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Posté par Anthony Whitney le 20/10.
1/ Maghreb des Livres. Table ronde à l'Hotel de Ville de Paris à 18h45 ce
samedi 20 octobre : "La Tunisie : un pays qui assume son histoire ?"
De tous les pays du Maghreb, c'est la Tunisie qui a, dès l'indépendance
décidé d'assumer son histoire, toute son histoire, de l'Antiquité à la
décolonisation. Qu'en est-il précisément ? Et pourquoi ce pays a-t-il pris
une longueur d'avance sur ses voisins maghrébins ? Ce sont entre autres les
questions auxquelles tentera de répondre cette table-ronde animée par Sophie
Bessis (historienne, journaliste) et qui réunira notamment Azeddine
Bachaouch (Unesco), Jamal-Eddine Bencheikh (écrivain), Mohamed Charfi
(juriste, ancien ministre) et Albert Memmi (écrivain).
2/ Coup de force de la police de Ben Ali contre les envoyés d'Amnesty
International (suite)
Communiqué CRLDHT (Comité pour le respect des droits de l'homme en Tunisie)
Alors que les autorités tunisiennes avaient annoncé qu’elles envisageaient
favorablement le séjour à Tunis d’une délégation d’Amnesty International qui
avait notamment demandé à rencontrer le ministre des Droits de l’homme,
cette dernière composée de M. Jérôme Bellion- Jourdan et Philip Luther a été
soumise dès son arrivée à une filature d’intimidation rapprochée et visible
qui s’est terminée par une inqualifiable agression physique.
Embarqués de force dans une voiture à proximité du domicile de Maître Radhia
Nassraoui , ils ont été violemment pris à partie et se sont vus confisqués
leurs sacs de voyage, lesquels leur seront en définitive restitués à leur
hôtel après qu’il aient été relâchés dans un quartier périphérique.
Le CRLDHT dénonce vigoureusement cette agression qui illustre le climat d’
intimidation et de répression auxquels les défenseurs des droits humains
sont soumis en Tunisie (cf. communiqué d’AI du 29 septembre 2001).
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Olfa Lamloum
À : liste@maghreb-ddh.sgdg.org
Date : dimanche 30 septembre 2001 10:08
Objet : [maghreb-ddh] Tunisia/AI
>AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 29 September 2001
>
>
>NEWS FLASH
>
>
>TUNISIA: Police assault on Amnesty International¡¦s trial observers
>
>Two AI delegates, Jerome Bellion-Jourdan and Philip Luther, were detained
>and ill-treated by plain clothes security officers while on an official
>visit to Tunisia to observe the appeal hearing of prominent human rights
>defender Dr Moncef Marzouki.
>
> In the early hours of today the delegates were stopped in Tunis by traffic
>police while returning from a meeting with a Tunisian human rights
defender.
>They were then forced by plain clothes security officers into a car without
>number plates. Later they were pulled out of the car and their belongings,
>including a computer and all their documents, were forcibly taken. One of
>the delegates was physically assaulted by a plain clothes officer whilst
>another officer took his bag. They were then released.
>
>Amnesty International has contacted the Tunisian authorities expressing its
>grave concern at the incident and requested a prompt and thorough
>investigation as well as assurances that neither the delegates nor people
>they have been or will be in contact with will endure further harassment.
>The organization has requested immediate meetings with Tunisian ministers
>and government officials to discuss the incident. There has been no
response
>to these requests so far.
>
>Dr Moncef Marzouki, a member and former spokesperson of the Conseil
National
>pour les Libertļs en Tunisie (CNLT), National Council for Liberties in
>Tunisia, and former president of the Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de
l¡¦Homme
>(LTDH), Tunisian Human Rights League, had been sentenced in December 2000
in
>an unfair trial to one year¡¦s imprisonment in connection with his human
>rights activities. At today¡¦s hearing attended by the delegates the
>sentence was suspended. Dr Marzouki, a former presidential candidate, will
>lose certain civil rights, including the right to stand for elections.
>
>*************************************************************************
>-- 3/ Soutien à Bouhajila
>----Message d'origine-----
De : Olfa Lamloum
À : liste@maghreb-ddh.sgdg.org
Date : jeudi 18 octobre 2001 23:29
Objet : [maghreb-ddh] Tunisie/AI
>PUBLIC AI Index: MDE 30/033/01
>
>18 October 2001
>
>
>Further information on UA 184/01 (MDE 30/021/2001, 24 July 2001) - Health
>concern / Ill-treatment / Unfair trial
>
>TUNISIA Abdelatif Bouhajila
>
>
>Abdelatif Bouhajila's health has deteriorated seriously, and his life is in
>danger. He has been in hospital since 6 October, after a suspected heart
>attack. He has continued his hunger strike in hospital, and has recently
>refused to take sugar water or to be fed on a drip.
>
>When his lawyer saw him on 10 October, Abdelatif Bouhajila was in a
>wheelchair and was extremely anxious about his health. He already suffers
>from asthma, kidney disease and blood clots which may lead to a fatal heart
>attack.
>
>He had been hospitalized on 31 August with suspected kidney failure. He was
>taken back to prison a month later, but refused to enter a cell with
>prisoners who smoked, as he is asthmatic, and was put in solitary
>confinement.
>
>Abdelatif Bouhajila was arrested in September 1998. He first went on hunger
>strike in August 2000, in protest at the length of the judicial proceedings
>against him, and the conditions in which he was held. He was jailed for 17
>years in November 2000, after an unfair trial.
>
>He was moved from Borj Erroumi Prison to the 9 avril prison in Tunis on 14
>July, but refused to enter his cell because of the poor conditions inside.
>The prison director reportedly assaulted him, and he was hospitalised that
>day. His lawyer filed a complaint against the director a week later.
>
>Abdelatif Bouhajila continued his hunger strike in hospital until 30 July,
>when he was told that he would be moved to a cell where conditions would be
>less threatening to his health. He was returned to the 9 avril prison on 15
>August, although he was in the middle of a course of medical treatment at
>the time. When he arrived at the prison, he was told that he was going to
be
>moved to Borj al-Amri prison, 34km from his family's home in Tunis and
>without public transport links to Tunis. He refused to accept this
decision,
>and says that prison guards assaulted him again, in the presence of the
>prison director. He was moved to Borj al-Amri prison on 17 August, and
>resumed his hunger strike immediately. When his 70-year-old father
travelled
>to see him the following day, Abdelatif Bouhajila was in a wheelchair,
>apparently too weak to walk or even stand up by himself.
>
>Abdelatif Bouhajila and his lawyer were summoned to appear before a judge
on
>22 August for a pre-trial hearing on the complaint against the prison
>director. On the day of the hearing the lawyer went to the court, but her
>client did not appear. She later found out that prison guards had driven
him
>to the court, but had apparently kept him in the car and then taken him
back
>to prison.
>
>RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible,
in
>French, English, Arabic or your own language:
>- expressing concern for the health of Abdelatif Bouhajila, and urging the
>authorities to ensure that he is immediately given appropriate medical care
>and housed in better conditions;
>- expressing concern at allegations that Abdelatif Bouhajila has been
>repeatedly ill-treated by the prison authorities, and urging that these
>allegations are promptly, impartially and fully investigated;
>- calling for Abdelatif Bouhajila and his co-defendants to be retried, in
>proceedings that conform to international standards for fair trial.
>
>APPEALS TO:
>Minister of Justice
>M. Bechir TAKKARI
>Ministre de la Justice
>Ministère de la Justice
>31 Boulevard Bab Benat
>1006 Tunis
>Tunisia
>Fax: + 216 71 568 106
>E-mail: mju@ministeres.tn
>Telegrams: Ministre Justice, Tunis, Tunisia
>Salutation: Monsieur le Ministre / Your Excellency
>
>Minister of the Interior
>M. Abdallah KAABI
>Ministre de l'Interieur
>Ministère de l'Intérieur
>Avenue Habib Bourguiba
>1001 Tunis
>Tunisia
>Fax: + 216 71 354 331/340 888
>E-mail: mint@ministeres.tn
>Telegrams: Ministre Interieur, Tunis, Tunisia
>Salutation: Monsieur le Ministre / Your Excellency
>
>COPIES TO:
>
>M. Slaheddine Maâoui
>Ministre Délégué chargé des Droits de l'Homme
>Bureau du Premier Ministre
>Place du Gouvernement
>La Kasbah
>1006 Tunis
>Tunisia
>Fax: + 216 71 256 766
>Salutation: Son Excellence/ Your Excellency
>
>and to diplomatic representatives of Tunisia accredited to your country.
>
>PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the International Secretariat,
>or your section office, if sending appeals after 29 November 2001.
>
>
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