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: 36.738036
Longitude: 9.975174
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Africa: Northern Africa
Location of detention - City/Town
Tunis
Location of detention - Facility
Civil prison of Mornaguia
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.
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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