Radhia Nasraoui

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Radhia Nasraoui (* 1953 in Tunis ) is a Tunisian human rights lawyer who campaigns against torture .

Life

Radhia Nasraoui has been campaigning for human rights since the 1970s . Student and worker protests were banned under President Habib Bourguiba . In 1976, Nasraoui persuaded the law firm where she worked to defend students charged with it. After the general strike in Tunisia, which was accompanied by bloody unrest and resulted in numerous lives, she opened her own law firm in 1978.

Radhia Nasraoui was the founder in 2003 and is the chairwoman of the Association de lutte contre la torture en Tunisie , an association against torture in Tunisia. Radhia Nasraoui is married to Hamma Hammami , the spokesman for the Tunisian Communist Workers' Party . Hamma Hammami was sentenced to three years and two months' imprisonment on March 31, 2002 as a result of this party membership. Radhia Nasraoui went on a 38-day hunger strike until August 2, 2002 in order to force her husband to be released and to achieve political freedoms for the citizens of her country. On September 4, 2002, her husband, who was also advocated by international human rights groups, was released.

As a result of her activities, Radhia Nasraoui was subjected to repression and violence by the police and went on a hunger strike again from October 15 to December 10, 2003 in protest .

Radhia Nasraoui, who was subject to state reprisals in the years that followed the revolution in Tunisia in 2010/2011 , is considered the best-known lawyer and voice against torture in Tunisia and a pioneer of the Arab Spring . Even after Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown , she continued to complain about the persecution of torture and ill-treatment of prisoners. As a lawyer, she defended the former Tunisian Femen activist Amina Tyler in 2013 .

Radhia Nasraoui has three children.

Awards

On November 16, 2005, the Université Libre de Bruxelles awarded Radhia Nasraoui an honorary doctorate , pointing to its defense of human rights and its commitment to the emancipation of Tunisian women.

In the run-up to the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, Kristian Berg Harpviken , Director of the Norwegian Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) thought it likely that Radhia Nasraoui, as one of the representatives of the Arab Spring , could be one of the honored.

In November 2011, Radhia Nasraoui, who , according to the awarding foundation , “had made a decisive contribution to the success of the 'Arab Spring' and to the protection of human dignity”, was among the winners of the Roland Berger Prize for Human Dignity . In 2012 she was awarded the Olof Palme Prize .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Berlin Human Dignity Forum on November 18, 2011: Radhia Nasraoui - Leading the fight against torture in Tunisia. Retrieved December 4, 2011 .
  2. ^ The time on February 3, 1978: Tunisia: general strike and riot. Retrieved October 7, 2011 .
  3. ^ African Success on February 1, 2011: Biography of Radhia Nasraoui. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 14, 2011 ; Retrieved October 7, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.africansuccess.org
  4. ↑ Amnesty International: The Right to Freedom of Expression. Extracts from Amnesty International's annual reports: reporting year 2003. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008 ; Retrieved October 7, 2011 .
  5. ^ ARD on February 6, 2011: Review: Tunisia. Where everything began. Retrieved October 7, 2011 .
  6. ^ NZZ on July 31, 2002: Violent criticism of the Tunisian regime. Hunger strike by a lawyer. Retrieved October 7, 2011 .
  7. ↑ Amnesty International on August 2, 2002: Radhia Nasraoui ends hunger strike. Retrieved October 7, 2011 .
  8. ^ Reporters Without Borders on September 4, 2002: Hamma Hammani released from prison. Retrieved October 7, 2011 .
  9. ↑ Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders - FIDH and OMCT: “Security first” and human rights, Annual Report 2003, p. 332 ff. (PDF; 2.8 MB) Retrieved on October 7, 2011 . Éditions de l'aube 2004, ISBN 2-88477-076-3
  10. ↑ Amnesty International; Declaration by Radhia Nasraoui: Radhia Nasraoui: Hunger strike in defense of my dignity. Retrieved October 7, 2011 .
  11. ↑ NZZ Online on February 1, 2010: Tightened repression in Tunisia. Retrieved December 4, 2011 .
  12. ↑ a b Der Tagesspiegel on November 22, 2011: "I knew then that I had to do something". Retrieved December 4, 2011 .
  13. ↑ Phoenix on November 22, 2011: Award for the thought leaders. Awarded the Roland Berger Prize for Human Dignity. Archived from the original on November 26, 2011 ; Retrieved December 4, 2011 .
  14. ^ Zeit Online on February 10, 2011: Die Frauen der Revolte. Retrieved December 4, 2011 .
  15. ↑ n-tv on May 22, 2011: Rape in custody? Tunisians complain about torture. Retrieved December 8, 2011 .
  16. ↑ Ed2Murrow: The Taming of the Shrew. Friday , June 16, 2013, accessed on August 25, 2013 .
  17. ^ Roland Berger Foundation: Radhia Nasraoui. (PDF; 3.0 MB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 31, 2012 ; Retrieved December 4, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rolandbergerstiftung.org
  18. ^ Université Libre de Bruxelles: DHC: courage ou imagination. Retrieved October 7, 2011 (French).
  19. ↑ PRIO website: PRIO Director's Nobel Peace Prize Speculations 2011. Accessed October 7, 2011 .
  20. ↑ Aargauer Zeitung on October 6, 2011: Does the Nobel Peace Prize go to the “Facebook Girl”? Retrieved October 7, 2011 .
  21. ↑ Roland Berger Foundation on November 22, 2011: “Roland Berger Prize for Human Dignity” awarded to Ms. Radhia Nasraoui, the “Arabic Network for Human Rights Information” and Mr. Mazen Darwish. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 4, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rolandbergerstiftung.org  
  22. ↑ Radhia Nassraoui reçoit le Prix Olof Palme pour les droits de l'Homme de 2012 . Retrieved January 27, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Nasraoui, Radhia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tunisian human rights lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Tunis