2014including Sharifa Riahi and Saadia Mosbah\u2014accompanied by smear campaigns accusing them of foreign allegiance by so-called defenders of sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-56\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"64d5bb00-3f7f-4693-b004-592878ceb2aa\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-18\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"109\"><strong data-start=\"19\" data-end=\"109\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Leila Riahi: Tunisia Targeting Migrant Advocates While Ignoring Its Own Victims Abroad<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\" data-start=\"1698\" data-end=\"1819\">She added:&#8221;At the same time, the regime hasn\u2019t defended any Tunisian citizens tortured or killed in European prisons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-10\" data-start=\"1821\" data-end=\"1901\">Leila Riahi: We cannot be blamed for the state\u2019s failure to solve this crisis.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12657\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12657 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/migrants-in-Tunisia-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The work of associations defending migrants\u2019 rights has been falsely portrayed as an effort to resettle migrants in Tunisia and alter the demographic makeup.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/migrants-in-Tunisia-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/migrants-in-Tunisia-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/migrants-in-Tunisia-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/migrants-in-Tunisia-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/migrants-in-Tunisia.jpg 1155w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">irregular migration Tunisia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\" data-start=\"1903\" data-end=\"2144\">Leila emphasized that Tunisia Terre d\u2019Asile, chaired by her sister, is a humanitarian organization that originally focused on the rights of Palestinian, Syrian, and Sudanese refugees before the surge in migration from Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-12\" data-start=\"2146\" data-end=\"2320\">Sharifa Riahi was arrested over a year ago on charges of conspiracy and money laundering. Although later acquitted of these charges, the judiciary has refused to release her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-13\" data-start=\"2322\" data-end=\"2906\">Leila explained:&#8221;The case has gone through multiple phases. The investigative judge dismissed all charges, and when the prosecution appealed, the indictment chamber confirmed their removal but upheld the notion of an \u2018agreement.\u2019 Sharifa now faces accusations of harboring migrants and assisting their movement, and of \u2018conspiring\u2019 with the municipal council in Sousse, which had allocated the organization an office to offer legal advice to migrants. This has led the court to reject multiple release requests by her lawyers. We now await a hearing before the Court of Cassation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-58\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"bd72b854-4185-444c-8fb5-b2dd370d3489\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-19\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"109\"><strong data-start=\"19\" data-end=\"109\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Sharifa Riahi\u2019s Family: Political Detention Destroying Her Health and Children\u2019s Lives<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-14\" data-start=\"2908\" data-end=\"3259\">Sharifa, she added, is in poor physical and mental condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-14\" data-start=\"2908\" data-end=\"3259\">\u201cShe hasn\u2019t seen her children in over a year. She was unable to breastfeed her infant daughter, who was just two months old at the time of arrest and now doesn\u2019t recognize her mother. Her eldest son, who only recently managed to visit, suffers from isolation and psychological distress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-15\" data-start=\"3261\" data-end=\"3645\">Leila continued:\u201cFrom the start, Sharifa\u2019s arrest was unjust and politically motivated. The investigation revealed no crime had occurred. It&#8217;s a political maneuver meant to deflect from the state\u2019s failure to resolve the migration issue. It also stems directly from Tunisia\u2019s recent agreement with the EU, which essentially makes Tunisia responsible for guarding Europe\u2019s borders.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17845\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17845 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/44444-1.jpg\" alt=\"UN Slams Tunisian Authorities for Hate Speech, Forced Camp Evictions, and Border Deportations of Sub-Saharan Refugees\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/44444-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/44444-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/44444-1-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UN Condemns Tunisia\u2019s Mass Deportations and NGO Crackdown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-16\" data-start=\"3647\" data-end=\"3883\">She added:\u201cThis entire process aims to silence Tunisian voices defending the rights of migrants and refugees, so the state can comply with European demands to establish detention centers and deport migrants before they reach Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-17\" data-start=\"3885\" data-end=\"4091\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">She concluded:\u201cWe urge the Tunisian authorities\u2014and anyone capable of influencing this case\u2014to release Sharifa and all those detained with her. There is no crime justifying their continued imprisonment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-The family of Sharifa Riahi, head of the humanitarian organization Tunisia Terre d\u2019Asile, has called on the government to stop criminalizing humanitarian work and scapegoating organizations defending migrant rights for the state&#8217;s failure to manage irregular migration. Leila Riahi, Sharifa\u2019s sister, said:\u201cThere is increasing repression of field-based humanitarian and civil society work under the Tunisian &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[5988,2079,5989,5583],"class_list":["post-18778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-sharifa-riahi","tag-tunisia","tag-tunisia-terre-dasile","tag-tunisian-authorities"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Family of Tunisian Humanitarian Sharifa Riahi Urges End to Crackdown on Migration Activism - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"family of Sharifa Riahi, head of Tunisia Terre d\u2019Asile, calls for her 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