Samir Dilou

[2] On 20 December 2011, he joined the Jebali Cabinet as Minister of Human Rights and Transitional Justice and Spokesperson of the Government.

[4] His opponents claim that he later added that freedom of expression and strikes were a privilege, not a right.

[5] His opponents maintain also that in the same month, he said on Samir El-Wafi's program on national television that homosexuality was not a human rights issue, but a condition in need of medical treatment.

[6][7] In June 2012, he rejected the United Nations Human Rights Council's recommendation to decriminalize same-sex intercourse, arguing it was a Western concept at odds with Islam, Tunisian culture and traditions.

[3] Critics have argued the anti-gay legislation was passed under French Tunisia.