Ennahda’s Souad Abderrahim Physically Attacked
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Souad Abderrahim, female candidate of the Tunisian moderate Islamist party Ennahda, representing the voting district Tunis 2, and member of the Constituent Assembly was physically attacked on the morning of November 22nd, 2011.
Abderrrahim was assaulted before the start of the inaugural session of the newly elected Constituent Assembly.
She affirmed that this incident has nothing to do with freedom of expression, and that she strongly supports freedom of expression, opinion and right to difference. She denounced resorting to violence.
Abderrrahim deemed any physical or moral threats against Constituent Assembly members unacceptable, stating, “Those who attacked me this morning are the enemies of democracy.” She stressed that her attackers used slogans hostile to the idea of the Constituent Assembly.
Source: TAP
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