{"id":2553,"date":"2008-04-03T19:35:31","date_gmt":"2008-04-03T19:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2553"},"modified":"2008-04-03T19:35:31","modified_gmt":"2008-04-03T19:35:31","slug":"2008-4-3-jailed-tunisian-comic-freed-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2553","title":{"rendered":"Jailed Tunisian comic freed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After the jump is a press release (in French) by Tunisian rights activist Sihem Bensedrine on the release of comic Hedi Ouled Baballah, who recently spent two months in prison for cannabis possession. It’s widely believed by Tunisian NGOs that the real reason for his imprisonment (and the beatings he received at the hands of police) was a sketch he made at a private event in Tunis imitating President Zine Eddin Ben Ali. The sketch had been taped by mobile phone and widely circulated in Tunisia.<\/p>\n

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Don’t forget Tunisia — along with Syria and Jordan it is the worst police state in the region, but is completely ignored by much of the Western media because it is a “liberal” country (i.e. it persecutes Islamists and frowns on the veil). In fact it’s one of the most perverse and most corrupt regimes around — it makes Egypt look good in comparison — and sooner or later this small and relatively developed country will pay the price for ignoring political reform. It’s a real shame, because it some respects it is more like a southern European country in terms of education levels, etc.<\/p>\n

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<\/font><\/font>l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Observatoire pour la d\u00c3\u00a9fense des libert\u00c3\u00a9s de la presse, de l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c3\u00a9dition et de la cr\u00c3\u00a9ation<\/strong><\/font> <\/p>\n

L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122humoriste tunisien Ouled Baballah lib\u00c3\u00a9r\u00c3\u00a9<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n

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Tunis le 02 avril 2008
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L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122OLPEC se f\u00c3\u00a9licite de la lib\u00c3\u00a9ration de l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122humoriste tunisien, H\u00c3\u00a9di Ouled baballah survenue le 20 mars dernier \u00c3\u00a0 l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122occasion du 52\u00c3\u00a8me anniversaire de l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ind\u00c3\u00a9pendance. Ce dernier a b\u00c3\u00a9n\u00c3\u00a9fici\u00c3\u00a9 d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122une lib\u00c3\u00a9ration conditionnelle apr\u00c3\u00a8s avoir pass\u00c3\u00a9 plus de 2 mois en prison.<\/p>\n

H\u00c3\u00a9di Ouled baballah avait \u00c3\u00a9t\u00c3\u00a9 arr\u00c3\u00aat\u00c3\u00a9 le 14 Janvier 2008 au p\u00c3\u00a9age de Mornag et conduit au poste de police de Ben Arous(banlieue de Tunis). Il a \u00c3\u00a9t\u00c3\u00a9 inculp\u00c3\u00a9 de \u00c2\u00ab d\u00c3\u00a9tention d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122une mati\u00c3\u00a8re stup\u00c3\u00a9fiante class\u00c3\u00a9e dans la cat\u00c3\u00a9gorie B. \u00c2\u00bb (cannabis) et condamn\u00c3\u00a9 le 4 f\u00c3\u00a9vrier par le tribunal de premi\u00c3\u00a8re instance de Ben Arous \u00c3\u00a0 un an de prison et une amende de mille dinars.<\/p>\n

Devant le tribunal o\u00c3\u00b9 il a comparu le 4 f\u00c3\u00a9vrier 2008, il avait ni\u00c3\u00a9 les faits et d\u00c3\u00a9clar\u00c3\u00a9 qu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122il s\u00e2\u20ac\u2122agit d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122une machination polici\u00c3\u00a8re li\u00c3\u00a9e \u00c3\u00a0 son dernier sketch. Cette hypoth\u00c3\u00a8se a \u00c3\u00a9t\u00c3\u00a9 consid\u00c3\u00a9r\u00c3\u00a9e comme la plus cr\u00c3\u00a9dible aux yeux des ONG de d\u00c3\u00a9fense de la libert\u00c3\u00a9 d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122expression, tenant compte du fait que le c\u00c3\u00a9l\u00c3\u00a8bre humoriste venait de pr\u00c3\u00a9senter un sketch audacieux dans un lieu priv\u00c3\u00a9 o\u00c3\u00b9 il imitait le pr\u00c3\u00a9sident de la r\u00c3\u00a9publique tunisienne et que ce sketch a largement circul\u00c3\u00a9 en Tunisie par un enregistrement de t\u00c3\u00a9l\u00c3\u00a9phone portable.<\/p>\n

Le com\u00c3\u00a9dien avait d\u00c3\u00a9j\u00c3\u00a0 \u00c3\u00a9t\u00c3\u00a9 arr\u00c3\u00aat\u00c3\u00a9 auparavant durant 3 jours et pass\u00c3\u00a9 \u00c3\u00a0 tabac dans les locaux de la police en mars 2007 suite \u00c3\u00a0 la pr\u00c3\u00a9sentation d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122un premier sketch, toujours dans un lieu priv\u00c3\u00a9, o\u00c3\u00b9 il imitait \u00c3\u00a9galement le pr\u00c3\u00a9sident tunisien. Choqu\u00c3\u00a9s par cette arrestation, des artistes et des personnalit\u00c3\u00a9s du monde de la culture se sont mobilis\u00c3\u00a9s pour exiger sa lib\u00c3\u00a9ration \u00c3\u00a0 travers le monde.<\/p>\n

L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122OLPEC rappelle que le journaliste ind\u00c3\u00a9pendant, Slim Boukhdhir est toujours en prison en train de purger une peine d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122un an \u00c3\u00a0 laquelle il avait \u00c3\u00a9t\u00c3\u00a9 condamn\u00c3\u00a9 en d\u00c3\u00a9cembre 2007 ; officiellement, il a \u00c3\u00a9t\u00c3\u00a9 inculp\u00c3\u00a9 d’outrage \u00c3\u00a0 policier et de refus de pr\u00c3\u00a9senter sa carte d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122identit\u00c3\u00a9. Ce qu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122on lui reproche en v\u00c3\u00a9rit\u00c3\u00a9 ce sont ses \u00c3\u00a9crits sur la corruption dans des journaux publi\u00c3\u00a9s \u00c3\u00a0 l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c3\u00a9tranger. Actuellement, il est d\u00c3\u00a9tenu dans des conditions inhumaines \u00c3\u00a0 la prison de Sfax et l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122acc\u00c3\u00a8s \u00c3\u00a0 son m\u00c3\u00a9decin lui est d\u00c3\u00a9ni\u00c3\u00a9;<\/p>\n

L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Observatoire<\/p>\n

– F\u00c3\u00a9licite H\u00c3\u00a9di Ouled Baballah ainsi que sa famille pour sa lib\u00c3\u00a9ration.<\/p>\n

– Il exige la lib\u00c3\u00a9ration sans condition du journaliste Slim Boukhdhir.<\/p>\n

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Pour l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Observatoire<\/p>\n

La secr\u00c3\u00a9taire g\u00c3\u00a9n\u00c3\u00a9rale<\/p>\n

<\/font>Sihem Bensedrine<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n

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After the jump is a press release (in French) by Tunisian rights activist Sihem Bensedrine on the release of comic Hedi Ouled Baballah, who recently spent two months in prison for cannabis possession. It’s widely believed by Tunisian NGOs that the real reason for his imprisonment (and the beatings he received at the hands of police) was a sketch he made at a private event in Tunis imitating President Zine Eddin Ben Ali. The sketch had been taped by mobile phone and widely circulated in Tunisia.<\/p>\n

Don’t forget Tunisia — along with Syria and Jordan it is the worst police state in the region, but is completely ignored by much of the Western media because it is a “liberal” country (i.e. it persecutes Islamists and frowns on the veil). In fact it’s one of the most perverse and most corrupt regimes around — it makes Egypt look good in comparison — and sooner or later this small and relatively developed country will pay the price for ignoring political reform. It’s a real shame, because it some respects it is more like a southern European country in terms of education levels, etc.<\/p>\n

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\n <\/font><\/font>l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Observatoire pour la d\u00c3\u00a9fense des libert\u00c3\u00a9s de la presse, de l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c3\u00a9dition et de la cr\u00c3\u00a9ation<\/strong><\/font>
\n L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122humoriste tunisien Ouled Baballah lib\u00c3\u00a9r\u00c3\u00a9<\/font><\/strong><\/font>\n<\/div>\n
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\n Tunis le 02 avril 2008
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\n L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122OLPEC se f\u00c3\u00a9licite de la lib\u00c3\u00a9ration de l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122humoriste tunisien, H\u00c3\u00a9di Ouled baballah survenue le 20 mars dernier \u00c3\u00a0 l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122occasion du 52\u00c3\u00a8me anniversaire de l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ind\u00c3\u00a9pendance. Ce dernier a b\u00c3\u00a9n\u00c3\u00a9fici\u00c3\u00a9 d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122une lib\u00c3\u00a9ration conditionnelle apr\u00c3\u00a8s avoir pass\u00c3\u00a9 plus de 2 mois en prison.<\/p>\n

H\u00c3\u00a9di Ouled baballah avait \u00c3\u00a9t\u00c3\u00a9 arr\u00c3\u00aat\u00c3\u00a9 le 14 Janvier 2008 au p\u00c3\u00a9age de Mornag et conduit au poste de police de Ben Arous(banlieue de Tunis). Il a \u00c3\u00a9t\u00c3\u00a9 inculp\u00c3\u00a9 de \u00c2\u00ab d\u00c3\u00a9tention d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122une mati\u00c3\u00a8re stup\u00c3\u00a9fiante class\u00c3\u00a9e dans la cat\u00c3\u00a9gorie B. \u00c2\u00bb (cannabis) et condamn\u00c3\u00a9 le 4 f\u00c3\u00a9vrier par le tribunal de premi\u00c3\u00a8re instance de Ben Arous \u00c3\u00a0 un an de prison et une amende de mille dinars.
\n Devant le tribunal o\u00c3\u00b9 il a comparu le 4 f\u00c3\u00a9vrier 2008, il avait ni\u00c3\u00a9 les faits et d\u00c3\u00a9clar\u00c3\u00a9 qu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122il s\u00e2\u20ac\u2122agit d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122une machination polici\u00c3\u00a8re li\u00c3\u00a9e \u00c3\u00a0 son dernier sketch. Cette hypoth\u00c3\u00a8se a \u00c3\u00a9t\u00c3\u00a9 consid\u00c3\u00a9r\u00c3\u00a9e comme la plus cr\u00c3\u00a9dible aux yeux des ONG de d\u00c3\u00a9fense de la libert\u00c3\u00a9 d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122expression, tenant compte du fait que le c\u00c3\u00a9l\u00c3\u00a8bre humoriste venait de pr\u00c3\u00a9senter un sketch audacieux dans un lieu priv\u00c3\u00a9 o\u00c3\u00b9 il imitait le pr\u00c3\u00a9sident de la r\u00c3\u00a9publique tunisienne et que ce sketch a largement circul\u00c3\u00a9 en Tunisie par un enregistrement de t\u00c3\u00a9l\u00c3\u00a9phone portable.
\n Le com\u00c3\u00a9dien avait d\u00c3\u00a9j\u00c3\u00a0 \u00c3\u00a9t\u00c3\u00a9 arr\u00c3\u00aat\u00c3\u00a9 auparavant durant 3 jours et pass\u00c3\u00a9 \u00c3\u00a0 tabac dans les locaux de la police en mars 2007 suite \u00c3\u00a0 la pr\u00c3\u00a9sentation d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122un premier sketch, toujours dans un lieu priv\u00c3\u00a9, o\u00c3\u00b9 il imitait \u00c3\u00a9galement le pr\u00c3\u00a9sident tunisien. Choqu\u00c3\u00a9s par cette arrestation, des artistes et des personnalit\u00c3\u00a9s du monde de la culture se sont mobilis\u00c3\u00a9s pour exiger sa lib\u00c3\u00a9ration \u00c3\u00a0 travers le monde.<\/p>\n

L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122OLPEC rappelle que le journaliste ind\u00c3\u00a9pendant, Slim Boukhdhir est toujours en prison en train de purger une peine d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122un an \u00c3\u00a0 laquelle il avait \u00c3\u00a9t\u00c3\u00a9 condamn\u00c3\u00a9 en d\u00c3\u00a9cembre 2007 ; officiellement, il a \u00c3\u00a9t\u00c3\u00a9 inculp\u00c3\u00a9 d’outrage \u00c3\u00a0 policier et de refus de pr\u00c3\u00a9senter sa carte d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122identit\u00c3\u00a9. Ce qu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122on lui reproche en v\u00c3\u00a9rit\u00c3\u00a9 ce sont ses \u00c3\u00a9crits sur la corruption dans des journaux publi\u00c3\u00a9s \u00c3\u00a0 l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c3\u00a9tranger. Actuellement, il est d\u00c3\u00a9tenu dans des conditions inhumaines \u00c3\u00a0 la prison de Sfax et l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122acc\u00c3\u00a8s \u00c3\u00a0 son m\u00c3\u00a9decin lui est d\u00c3\u00a9ni\u00c3\u00a9;<\/p>\n

L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Observatoire
\n – F\u00c3\u00a9licite H\u00c3\u00a9di Ouled Baballah ainsi que sa famille pour sa lib\u00c3\u00a9ration.
\n – Il exige la lib\u00c3\u00a9ration sans condition du journaliste Slim Boukhdhir.
\n .
\n Pour l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Observatoire
\n La secr\u00c3\u00a9taire g\u00c3\u00a9n\u00c3\u00a9rale
\n <\/font>Sihem Bensedrine<\/strong><\/font>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[228,19],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}