The Tunisian Human Rights League (French: LTDH) called on the Presidency of the Republic and the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) to facilitate the government’s action for immediate decision making, as required by the particular situation in the country.
The LTDH praised medical staff for efforts designed to combat the spread of Covid-19 and urged citizens to comply with the general lockdown measures and abide by the instructions of the Health Ministry.
The league also placed emphasis on the need to implement measures of drastic control of quarantined people, meet their vital needs and provide necessary information.
Coercive measures against people breaching the provisions of the curfew and the general lockdown and those taking advantage from this humanitarian crisis to make profit need to be taken.
Besides, the LTDH urged the media to denounce those who spread rumors and fake news so as to wreak havoc.
The league called on civil society to increase efforts to so as combat the spread of COVID-19 and said the league’s human and logistical resources are made available as part of the national campaign against the spread of the pandemic.
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