Hedi Shaly is the vice president of Shams Tunisia, an association that advocates for LGBT rights, in a country where homosexuality is punishable by law. He is now an asylum seeker in France, following death threats against him and his family. He received death threat after participating in a very popular TV show in Tunisia ” Labes” broadcast on the chain of Elhiwar Ettounsi.He lost his studies and he has suffered mental health issues as a consequence of being on TV to defend LGBT+Community Rights.