Handing has taken place, since this Saturday, February 7, between the police and demonstrators, in the city of Dhiba, located in the south of Tunisia, near the Tunisian-Libyan border and 130 kilometers from Tataouine, since Saturday, February 7. Witting to the judgment against 23 people who participated, in 2012, in a sit-in organized in front of an oil company, in Beni Mhira, residents observed a sit-in-in-in Friday, February 6.
Another took place on Saturday, February 7, for demands of “employment and development,” says Fathi Ameur, one of the demonstrators.
During the Saturday rally, before the delegation of Dhiba, clashes took place with agents and a position of the National Guard was burnt down by the demonstrators, around 2 p.m., indicates Mr. Ameur.
“The deputy for the Tataouine district, Taieb Madani, announced on the same day the establishment of a crisis cell made up of civil society members,” reports Radio Tatouine, unnecessary thing comments Mr. Ameur.
“Why are they doing their crisis cell in the city of Tatouine and not in Dhiba?” “He is surprised,” that’s where it happens, “he protests.
One dead and two injured the clashes resumed this Sunday, February 8. A man, Saber Malyen was shot dead and two others, Houcine (injured in the shoulder) and Samir Ben Zayed, physically attacked, are hospitalized.
“There has been use of real bullets and chevrotine (Rach) against the demonstrators. Dozens of people are also in the hospital due to the intensive use of tear gas bombs, ”continues Fathi Ameur.
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“It is not a story of smuggling or tax of 30 dinars, it has nothing to do with that. We want work, that’s all. We are tired of poverty, unemployment, infrastructure, health problems, … “
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The UGTT regional office in Tatouine published a statement yesterday, calling for calm and listening to the demands of the demonstrators. After the clashes today the police withdrew. Currently, the army has intervened to safeguard public institutions.
