Tunisia - new arrest of member of the Joint Action Coordination Committee for Palestine - maximum solidarity

 

Last night, activist Ghassan Boughediri, a member of the Joint Action Coordination Committee for Palestine and a member of the Tunisian and Maghreb Committee of the Global Resistance Flotilla 1, was detained. This followed his appearance this morning at the National Unit for Investigating Multifaceted Financial Crimes in El Aouina to give his statement in the investigations related to the financial aspects of the Global Resistance Flotilla 1. The detention of Ghassan Boughediri, along with Ghassan Henchiri, Wael Nouar, Jawhar Chenna, and Sanaa Msahli, in addition to Mohamed Amine Bennour and Nabil Chennoufi, all members of the Resistance Flotilla Committee, comes in the wake of the Public Prosecutor's decision to open the aforementioned investigations last Friday.

We, in the Joint Action Coordination Committee, wish to express the following:

- Our condemnation of this new arbitrary detention of an activist known for his honesty and integrity, especially since the investigations could have continued with him and the other detainees while they were at liberty. Without delving into the details of the investigation, nor the financial matters previously clarified by the flotilla organizers, we affirm, based on information we have received about the investigation's progress, to our people and all supporters of Palestine in Tunisia, that this is clearly a politically motivated attack disguised as a legal pretext. All stages of preparing the Global Flotilla of Steadfastness 1 were carried out with the full knowledge and coordination of the country's political authorities. Is there anyone in the country with any sense who believes that the flotilla, and before it the Steadfastness Convoy, could have set sail without a green light from the authorities?

The fact that the Public Prosecutor's Office opened this investigation, without any prior complaints, testimonies, or inquiries, confirms that the case is purely political. It cannot be separated from the recent shameful stances of the Tunisian authorities regarding the American-Zionist aggression against Iran and Lebanon and the ongoing genocidal war in Gaza. Nor should we forget how the security forces recently prevented protests in front of the American embassy against the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro, the President of Venezuela, an act for which the authorities didn't even bother to issue a statement condemning it. - We reiterate our demand for the release of our comrades and the cessation of the unjust prosecutions against all those included in the investigations, and the closure of this malicious and flawed file against the people of Tunisia and its rich history of supporting the struggle of the Palestinian people and all Arab peoples and peoples struggling against colonialism.

09/03/2026