On the morning of January 3, 2022, activist and advocate Mohammed Ali Rtimi, a member of Damj Association in Tunis, were arrested at the Bouhaira police station for refusing a search of their belongings and documents of the association by the police in a public place. In that context, Mohammed Ali requested to continue inspecting and verifying identity at a police station. Subsequently, they found themselves charged with disobedience, as they refused to comply with the orders of the police under the law regulating the emergency state of the country. Not to mention that this incident is not the first of its kind in the streets of the capital, Tunis, reflecting a pattern of targeting Queer activists in particular and monitoring human rights activists in general.

He was arrested at Lac police station in Tunis and released after the arrival of lawyers.