[IRP] [Expression] Slim Amamou (and other bloggers) arrested in Tunisia

Tue Jan 11 18:40:46 EET 2011

Thanks Walid and Hatem for these updates. This, in itself, shows the  
level of disinformation due to the censorship and now to the bloody  
repression. It seemed from an interview of a member of the Tunisian  
pirate party published yesterday by Le Monde that only Azyz Amami was  
still retained (in French: http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/ 
2011/01/10/les-tunisiens-osent-enfin-parler-entre-eux-et-cela-aucune- 
censure-ne-l-arretera_1463210_651865.html#ens_id=1289018).

It's good to know that Slim and others seem physically safe, but one  
obviously fears that the charges will be very serious: it's likely  
that the governement will accuse them for the cyber-attacks against  
official website, which would probably be qualified as "terrorist acts".

In the mean time, the number of deaths is dramatically increasing.

Meryem

Le 11 janv. 11 ? 16:54, hatem zidi a ?crit :

> dear all
>
> i have the information that slim's family just visited him and his in
> good shape and they confirm that he wasn't tortured or mistreated.
>
> we are still waiting for the official confirmation about the  
> charges against him
>
> have a nice day
> --
> hatem zidi
> open source expert & integrator
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 13:01, Walid Al-Saqaf <admin at alkasir.com>  
> wrote:
>> Dear Meryem & friends,
>>
>> It appears that Slim and the others are still in detention. A  
>> friend from
>> Tunisia here in the Cairo event just told me that this information  
>> is just
>> to introduce the news about their trial. Just thought you should  
>> know.,.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Walid
>>
>> -----------------
>>
>> Walid Al-Saqaf
>> Founder & Administrator
>> alkasir for mapping and circumventing cyber censorship
>> https://alkasir.com
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Meryem Marzouki  
>> <meryem at marzouki.info>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Update: It seems, but this still needs firm confirmation, that  
>>> Slim and
>>> some other bloggers (and a rapper) are now free. The bad news is  
>>> that the
>>> police and/or the army have been shooting people in some Tunisian  
>>> cities.
>>> There are deaths.
>>> Meryem
>>>
>>> Le 7 janv. 11 ? 16:27, Meryem Marzouki a ?crit :
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> You've probably heard about the situation in Tunisia, with street
>>>> demonstrations, strikes and other actions following events in  
>>>> the city of
>>>> Sidi Bouzid since mid-December, when a young unemployed men  
>>>> selling goods in
>>>> the streets immolate himself after the police seized his goods.  
>>>> He recently
>>>> died. These protests and of course this desperate act, are a  
>>>> consequence of
>>>> corruption and very high level of unemployment, especially for  
>>>> young people
>>>> including highly educated people, in the country.
>>>>
>>>> The Tunisian authorities exercizes severe repression against  
>>>> protesters,
>>>> and has intensified the censorship of the press and any independent
>>>> reporting and the targetting of any dissenting voice. In  
>>>> particular, Slim
>>>> Amamou - who recently participated to our discussions on the IRP  
>>>> list,
>>>> that's why I'm especially mentioning him  - and other bloggers  
>>>> have been
>>>> arrested, and there are no news about their situation, except  
>>>> that Slim was
>>>> detained at the ministry of Interior headquarters.
>>>>
>>>> Information in English may be found at:
>>>> http://globalvoicesonline.org/-/world/middle-east-north-africa/ 
>>>> tunisia/ and
>>>> at:
>>>> http://fr.readwriteweb.com/2011/01/07/divers/blogueur-slim- 
>>>> amamou-auteur-sur-readwriteweb-arrt-en-tunisie-sidibouzid/? 
>>>> utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A 
>>>> +readwriteweb-france+%28ReadWriteWeb+France%29
>>>> (the latter article is in French, but there are some comments in  
>>>> English at
>>>> the bottom of the page).
>>>>
>>>> There is also an audio interview in English, including an  
>>>> interview of
>>>> Slim - of course before his arrest - at:
>>>> http://media.theworld.org/audio/010620118.mp3 (interview by  
>>>> Clark Boyd,BBC
>>>> correspondent in Brussels,published on 6 January).
>>>>
>>>> Wanted to let you know...
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Meryem
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