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Some opposition sources claim that in February 2012, he criticised [[freedom of the press]].<ref name="business">[http://www.businessnews.com.tn/details_article.php?t=534&a=29444&temp=1&lang= Samir Dilou se livre à un lynchage frénétique des journalistes], ''Business News'', 20 February 2012</ref> His opponents claim that he later added that [[freedom of expression]] and [[Strike action|strikes]] were a privilege, not a right.<ref name="live">Sana Ajmi, [http://www.tunisia-live.net/2012/01/08/government-spokesman-samir-dilou-addresses-state-of-tunisia-in-transition/ Government Spokesman Samir Dilou Addresses State of Tunisia in Transition] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406053738/http://www.tunisia-live.net/2012/01/08/government-spokesman-samir-dilou-addresses-state-of-tunisia-in-transition/ |date=2012-04-06 }}, ''Tunisia Live'', 8 January 2012</ref> He also decided to remove the police from the campus of [[Manouba University]] in [[Manouba]], where students have been demonstrating to wear the [[niquab]].<ref name="live"/>
Some opposition sources claim that in February 2012, he criticised [[freedom of the press]].<ref name="business">[http://www.businessnews.com.tn/details_article.php?t=534&a=29444&temp=1&lang= Samir Dilou se livre à un lynchage frénétique des journalistes], ''Business News'', 20 February 2012</ref> His opponents claim that he later added that [[freedom of expression]] and [[Strike action|strikes]] were a privilege, not a right.<ref name="live">Sana Ajmi, [http://www.tunisia-live.net/2012/01/08/government-spokesman-samir-dilou-addresses-state-of-tunisia-in-transition/ Government Spokesman Samir Dilou Addresses State of Tunisia in Transition] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406053738/http://www.tunisia-live.net/2012/01/08/government-spokesman-samir-dilou-addresses-state-of-tunisia-in-transition/ |date=2012-04-06 }}, ''Tunisia Live'', 8 January 2012</ref> He also decided to remove the police from the campus of [[Manouba University]] in [[Manouba]], where students have been demonstrating to wear the [[niquab]].<ref name="live"/>


His opponents maintain also that in the same month, he said on [[Samir El-Wafi]]'s program on national television that [[homosexuality]] was not a human rights issue, but a condition in need of medical treatment.<ref name="dan">Dan Littauer, [http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/02/06/tunisian-human-rights-minister-no-free-speech-for-gays/ Tunisian human rights minister: No free speech for gays], ''Pink News'', 6 February 2012</ref><ref name="amnesty">[https://www.amnesty.org/en/news/tunisian-officials-rhetoric-undermines-human-rights-2012-02-24 Tunisian official's rhetoric undermines human rights], Amnesty International, 24 February 2012</ref> [[Amnesty International]] condemned this statement.<ref name="dan"/><ref name="amnesty"/> In June 2012, he rejected the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]]'s recommendation to decriminalize same-sex intercourse, arguing it was a Western concept at odds with Islam, Tunisian culture and traditions.<ref name="littauer"/> Critics have argued the anti-gay legislation was passed under [[French protectorate of Tunisia|French Tunisia]].<ref name="littauer"/>
His opponents maintain also that in the same month, he said on [[Samir El-Wafi]]'s program on national television that [[homosexuality]] was not a human rights issue, but a condition in need of medical treatment.<ref name="dan">Dan Littauer, [http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/02/06/tunisian-human-rights-minister-no-free-speech-for-gays/ Tunisian human rights minister: No free speech for gays], ''Pink News'', 6 February 2012</ref><ref name="amnesty">[https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2012/02/tunisian-officials-rhetoric-undermines-human-rights-2/ Tunisian official's rhetoric undermines human rights], Amnesty International, 24 February 2012</ref> [[Amnesty International]] condemned this statement.<ref name="dan"/><ref name="amnesty"/> In June 2012, he rejected the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]]'s recommendation to decriminalize same-sex intercourse, arguing it was a Western concept at odds with Islam, Tunisian culture and traditions.<ref name="littauer"/> Critics have argued the anti-gay legislation was passed under [[French protectorate of Tunisia|French Tunisia]].<ref name="littauer"/>


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 18:38, 26 January 2022


Samir Dilou

Samir Dilou is a Tunisian politician. He served as the Minister of human rights, transitional justice and government spokesperson under Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali.[1][2][3]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Samir Dilou was born in Tunis in 1966.[2] He graduated from the University of Sousse in 1991.[2] He was sentenced to ten years in prison as a result of his political involvement with the students' union Union Générale des Etudiants de Tunisie (UGET).[2]

Career[edit | edit source]

He is a lawyer and a member of the Executive Committee of the Ennahda Movement.[2] He is one of the founders of the International Organization to Defend Political Prisoners and a member of Truth and Work Organization in Switzerland.[2] On 20 December 2011, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Human Rights and Transitional Justice and Spokesperson of the Government.[2]

Minister[edit | edit source]

See also: Human rights in Tunisia

Some opposition sources claim that in February 2012, he criticised freedom of the press.[4] His opponents claim that he later added that freedom of expression and strikes were a privilege, not a right.[5] He also decided to remove the police from the campus of Manouba University in Manouba, where students have been demonstrating to wear the niquab.[5]

His opponents maintain also that in the same month, he said on Samir El-Wafi's program on national television that homosexuality was not a human rights issue, but a condition in need of medical treatment.[6][7] Amnesty International condemned this statement.[6][7] In June 2012, he rejected the United Nations Human Rights Council's recommendation to decriminalize same-sex intercourse, arguing it was a Western concept at odds with Islam, Tunisian culture and traditions.[3] Critics have argued the anti-gay legislation was passed under French Tunisia.[3]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ CIA World Leaders
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Ahmed Lachheb, Samir Dilou Archived 2012-06-25 at the Wayback Machine, Tunisia Live, 15 August 2011
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dan Littauer, Tunisia rejects UNHRC recommendation to decriminalise gay sex, Pink News, 6 June 2012
  4. ↑ Samir Dilou se livre à un lynchage frénétique des journalistes, Business News, 20 February 2012
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sana Ajmi, Government Spokesman Samir Dilou Addresses State of Tunisia in Transition Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine, Tunisia Live, 8 January 2012
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dan Littauer, Tunisian human rights minister: No free speech for gays, Pink News, 6 February 2012
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Tunisian official's rhetoric undermines human rights, Amnesty International, 24 February 2012
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