Mounir Baatour has no longer been the president of the Shams Association, nor even a member of it, since the 2021 general meeting. Regarding the legal case used by Mounir Baatour to defame the association’s executive director, we confirm the following:1. The Shams Executive Board expresses its full solidarity with the state’s prosecution [against] the actions of Mounir Baatour. The risks are considerable: Bouhdid Belhedi faces several years of imprisonment and heavy fines, in Tunisia as well as in France. The Shams Association will no longer tolerate any attempts to usurp its identity, falsify its official communications, or defame its president and members.