human rights defender

Ayachi Hammami

Actions and Campaigns

© Noureddine Ahmed

HRD's year of birth

1959

HRD's Gender

Man

Type of HRD

  • Lawyer

HRD's thematic area of engagement

  • Civil and political rights

HRD's geographical origin

Urban

Current Status

In prison (sentenced)

HRD's bio and work

Ayachi Hammami is a lawyer and human rights defender who served as Minister Delegate to the Tunisian Prime Minister for Human Rights in 2020. He is also a member of the legal defense team representing political detainees.

Detained since

Dec 2, 2025

Charge(s)

  • Terrorism
  • Threatening national security

Sentence

Five years in prison for belonging to a terrorist group and conspiring against state security

Latitude: 35.77648386038462

Longitude: 10.818476375572692

Geolocation of detention

Country or area of detention

Region of detention

  • Africa: Northern Africa

Location of detention - City/Town

Tunis

Location of detention - Facility

Prison Civile de Monastir

Recent case update / evolution

Since the initiation of the case publicly known as the “Conspiracy Against State Security”, Ayachi Hammami was included among the defendants on 3 May 2023. He was summoned for interrogation on 10 October 2023. The investigating judge subsequently placed him under judicial supervision, including a travel ban, while allowing him to remain at liberty.

On 18 April 2025, he was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment. The appellate court later reduced the sentence to five years on 28 November 2025.

On 2 December 2025, he was arrested at his residence to serve the final sentence.

On 24 September 2026, Ayachi Hammami was transferred to Monastir Civil Prison following the hunger strike he had begun in solidarity with Wael Nouar and the other detainees from the Al Soumoud Flotilla.

Any other relevant documents

The case of Ayachi Hammami is featured on Intersection Association for Rights and Freedoms "s "Faces of freedom" platform.

https://intersection.uno/freedom-faces/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%b4%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%87%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%8a-2/

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