Tunisia
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist de facto
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the...
- News items in the archive
- 114
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Tunisia is classified as Abolitionist de facto in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 114 news items on Tunisia, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
MAY 22, 2012ItalyDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: CONSTITUTION TO SEE END OF DEATH PENALTY, ITALY SAYS
the abolition of capital punishment must be included in Tunisia's new constitution. This
MAY 10, 2012TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: FIRST DEATH SENTENCES AFTER REVOLUTION
Two men accused of rape and murder, were sentenced to death this afternoon by the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Tunis. This is the first death sentences issued in Tunisia after the fall of the dictatorship, in January of 2011.
- APRIL 19, 2012TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
a Tunisian court will issue on May 3 its verdict in a blasphemy...
a Tunisian court will issue on May 3 its verdict in a blasphemy...
- APRIL 9, 2012TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
during a TV program on the first national channel...
during a TV program on the first national channel...
FEBRUARY 21, 2012TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: FIRST DEATH SENTENCING SINCE REVOLUTION IN MANOUBA MURDER CASE
Primary Court of Tunis has recently issued the first capital punishment sentence
- JANUARY 20, 2012TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST PRESIDENT TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY?
General amnesty was recently granted to thousands of detainees in Tunisian prisons in
JANUARY 14, 2012TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: AMNESTY TO THOUSANDS ON BEN ALI OUSTER ANNIVERSARY
Tunisia granted an amnesty or conditional release from prison to 9,000 detainees
JANUARY 5, 2012MaliDEATH PENALTYMALI: TUNISIAN EXTRADITED AFTER BEING SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Tunisian citizen has been extradited to his home country after being sentenced to death
- JANUARY 1, 2012TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the internal security of the State and attacks against the external security of the State are all capital offences.
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the internal security of the State and attacks against the external security of the State are all capital offences.
- DECEMBER 15, 2011MaliDEATH PENALTY
MALI: PRESIDENT TOURÈ PARDONS TUNISIAN NATIONAL
Amadou Toumani Touré, the President of Mali, pardoned Bechir Sinoun, the Tunisian national
NOVEMBER 17, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TUNISIAN, WOMAN AMONG 11 EXECUTED FOR TERROR
Eleven people sentenced to death for terrorist activity were executed in Iraq, according
- NOVEMBER 4, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: TUNISIAN’S EXECUTION POSTPONED AFTER INTERVENTION BY GHANNOUCHI
the execution of a young Tunisian in Iraq has been stayed after the intervention of Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi.
NOVEMBER 3, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TUNISIAN FACES EXECUTION
Yosri Triki, a young Tunisian student who is set to be executed in Iraq by the end of the week
- JUNE 29, 2011TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Tunisia ratified the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Tunisia ratified the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
- JUNE 28, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: PRESIDENCY RATIFIES DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TUNISIAN
Iraq’s Presidency ratified the death sentence against Tunisian citizen Yusri Fadhil al-Tureiqi
- JUNE 24, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA: RADICALS SAY TUNISIA MOVING TOWARDS ABOLITION
Tunisia is moving towards the abolition of the death penalty and joining the International
- JUNE 24, 2011TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Tunisia ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Tunisia ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
JUNE 14, 2011TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: BEN ALI MAY FACE UP TO 20 YEARS OR THE DEATH PENALTY
Tunisia’s ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali could face 20 years in jail if convicted of drugs
- FEBRUARY 2, 2011TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA: PRISON VISIT ENDS 20-YEAR BAN
Tunisia's interim government allowed Human Rights Watch to visited two prisons
- FEBRUARY 1, 2011TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA: TOWARDS RATIFYING INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
the Tunisian government announced the ratification of the most important international conventions
- JANUARY 1, 2011TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the internal security of the State and attacks against the external security of the State are all capital offences.
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the internal security of the State and attacks against the external security of the State are all capital offences.
- JANUARY 1, 2010TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the internal security of the State and attacks against the external security of the State are all capital offences.
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the internal security of the State and attacks against the external security of the State are all capital offences.
- MARCH 31, 2009TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER AND RAPE
two men were sentenced to death in Tunisia after being found guilty of the murder and rape of a student.
- MARCH 20, 2009TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA: SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOUBLE HOMICIDE
the Tunisian court of Cassation confirmed the death penalty of a man found guilty of
- JANUARY 1, 2009TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the internal security of the State and attacks against the external security of the State are all capital offences.
Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the internal security of the State and attacks against the external security of the State are all capital offences.
- JUNE 5, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
TERRORISM. MARONI, NO OBSTACLES TO SABER’S EXPULSION
Internal Affairs Minister Roberto Maroni said there were no “obstacles” in adopting
- JUNE 4, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
TERRORISM. HANDS OFF CAIN- SABER’S EXPULSION SERIOUS
the expulsion of Saber, the Tunisian citizen held for Islamic extremism, 'is for propaganda' and above all is 'serious because it happened in total contempt of the rules and guarantees of the international accords to which Italy adheres.' This was the pos
- MARCH 6, 2008TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA. ABOLITIONIST DRAFT LAW PRESENTED
a group of Tunisian parliamentarians presented a draft law for
- FEBRUARY 20, 2008TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA. APPEALS COURT COMMUTES TERRORISM DEATH SENTENCE
a Tunisian appeals court commuted the death sentence of a suspected Islamic
- FEBRUARY 20, 2008TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA. APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MILITANT
a Tunisian appeals court upheld a death sentence of a suspected Islamic