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![]() Tunisia : Arabic Pinochet Government Respond to Peaceful Protests by Live Ammunition Orchestrating AlJazeera and Seizing AlMowqef Newspaper
The Arabic Network for Human rights Information today denounced the security siege and the ruthless assaults on protesters and demonstrators in the recent protests in many Tunisian cities against unemployment and deteriorating economic conditions. Many Tunisians were arrested and tortured in police stations.
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Thursday, December 30,2010 16:37 | |||||||
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The Arabic Network for Human rights Information today denounced the security siege and the ruthless assaults on protesters and demonstrators in the recent protests in many Tunisian cities against unemployment and deteriorating economic conditions. Many Tunisians were arrested and tortured in police stations. Security opened fire on demonstrates leading to one young man killed and many injured. The Tunisian government is leading a crackdown on alJazeera for covering the riots and the security encroachments. It all started on 17/12/2010, when a policeman in in Sidi Bouzeid stopped Mohamed Bouazizi , 26 years, a university graduate and a vegetable street vendor. The policeman insisted that Bouazizi should get a street vendor license or get off the market. The young man would leave his place in the market , so police forces ruthlessly beat him up in public and slapped him on the face. Bouazizi simply burnt himself publicly in protest to such insults stirring public rage.Citizens staged massive marches to support Bouazizi and to protest to extreme poverty and unemployment prevailing in Tunisia. Security responded by cordoning the city and forcibly dispersing citizens. Massive arrests were reported from the city.The young man taking his life two weeks ago sparked riots all over Tunisia not only in Sidi Bouzeid , but in Tunis, Qasrain, Qabis, Binzert, Sousa, BinQirdan , Qairowan, Gafsa, QarQena , elKaf, Baga and Qibly. Citizens staged massive protest that were violently suppressed.
On 25/12/2010, security tortured a citizen in Bouzyan police station in Sidi Bouzeid city. They just threw him on the street before the police station as he was in a very bad condition. When citizens demonstrated in front of the police station , police tried to disperse them by force and opened fire leading to the murder of Mohamed elBashir elMemary, 28 years, a university graduate. Two were injured but were promptly hospitalised.
The Arabic Network expressed deep resentment over the crackdown launched by government and parties in Tunisia against alJazeera channel and all media covering the uprise. Earlier, the Tunisian parliament issued a statement describing alJazeera coverage as a “prejudiced media work” . As well , 4 recognised Tunisian parties issued similar statements in an attempt to gag the channel and stop them from covering the protests. |
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tags: Security Siege / Tunisian Government / Arabic Network / AlJazeera Channel / Riots / Human Rights
Posted in Human Rights , Viva La Tunisia |
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