Radhia Nasraoui

Radhia Nasraoui (راضية النصراوي), born in 1953 in Tunis, is a lawyer, specializing in human rights, which militates particularly against the use of torture.^[1]

Biography

First steps

Radhia Nasraoui starts campaigning in the 1970s in favor of the rights of man. At that time, the regime of PresidentHabib Bourguiba banned demonstrations by students and workers. In 1976, she manages to convince the firm where she works to defend students who are accused. Two years later, in the aftermath of Black Thursday, a general strike which is accompanied by bloody riots in many deaths, Nasraoui opened his own firm.

Struggle for human rights

She participated in the founding of the Association against Torture in Tunisia announced that 26 June 2003. Appointed president, she denounced what she sees as the "systematic torture" practiced in his country since the accession to power of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali 7 November 1987. Due to his professional activities in favor of human rights in Tunisia, Radhia Nasraoui continues to be exposed to repression and violence policiaire. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, UN reports when certain facts: "On 12 February 1998, the Office of Radhia Nasraoui was ransacked and most of his records stolen [...] His house is under constant surveillance, his phone line is cut or regularly tapped. In addition, his daughters endure constant bullying. 8 May 2001, while returning from Paris, she was intercepted at the airport of Tunis and all documents (including articles on the repression in Tunisia) were confiscated. In August, his car was vandalized. Harassment of her and her daughters has increased since the beginning of January 2002. ' From 15 October to 10 December 2003, she began a hunger strike "to protest against mobbing and family it is the object and to demand that justice should be done after a physical assault suffered in July" she puts end of the day of the commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Radhia Nasraoui continue to be exposed to state repression until the revolution of 2011 marked the fall of President Ben Ali. During this period, it is considered as a lawyer and activist against Torture Tunisia1 most known then as an opinion leader of the Arab Spring. Even after the revolution, it continues to denounce cases of torture and mistreatment of prisoners. She is also a member of the sponsorship committee of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine which work began 4 March 2009.

Award

• Get the Olof Palme Prize for Human Rights 25 January 2013.^[2]

Private life

Radhia Nasraoui is married with Hamma Hammami, secretary general of the Workers' Party since 1981 and they have three daughters, Nadia, and Sarah Oussaïma

References

External links

• Katalin Wrede (2011-11-18). "Radhia Nasraoui – Leading the fight against torture in Tunisia". Human Dignity Forum. Retrieved 2013-06-21.