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Sarah Souli is a freelance journalist currently based in Athens, after several years in Tunis. Her work has appeared in The Economist, Al Jazeera English, Quartz, Vice, The Guardian, Middle East Eye, Roads & Kingdoms and other outlets. On Twitter: @sgsouli
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![Lawyers Without Borders' chief of mission in Tunisia, Antonio Manganella (L) and Human Rights Watch's director in Tunisia, Amna Guellali give a press conference on February 2, 2016 in Tunis to present a 33-page document about the country's draconian drug law.
Tunisia must stop widespread abuses under its draconian drug use law by drafting new legislation to eliminate prison sentences for recreational drug use or possession, Human Rights Watch said. The controversial "Law 52", passed under toppled dictator](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2017/02/GettyImages-507976550.jpg/GettyImages-507976550.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=ZMDk0zyX)
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![A Tunisian mother of a torture victim carries her son's portrait as she arrives for a hearing before the The Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) in Tunis on November 17, 2016.
Victims of murder, rape and torture under successive dictatorships started testifying on live television Thursday as Tunisia -- in a rare move for the Arab world -- tries to deal with decades of abuse.
The Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) has tracked human rights violations committed between July 1955, a year before Tunisia gained i](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2017/01/GettyImages-623890776.jpg/GettyImages-623890776.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=3UoCWKdP)
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![Tunisia's President Moncef Marzouki (R) and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani listen to their national anthems during a welcome ceremony in Tunis April 3, 2014. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS) - RTR3JUGT](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/11/RTR3JUGT.jpg/RTR3JUGT.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=qznedC5t)
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![Tunisian soldiers and police patrol the area of Mount Salloum near Algeria's border in Kasserine, Tunisia July 4, 2015. Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency on Saturday, saying the Islamist militant attack on a beach hotel that killed 38 foreigners had left the country "in a state of war". Picture taken July 4, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer - RTX1J484](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/10/RTX1J484.jpg/RTX1J484.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=mVlujTv4)
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![Tunisian protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding greater transparency of the oil sector at Avenue Habib-Bourguiba in Tunis, Tunisia, May 30, 2015. REUTERS/Anis Mili - RTR4Y6LD](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/10/RTR4Y6LD.jpg/RTR4Y6LD.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=Tum_kfCg)
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![A photo taken on May 4, 1961 in Washington shows US president John Fitzgerald Kennedy (R) and his Tunisian counterpart Habib Bourguiba during his first visit in United States. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read ARCHIVE/AFP/GettyImages)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/09/GettyImages-143715606.jpg/GettyImages-143715606.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=DoXYhPBj)
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