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

Tue Jan 11 18:05:06 EET 2011

Amnesty International press release referring to his case and other 
bloggers, fyi

Steve Ballinger
Amnesty International UK Media Unit
Tel. 020 7033 1548 
On duty press officer: 07721398984
Blog: http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/pressblog
Twitter: @newsfromamnesty

From:   hatem zidi <hatem.zidi at gmail.com>
To:     Walid Al-Saqaf <admin at alkasir.com>
Cc:     Meryem Marzouki <meryem at marzouki.info>, Expression IPjustice 
<expression at ipjustice.org>, IRP 
<Irp at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org>
Date:   11/01/2011 15:56
Subject:        Re: [Expression] [IRP] Slim Amamou (and other bloggers) 
arrested in     Tunisia
Sent by:        expression-bounces at ipjustice.org

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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