Medical experimentation on prisoners (part 6): Situation in Africa, Middle East and part of the Arab world (Tunisia in particular).

The developing World has the largest number of prisoners globally, but their situation is considered «opaque». In recent years, there has been a growing interest from pharmaceutical companies in this part of the world. A growing number of voices is denouncing the spectrum of medical exploitation of prisoners. In Tunisia, there is a great legislative effort to ensure the protection of this vulnerable population. The present history note, the sixth in a series on medical experimentation on prisoners, intended to discuss the situation of medical experimentation in prisons in Africa, the Middle East and part of the Arab world, Tunisia in particular.