Tunisian rights activist dies in road accident in Rabat
Tunisia, Local, 12/11/2004

Chairman of "Penal Reform International," Tunisian Ahmed Othmani, died on Wednesday in a car accident in Rabat.

According to a source of the International human rights federation, the Tunisian human rights militant, 61, died as he reached the hospital after he was hit by a car near the hotel where he was staying in Rabat.

Othmani was in Morocco to take part in the civil society forum held by a group of human rights organizations in Rabat this Dec.8-9.

The corpse of the late Othmani will be transferred this Friday to Tunis where he will be buried.

Penal Reform International (PRI) is an international non-governmental organisation. Founded in London, UK, in 1989, PRI has members in five continents and in over 80 countries.

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