[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CRIS Info] Alert Tunisia!!! (Francais/espanol/english)

[Jeff Williams]

Myriam and all,

Well this should have been at least expected to some degree or another.
It is a shame that this kind of behavior is present at this summit meeting.
Given the place chosen and the some of the ill conceived policies being
accepted or even those considered, and the location of this summit, such
atrocities are not all that surprising.

This to me and many of our members is a demonstration of the global
failure of leadership and testament to the fact that many in leadership
positions should not be in them at all.

Myriam Horngren wrote:

> Violation flagrante des droits humains ce matin en marge du SMSI
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> Par Frédéric Dubois (coordonnateur de l'information, APC)  en écrivant de TUNIS, Tunisie * 14/11/2005 10:13 * [Censure, Liberté d'expression, Droits humains] (0 Écrivant de)
> Sous les yeux incrédules de participants au Sommet mondial sur la société de l'information (SMSI), des journalistes et défenseurs des droits humains tunisiens se font bousculer, insulter, puis frapper violemment.
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> Lundi matin, 14 novembre 2005, 9h30, place d'Afrique à Tunis. Plus de trente policiers en civil attendent avec impatience des délégués internationaux et tunisiens, membres de la société civile. Omar Mestiri, directeur du magazine en ligne Kalima (µhttp://www.kalimatunisie.com) et membre fondateur du conseil national pour les libertés en Tunisie (CNLT) se fait prendre à partie dès son arrivée sur les lieux où devait avoir lieu une réunion du comité coordonnateur du Sommet Citoyen sur la société de l'information (SCSI). Abreuvé de coups et d'injures, M. Mestiri a gardé le calme, avant de pouvoir se défaire du groupe de policiers en civil.
> http://www.apc.org/francais/wsis/blog/index.shtml?x=2429442
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> Flagrante violación a los derechos humanos esta mañana en Túnez, al margen de la CMSI
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> Por Frédéric Dubois * 14/11/2005 11:57 * [Derechos de comunicación, Libertad de expresión] (0 comentarios)
> Ante la mirada incrédula de los participantes de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Información (CMSI), periodistas y defensores/as de los derechos humanos de Túnez recibieron empujones, insultos y golpes violentos de la policía local. Omar Mestiri, director de la revista en línea Kalima (µhttp://www.kalimatunisie.com) y miembro fundador del Consejo nacional por las libertades en Túnez (CNLT), fue atacado por la policía al llegar al sitio donde debía desarrollarse una reunión del comité de coordinación de la Cumbre Ciudadana sobre la Sociedad de la Información (CCSI). A pesar de los golpes y los insultos, Mestiri mantuvo la calma hasta que logró escapar del grupo de policías de civil.
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> Los 30 hombres de civil la tomaron primero contra Om Zied, redactora jefa de Kalima, una revista que investiga la corrupción, registra las violaciones a los derechos humanos y señala las disfunciones del sistema judicial de Túnez. Frente a la agresividad y violencia de las autoridades, Om Zied se hizo camino hasta un taxi y abandonó el lugar. Om Zied es integrante de CNLT, un organismo que cuenta con el apoyo de la sección holandesa de Amnistía Internacional, entre otros. http://www.apc.org/espanol/wsis/blog/index.shtml?x=2430530
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> Flagrant Violation of Human Rights this morning alongside UN summit
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> 14/11/2005 11:56 APCNews writing from Tunis, Tunisia
> Under the incredulous eyes of the participants at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), journalists and human rights defenders were manhandled, insulted, and then violently beaten.
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> 09.30 am of Monday, November 14, 2005, at the Place d'Afrique in Tunis, more than 30 plainclothes policemen impatiently awaited international and Tunisian delegates and members of civil society. Omar Mestiri, Director of the online magazine Kalima (http://www.kalimatunisie.com) and a founder member of the National Council for Freedom in Tunisia (Conseil national pour les libertés en Tunisie - CNLT) was seized as soon as he arrived at the site for the meeting of the coordinating committee of the Citizens' Summit on the Information Society (CSIS). Bombarded with blows and insults, Mr. Mestiri kept calm, before he was able to break away from the group of plainclothes policemen.
> http://www.apc.org/english/wsis/blog/index.shtml?x=2430526
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