| 19 January 2012 | 0 Comments
 
 

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The President of the Tunisian League of Human Rights (LTDH), Abdel Sattar Ben Moussa, confirmed today that the organization’s report on the situation in Sejnane (a small town in northwestern Tunisia) has been finalized.

The report was written after the visit of the league to Sejnane, following accounts from residents of the region of Salafists making attempts to take over the area.

Ben Moussa stated that the report has been sent to the President of the Republic (Moncef Marzouki), the Prime Minister (Hamadi Jebali), the Speaker of the Constituent Assembly (Mustapha Ben Jaafer), the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Human Rights.

While the report has yet to be released to the press, Ben Moussa stated that the report confirms violations and assaults committed by a group of Salafists against residents of Sejnane. However, the report denies the establishment of a Salafist Emirate in Sejnane.

Ben Moussa stated, “the Salafist phenomenon is present throughout the country. The reason it was able to proliferate in Sejnane is due to the lack of security or functioning government institutions in the area.”

Ben Moussa asserted that although Sejnane is rich in natural resources, it lacks infrastructural development. The government’s neglect of the area led to a poverty rate of 80% and an unemployment rate of approximately 54%.

The details of the report are to be released to the press at the end of this week.


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