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THE TRANSNATIONAL RADICAL PARTY SUPPORTS THE HUNGERS STRIKE OF TUNISIAN ACTIVISTS AND INVITES TO JOIN THEM FROM 16 TO 18 NOVEMBER 2005 DURING THE WORLD SUMMIT OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
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On Octotber 10, 2005, Ayachi Hammami (lawyer, Secretary General of the Tunisian chapter of the Human Rights League and member of the Democratic Iniziative Party), Mokhtar Yahaoui (ex-Judge, lawyer), Najib Chebbi (President of the Democratic Progressist Party), Hamma Hammami (President of the Tunisian Workers-Communist Party- not recognized), Lotfi Hajji (journalist, president of the Tunisian journalist trade union - not recognized), Mohammed Ennouri (lawyer), Samir Dilou and Abdelatif Hayedi launched a hunger strike to denounce the oppressive and censoring regime of Tunisian President Ben Ali.
The Tunisian opposition leaders are staging their action in the office of Mr. Hammami in Tunis and are calling for the respect of freedom of civil society organizations, political parties and the media calling also for the release of the political prisoners currently detained in Tunisians jails. For the first time, a nonviolent brings together in a joint political action members of opposition groups belonging both Islamic groups and secular ones.
The Transnational Radical Party joins them and urges all citizens of goodwill to participate in the fasting.
Since the first day of the hunger strike, the security police has surrounded the building where the eight activists are hosted trying to block the access to all the streets around it harassing the national and international visitors that wanted to contact the hunger-strikers.
Despite this, hundreds of supporters have succeeded to visit and contact the strikers and dozens of hunger strike solidarity committees have been set up in Tunisian cities. Tunisian activists report that the number of committees is getting longer by the day and that this action is federating a lot of people even though the regime is doing his best to try to marginalize them.
The hunger strike came after many attempts of Tunisian non-governmental organizations to convince the national authorities to secure freedom of expression, association and media, ensuring the rule of law and a genuine multi-party political system.
Throughout 2005, calls from civil society organizations for freedom in Tunisia have been repressed by security services and false judicial trials. For this reason the congress of Tunisian League of Human Rights has been banned, Tunisian Judges Society has been divided, the Arab Institute for Human Rights funds have been frozen.
In joining and urging others to participate the Transnational Radical Party wishes to support all Tunisian efforts towards the opening of a real and transparent political debate in Tunisa.
Among the first to Join: Marco Cappato, Secretary of Luca Coscioni Association, Marco Perduca and Matteo Mecacci UN Representatives for the Transnational Radical Party, some members of the TRP in Tunisia are also actively supporting this inititives.
to join please visit www.RadicalParty.org
The Tunisian opposition leaders are staging their action in the office of Mr. Hammami in Tunis and are calling for the respect of freedom of civil society organizations, political parties and the media calling also for the release of the political prisoners currently detained in Tunisians jails. For the first time, a nonviolent brings together in a joint political action members of opposition groups belonging both Islamic groups and secular ones.
The Transnational Radical Party joins them and urges all citizens of goodwill to participate in the fasting.
Since the first day of the hunger strike, the security police has surrounded the building where the eight activists are hosted trying to block the access to all the streets around it harassing the national and international visitors that wanted to contact the hunger-strikers.
Despite this, hundreds of supporters have succeeded to visit and contact the strikers and dozens of hunger strike solidarity committees have been set up in Tunisian cities. Tunisian activists report that the number of committees is getting longer by the day and that this action is federating a lot of people even though the regime is doing his best to try to marginalize them.
The hunger strike came after many attempts of Tunisian non-governmental organizations to convince the national authorities to secure freedom of expression, association and media, ensuring the rule of law and a genuine multi-party political system.
Throughout 2005, calls from civil society organizations for freedom in Tunisia have been repressed by security services and false judicial trials. For this reason the congress of Tunisian League of Human Rights has been banned, Tunisian Judges Society has been divided, the Arab Institute for Human Rights funds have been frozen.
In joining and urging others to participate the Transnational Radical Party wishes to support all Tunisian efforts towards the opening of a real and transparent political debate in Tunisa.
Among the first to Join: Marco Cappato, Secretary of Luca Coscioni Association, Marco Perduca and Matteo Mecacci UN Representatives for the Transnational Radical Party, some members of the TRP in Tunisia are also actively supporting this inititives.
to join please visit www.RadicalParty.org
