the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion
and expression, Mr. Abid Hussain, visited Tunisia from December 6 to 10, 1999. At the end of a balanced and edifying assessment of the situation, Mr. Abid Hussain made a series of significant recommendations to put an end, in particular, to "attacks on freedom of association and all forms of expression of divergent opinion", considering that for "a country like Tunisia, which has achieved a certain degree of social development, it should not be difficult to manage the contradictory requirements of stability and freedom in a more liberal way". The CRLDHT has been in constant contact with the Special Rapporteur.
