Nyheder på engelsk / news in english
Protests have continued in Tunisia since the death of a young man following his arrest ten days ago, and the humiliating arrest, the next day, of a minor in the suburbs of Tunis. Shocked by these cases, dozens of associations and trade unions called for a monster demonstration on Friday in Tunis to denounce the police violence.Blocked roads, burnt tires and throwing stones against the police … anger is brewing in Tunisia , where demonstrations against police violence and nighttime disturbances have been underway for more than a week in the capital Tunis and its suburbs .
Nerves are still alive in the neighborhoods of Ettadhamen and Intilaka, and in Sidi Hassine, a suburb west of Tunis, where the clashes began on June 8, following the death in suspicious circumstances of ‘a young man, Ahmed Ben Ammar, after his arrest by the police.
According to his relatives, he would have died as a result of torture inflicted within the police station, which the authorities deny who relayed the version of the police according to which the young man had fled from the police station before being found injured in a hospital in Tunis.
