The Tunis court, in the Tunisian capital. (Credit: Fethi Belaid/AFP)
It is with difficulty that this retiree speaks about his search for justice, which has lasted seven years. But Rafah* leans on his cane, sits down and tells his story. His son Kamel, a computer maintenance technician, was 34 years old when he was arrested. "At the time, we didn’t understand what happened. One day he went to work; the next we found him in prison. The company’s director never wanted to explain it to us," Rafah explains. All he knows is that it was about a merchandise problem. Suddenly, he found himself bringing a basket of food to his son every week, who was held in pre-trial detention awaiting trial. A month after Kamel arrived in prison, he began complaining of pain. "He was holding his stomach and said to me, 'Dad, I’m going to die, call my lawyer,'" Rafah recalls. Moments later, he fainted...
It is with difficulty that this retiree speaks about his search for justice, which has lasted seven years. But Rafah* leans on his cane, sits down and tells his story. His son Kamel, a computer maintenance technician, was 34 years old when he was arrested. "At the time, we didn’t understand what happened. One day he went to work; the next we found him in prison. The company’s director never wanted to explain it to us," Rafah explains. All he knows is that it was about a merchandise problem. Suddenly, he found himself bringing a basket of food to his son every week, who was held in pre-trial detention awaiting trial. A month after Kamel arrived in prison, he began complaining of pain. "He was holding his stomach and said to me, 'Dad, I’m going to die, call my lawyer,'" Rafah recalls. Moments later, he...
