Twenty regional human rights advocacy groups released a joint statement in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ movement in Tunisia, led by the organization DAMJ, Association for Justice and Equality. Tunisia has seen an influx in hate speech targeting LGBTQ+ people across social media throughout the summer and fall.
Tunisia: Campaign against hate speech
The signatory organizations also call on the social media platform “Instagram” to respect their community guidelines and standards which reject hate speech inciting to violence based on sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions and sexual characteristics, and to commit to taking the necessary and rapid steps to reduce its negative impact on the platform and in real life.
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Today we are here to break the silence, to raise our voices and to speak up. Not only about our struggle but also about our love for life. In search of the hope that fuels our fight, we use our energy to make victories. Today we break the silence. Today we create our stories. Today is our day, and the future is ours.
Tunisia: Analysis report of discrimination cases collected by Anti-Discrimination Points
The purpose of this Analysis Report of the cases of discrimination collected by the Anti-Discrimination Points is to analyse the issue of discrimination in Tunisia using as a database the cases of discrimination collected within the framework of the project “For the Consolidation of the Capacity of Tunisian Civil Society in the Fight Against all Forms of Discrimination ”.