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"Mr President, we in Parliament have been dismayed to learn of the creation of a working group tasked with discussing an ‘advanced status’ for Tunisia. Why are we dismayed? We are dismayed because not a day goes by without reports reaching us from that country illustrating the increase in threats and acts of intimidation against all those men and women who still dare to criticise the methods of that regime. Without going back over the most recent results of the municipal elections – 90% of the votes were in favour of those close to the seat of power – I shall cite a few examples. On 6 May, the journalist, Zouhair Makhlouf, was arrested and manhandled by the police while on his way to a dinner with the former president of the Bar of Paris. On 18 May, the journalist, Fahem Boukadous, will no doubt be sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. What was his crime? To report on the social unrest in the Gafsa Basin and on the repression that followed it. The lawyers Abderraouf Ayadi, Ayachi Hammami, Mohamed Abbou and Radhia Nasraoui are the victims of constant intimidation. The Internet is increasingly being censored. I shall give one example, Mr President, if I may: my blog is now censored …"@en1
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