Amina
should be free
To Tunisian
Embassy,
The recent
threats made against Amina by Islamist groups in Tunisia is a serious violation
of both human rights and freedoms and the promises made by the Tunisian
post-revolutionary government.
Amina's
actions are by no means individualistic but speak to the inherent cries of all
Tunisian women oppressed for generations, once under the El Abidine Ben Ali
regime, and now intimidated by Islamic groups. People such as Amina are the
brave flag bearers and the frontiers of the new Tunisia being unfolded before
the eyes of all North Africa and the world. People such as Mohamed Bouazizi,
who self immolated to ignite all of North Africa into a revolution that
reverberate around the world till today, reincarnate and regerminate in actions
such as Amina's topless protest.
The call for
torture and stoning of Amina threaten not only Amina's life but the very value
of the human life, human dignity, human rights and freedoms of all Tunisian
women! One of the pillars of the Tunisian revolution was a cry to escape the
despotic repressive spectre of Ben Ali and to build a free society for all
Tunisians where free speech would not be a fabricated paper proclamation: where
is that freedom today?
Ali
Laarayedh, a former prisoner of the Ben Ali regime, and now the prime minister
of Tunisia, must never forget that the human voice and speech, human ideas,
human imagination and reach can never be silenced by tyrants or tyrannical
ideologies.
There are
people like Amina all across Tunisia and they demand the protection of the
basic rights and freedoms denied to them by the Ben Ali regime. The very same
promises they fought two years to achieve in the Tunisian revolution: the human
rights and freedoms are inborn and innate and must never be subject to the
negation by the intimidation of different groups, ideologies, politics and
debates.
We demand
the following from the Ehnahda government in Tunisia:
1. That
Amina's physical and psychological well being is the responsibility of, and
must be protected by, the Tunisian government from all domestic and foreign
groups.
2. That
Amina's freedom of speech and expression be protected by the state of Tunisia.
Today many
groups and individuals across the globe stand by Amina and support her. We
recognize that her demands are our demands and we accept nothing less than the
complete and total rights and freedoms dignifying a human being.
The
civilized world will not remain silent as these threats are made against Amina
and we will take actions in protest to protect her. We request that you reflect
on this grave and time sensitive matter to the Tunisian government and consider
the mounting frustration and anger that is spreading among the many human
rights and women’s rights organizations against the Islamist groups’ threats.
If the Tunisian government does not seriously confront these Islamic groups
than it displays and illuminates the Tunisian government's imprudence and
indifference of the welfare of Tunisian women.
Communist
Youth Organization
April
3 2013
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