TUNIS: A Tunisian court on Tuesday upheld an eight-year prison sentence slapped on anti-racism activist Saadia Mosbah for financial misconduct, two of her lawyers said.
Mosbah, the head of the anti-discrimination Mnemty association, was detained in 2024 as part of a wider crackdown on several NGOs that provided help to undocumented migrants from sub-Saharan African countries in Tunisia.
Mosbah had been at the forefront of defending sub-Saharan migrants in Tunisia, particularly after a 2023 speech by President Kais Saied in which he denounced “hordes of illegal migrants” as a demographic threat.
Amnesty International in a statement has said her trial was “based on unfounded financial criminal charges.”
Defense lawyers have insisted on Mosbah’s innocence.
