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LES TITRES DE CE JOUR:<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n \n- \n
\n <\/p>\nAmnesty International :Action urgente pour Hedi Bejaoui<\/font><\/h2>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n - \n
\n CDPPT:Mr. Abdesslam Smiri a accept\u00e9 de suspendre sa gr\u00e8ve de la faim<\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\n <\/p>\nV\u00e9rit\u00e9-Action: rassemblements de protestation, une marche desensiblisation pour une loi d’amnistie g\u00e9n\u00e9rale en Tunisie.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n - \n
\n Rassemblement devant la Consulat de Tunisie \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al <\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
\n \n Extraits de l\u00b4E-mag Kalima: trois articles sur l’arbitraire insoutenable.<\/strong><\/font><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/p>\nEh oui, TUNISNEWS est n\u00e9e \u00ab\u00a0officiellement\u00a0\u00bb un certain 22 juin 2000!<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n En fait, elle existait d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00ab\u00a0officieusement\u00a0\u00bb depuis l’automne 99 pour informer un cercle tr\u00e8s petit d’amis tunisiens\u2026<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n En octobre 1999, il n’y avait pas foule \u00ab\u00a0tunisienne\u00a0\u00bb sur le web mais aujourd’hui les choses ont bien chang\u00e9 et nous sommes tr\u00e8s heureux des naissances \u00ab\u00a0en s\u00e9rie\u00a0\u00bb d’E-mag, de forums, de sites et autres \u00ab\u00a0paltalks\u00a0\u00bb faits par des tunisiens bien au fait de la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 dure de leur pays.<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n Cette premi\u00e8re ann\u00e9e d’existence nous a permis d’atteindre des milliers de nos compatriotes \u00e0 l’int\u00e9rieur et \u00e0 l’ext\u00e9rieur du pays. C’est inestimable!<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n Cette ann\u00e9e fut aussi celle de tous les espoirs et de toutes les d\u00e9ceptions mais il n’y a d’autres choix que de r\u00e9sister – \u00e9veill\u00e9s et lucides- \u00e0 la machine de destruction des \u00eatres d\u00e9nomm\u00e9e dictature!<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n Nous avons essay\u00e9, dans le cadre de nos possibilit\u00e9s tr\u00e8s limit\u00e9es – de fournir \u00e0 nous m\u00eames , \u00e0 nos concitoyens et au monde qui nous observe – la preuve quotidienne que nous, les tunisiens, sommes capables de dialoguer, de coexister, de fournir de l’information cr\u00e9dible et objective.. <\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n En un mot, que nous sommes, comme tous les autres peuples de cette plan\u00e8te, m\u00fbrs pour la d\u00e9mocratie, majeurs et vaccin\u00e9s.<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n Merci \u00e0 tous ceux qui nous ont soutenu ou critiqu\u00e9. Nous ne sommes qu’un petit groupe de volontaires qui expriment \u00e0 travers ce service modeste, leur amour profond pour leur peuple et patrie, qui m\u00e9ritent un sort beaucoup plus meilleur et serein qu’il n’est aujourd’hui.<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n Enfin, nous avons re\u00e7u durant cette ann\u00e9e des dizaines de questions du genre : qui \u00eates-vous? Quelle est votre tendance exacte? Pour qui roulez-vous? Qui vous finance? Etc..etc..<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n Sachant que nous, tunisiens, sommes un peuple friand de rumeurs et de papotages, r\u00e9pondons \u00e0 toutes ces questions par un seul mot: nous sommes des \u00ab\u00a0anonymes\u00a0\u00bb dans le sens exact du formidable texte publi\u00e9 le 14 juin 2001 par notre ami Dr. Moncef Marzouki. <\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n Nous ne faisons pas ce travail pour en tirer c\u00e9l\u00e9brit\u00e9 ou gain mat\u00e9riel, non! Nous le faisons, de notre propre initiative, \u00e0 nos frais, juste pour rester fid\u00e8les aux tunisiens et tunisiennes qui ont pay\u00e9, qui continuent \u00e0 payer, de leurs vies, de leur sant\u00e9, de leur s\u00e9curit\u00e9, le prix cher, tr\u00e8s cher, trop cher, de la dignit\u00e9.<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n Et pour leur \u00eatre vraiment fid\u00e8les, nos noms, pr\u00e9noms et adresses sont superflues.
<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\nEt puis voil\u00e0 le meilleur cadeau d’anniversaire qu’on peut recevoir d’une autre ANONYME tunisienne, lisez avec nous ces mots incroyables:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\nTUNIS LE 22 Juin 2001<\/span><\/b><\/p>\nMessieurs Je ne saurais comment vous remercier pour la publication de ma petite lettre pour vous sur Le BOURREAU RIDHA AL JAZZAR. En vous \u00e9crivant ces lignes j’ai les larmes aux yeux… Je ne crois pas mes yeux!!!<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\nEnfin il y a quelqu’un qui m’a entendue, qui m’a ouvert ses bras, qui m’a crue,et par la m\u00eame m’a lib\u00e9r\u00e9e, Tout court! Cette nuit je vais enfin , gr\u00e0ce \u00e0 vous, dormir sans comprim\u00e9s!!! Je me sens comme si je suis soulag\u00e9e d’un tr\u00e8s grand fardeau que j’ai port\u00e9e sur mes \u00e9paules des ann\u00e9es durant…Un fardeau que j’ai cach\u00e9 \u00e0 mon mari, \u00e0 mes enfants et \u00e0 tous mon entourage de peur d’\u00eatre \u00a0\u00bb class\u00e9e\u00a0\u00bb par la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 . <\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\nENCORE UNE FOIS MERCI voire MILLE FOIS MERCI car je sais maintenant qu’une bonne partie de ses autres victimes vont maintenant se manifester.<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\nA TRES TRES BIENTOT MES SINCERES SALUTATIONS A TOUS LES MEMBRES DE VOTRE EQUIPE ET BONNE FETES DES PERES A TOUS CEUX PARMI VOUS QUI ONT DES ENFANTS. <\/span><\/b><\/p>\nVOTRE DEVOUEE: AICHA EL KADRA<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\nR\u00e9ponse:<\/o:p><\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\nCh\u00e9re Madame, quand on a publi\u00e9 votre lettre, on avait pressenti la grande sinc\u00e9rit\u00e9 de la personne qui l’a \u00e9crite mais ne croyions pas si bien faire!<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nNous sommes ce matin du 22 juin 2001, tr\u00e8s heureux d’avoir servi \u00e0 all\u00e9ger votre peine et votre fardeau.<\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nMerci. <\/strong><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \u00a0<\/div>\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n ![](\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/TUNISNEWS\/files\/Hbejaoui.jpg\"\/) <\/font><\/div>\nAmnesty International <\/strong><\/font><\/div>\nACTION URGENTE<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| <\/p>\n <\/font><\/strong>\u00a0PUBLIC\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AI Index: MDE 30\/016\/2001<\/p>\nUA 155\/01\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Harassment \/ health concern
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21 June 2001<\/p>\n <\/p>\nTUNISIA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 H\u00e9di Ben Allala Bejaoui (m), aged 42, former prisoner of conscience<\/font><\/h2>\n<\/strong>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Former prisoner of conscience H\u00e9di Ben Allala Bejaoui has been on hunger strike since 8 May in protest at the restrictive and discriminatory measures imposed on him by the authorities since his release from prison. His health is failing, and he could die.<\/p>\n H\u00e9di Bejaoui has been denied a medical card and passport since he was released in September 1999. This means that he has to pay for any medical treatment in Tunisia, and cannot go abroad for treatment. He was shot in the leg when police arrested him in 1991, and still has a bullet lodged in his knee, which causes constant pain, severely restricts movement, forces him to walk on crutches and prevents him from taking up regular work. The local doctor in his home village of Sidi Thabet near Tunis has reportedly refused to treat him in order not get into \u00ab\u00a0problems with the police\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n Since he began the hunger strike, he has lost 25 kilos. He is suffering from muscular fatigue and is asleep most of the time. He has recently been given vitamins for fear of serious medical complications. On 19 June, he lost consciousness and was rushed to a hospital in Tunis for emergency treatment. When he regained consciousness, he refused to continue the treatment and was allowed back home. He had to pay for the emergency treatment because he does not have a medical card. At the end of the first week on hunger strike, he contacted the local authorities, asking for a medical card. They promised to deal with his case swiftly, but he has heard nothing since.<\/p>\n H\u00e9di Bejaoui was imprisoned for nine years on charges of belonging to the unauthorized Islamist group al-Nahda. During this time, Amnesty International considered him a prisoner of conscience and repeatedly called for his unconditional release. After his release in 1999, he was placed under contr\u00f4le administratif (administrative control) for two years. This means that he is forced to stay at the same address and cannot leave the area without the permission of the authorities. The police have imposed further restrictive measures, forcing him to report to the local police station every day during working hours.<\/p>\n BACKGROUND INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\nIt is a standard practice for released prisoners of conscience and political prisoners in Tunisia to be placed under administrative control, in some cases for up to five years. Amnesty International has repeatedly
called for this practice, which has been imposed mostly arbitrarily since the early 1990s, to be discontinued, pointing out that the release of prisoners of conscience should be unconditional.<\/p>\n As a systematic form of persecution, the authorities also routinely impose restrictions on prisoners of conscience or political prisoners that go beyond those allowed for under the administrative control procedure. Many former prisoners have reported that it is virtually impossible for them to work, because they are made to report to the police during working hours, and are often kept waiting for long periods of time. Released prisoners frequently have their passports or identity cards confiscated, and therefore risk being rearrested if stopped for identity checks. Such measures prevent former prisoners of conscience from resuming a normal life.<\/p>\n RECOMMENDED ACTION<\/strong>: Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible,in French or Arabic or your own language:
– expressing concern about the health of H\u00e9di Bejaoui, who has been on hunger strike since 8 May;
– urging the authorities to put an immediate end to the administrative control imposed on him and other former prisoners of conscience;
– urging the authorities to put an end to all other restrictions preventing him from taking up work, accessing medical care, moving freely inside and Tunisia and travelling abroad;
– pointing out that Amnesty International believes prisoners of conscience should be released unconditionally, and calling for the practice of administrative control (contr\u00f4le administratif) to be discontinued.<\/p>\n | | | |