While he was the president of the Bizertine section of the Tunisian Human Rights League, he co-founded the National Council for Freedoms and the Association against Torture in Tunisia.
In 1938, Ali Ben Salem was only seven years old when he lost his father, shot dead by the police during a nationalist demonstration.
[1] In 1955, after the start of internal autonomy, the Yousséfiste split turned into a civil war between the supporters of Habib Bourguiba and those of his rival Salah Ben Youssef.
[1] In 1977, together with Saâdeddine Zmerli and Mustapha Ben Jafar, he founded the Tunisian Human Rights League, LTDH.
He was chosen to be part of the Higher Authority for Realisation of the Objectives of the Revolution, Political Reform and Democratic Transition.
[3] On 23 October, he was appointed to be part of the Higher Committee human rights and fundamental freedoms for a period of three years.