human rights defender
Jawher Ben Mbarek
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Jawher Ben Mbarek
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Organization affiliation
- Dostourna
HRD's year of birth
1968
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Academic
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Economic, social and cultural rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
In prison (sentenced)
HRD's bio and work
Jaouhar Ben Mbarek, born in 1968 in Sfax, Tunisia, is a professor of constitutional law and a political activist. He founded the political movement Dostourna and co-founded the “Citizens Against the Coup” initiative, also playing a key role in the National Salvation Front.
Detained since
Feb 24, 2024
Charge(s)
- Spreading fake news
- Terrorism
Sentence
On April 18, 2025, the Fifth Criminal Division, specializing in terrorism, at the Court of First Instance of Tunis, issued an 18-year prison sentence in the Conspiracy case. He was also sentenced to 5 months in another case under Decree 54.
Latitude: 36.689697983004635
Longitude: 9.940252575944783
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Africa: Northern Africa
Location of detention - City/Town
Borj El Amri
Location of detention - Facility
Prison de Borj El Amri
Recent case update / evolution
On February 25, 2023, Jawher was charged with forming an alliance to change the structure of the state and conspiring against its internal and external security. After the investigation, the investigating judge issued a detention order against him, and he was escorted to the prison of Mornaguia.
On February 2024, he was not taken to the courtroom, and the trial was conducted without his presence and a first instance order was issued for his imprisonment.
The trial sessions were scheduled to start on March 4, 2025, and the judicial authorities decided that the session would be held remotely, which Ben Mubarak refused, leading him to boycott the session.
The session was then postponed to April 11, 2025. However, the authorities insisted on holding the session remotely, prompting Ben Mubarak to start a hunger strike in protest on March 29, 2025.
On April 11, 2025, the Criminal Chamber specializing in terrorism cases decided to postpone the trial to April 18, 2025, and Ben Mubarak was subsequently sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Any other relevant documents
Jaouhar Ben Mbarek: when politics becomes a crime that needs punishment. Link: https://intersection.uno/en/%d8%ac%d9%88%d9%87%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%83-%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%86%d9%85%d8%a7-%d8%aa%d8%b5%d8%a8%d8%ad-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%ac%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%85%d8%a9/
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1968
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- Type of HRD
- Academic
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- Economic, social and cultural rights
- Organization affiliation
- Dostourna
- HRD's Picture
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- Diwan Fm
- HRD's bio and work
Jaouhar Ben Mbarek, born in 1968 in Sfax, Tunisia, is a professor of constitutional law and a political activist. He founded the political movement Dostourna and co-founded the “Citizens Against the Coup” initiative, also playing a key role in the National Salvation Front.
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Africa: Northern Africa
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Borj El Amri
- Location of detention - Facility
- Prison de Borj El Amri
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 36.689697983004635
Longitude: 9.940252575944783
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Feb 24, 2024
- Current Status
- In prison (sentenced)
- Charge(s)
- Spreading fake news
- Terrorism
- Sentence
On April 18, 2025, the Fifth Criminal Division, specializing in terrorism, at the Court of First Instance of Tunis, issued an 18-year prison sentence in the Conspiracy case. He was also sentenced to 5 months in another case under Decree 54.
- Recent case update / evolution
On February 25, 2023, Jawher was charged with forming an alliance to change the structure of the state and conspiring against its internal and external security. After the investigation, the investigating judge issued a detention order against him, and he was escorted to the prison of Mornaguia.
On February 2024, he was not taken to the courtroom, and the trial was conducted without his presence and a first instance order was issued for his imprisonment.
The trial sessions were scheduled to start on March 4, 2025, and the judicial authorities decided that the session would be held remotely, which Ben Mubarak refused, leading him to boycott the session.
The session was then postponed to April 11, 2025. However, the authorities insisted on holding the session remotely, prompting Ben Mubarak to start a hunger strike in protest on March 29, 2025.
On April 11, 2025, the Criminal Chamber specializing in terrorism cases decided to postpone the trial to April 18, 2025, and Ben Mubarak was subsequently sentenced to 18 years in prison.
- Any other relevant documents
Jaouhar Ben Mbarek: when politics becomes a crime that needs punishment. Link: https://intersection.uno/en/%d8%ac%d9%88%d9%87%d8%b1-%d8%a8%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%83-%d8%ad%d9%8a%d9%86%d9%85%d8%a7-%d8%aa%d8%b5%d8%a8%d8%ad-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%ac%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%85%d8%a9/
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- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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