Human rights league says its delegation was again turned away from Messadine prison

The Sousse branch of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) said on July 21 that one of its delegations had been refused entry to Messadine civil prison in Msaken on the grounds that a justice ministry authorisation was required, a condition the league says does not appear in the 2015 memorandum of understanding governing its prison visits, and which it calls an unjustified restriction. The branch said it had received several requests to visit concerning situations it described as critical. The refusal came three days after the prisons directorate categorically denied social-media claims of a fire and suffocation cases at the same facility, leaving conditions inside during a record heatwave without any independent check.

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