Mohammed Walid Zeidi is a political activist in the Workers’ Party and comes from Kairouan governorate. Walid’s case dates back to December 2023, when he was arrested and investigated due to sharing a post from a media website that conveyed the position of the Workers’ Party on the economic situation, including a call to protest and boycott the 2022 parliamentary elections. After the investigation, he was released.

On 10th May, Mohammed Walid went to the police station in the Hajeb Laayoun area to obtain a national identification card. He was then informed that he was wanted due to an arrest warrant issued against him by the investigating judge after accusing him of the set of charges stipulated by Article 24 of Decree No. 54. However, he has not received any formal summons or notification that he was searched. According to Olfa Baazaoui, a member of the Central Committee of the Workers ‘ Party, the investigating judge released Walid Zeidi. Still, the public prosecution appealed the decision on the same day. Within hours, the Indictment Department of the Kairouan Court of Appeal issued an arrest warrant against the victim of the violation, who has been imprisoned for more than ten days. The violations did not stop at silencing and detaining him for expressing his opinion, they continued for several days as the victim’s brother sought to obtain a visitation permit but the family was prevented from visiting him. In addition, his lawyer also submitted a request through his secretary, but the authority to address these requests is currently unknown. According to the investigation judge’s office, the file has been referred to the indictment department of the Kairouan Court of Appeal.

His brother thereafter obtained a temporary visitation permit. Nonetheless, Walid remains behind bars without any scheduled hearing or developments in his case, meanwhile, he is deprived of his freedom, although freedom of speech is a constitutional right enjoyed by all Tunisian citizen