Na serious matter wey don dey happen for Tunisia o! Oya gather here make I yarn you wetin happen for court wey free humanitarian workers plus some NGO staff wey don dey prison for more than 20 months. Dem say na because dem help migrants wey waka enter Tunisia illegally.

For court yesterday, dem give Sherifa Riahi, wey be former director for French NGO Terre d’Asile, plus her crew some suspended sentences and finally released dem from inside prison. Na so dem supporters follow am run outside court like say dem dey celebrate New Year!

Lawyer wey dey represent dem, Mahmoud Daoud Yaacoub, talk say dem give two-year suspended sentence to the folks wey dey pre-trial detention. E still talk say the remaining ones wey dey out on bail go know their own judgment the next day. Omo, the matter dey hot!

Dem arrest this 23 defendants, wey include 17 workers for municipal area of Sousse just because dem use dem premises allow the NGO run them humanitarian work. Dem dey face serious charges like ‘conspiracy’ wey fit carry dem go prison for 10 years if dem gree catch dem well-well.

But the lawyers argue say dem dey do this work with the government own approval, so make everywhere cool. E good make dem hear wetin teachers and crowd wey dey support dem get to talk, as dem gather for outside court on the final day to show love.

UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, don already talk say make dem free Riahi instead of putting her for court with ‘confusing’ charges. That one dey show say people wey dey fight for human right no go gree for anything wey no make sense.

Migration matter for Tunisia na serious wahala as e dey be key transit point for many serious guys wey dey try to cross enter Europe every year. Na for May 2024 dem catch these humanitarian workers alongside about twelve others, wey include one anti-racism warrior, Saadia Mosbah, wey dem still dey plan trial for this month o.

As e be say President Kais Saied don talk say ‘hordes of illegal migrants’ dey pose threat to Arab-majority country, e cause serious pepper wey lead to serious attack wey no sweet for many sub-Saharan migrants. Many folks lose their homes and jobs, while others don try repatriate or waka across Mediterranean boat. Serious wahala indeed!

For summer time last year, wahala reach peak level as at least a hundred people don die in the struggle to cross water. This one come show say European Union dey work hard now to reduce this movement tin, even sign deal of EUR 255 million with Tunisia.