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Tunisia Audio Feature: Interview with Blogger Slim Amamou Before His Arrest


             

 DateSaturday, January 8, 2011 at 7:36 | AuthorScott Lucas in ,

On Thursday afternoon, prominent Tunisian blogger Slim Amamou, a contributor to Global Voices Advocacy, was summoned to the Ministry of Interior and arrested.

Amamou had denounced attacks against Tunisian email accounts and organised protests against censorship. Last May, he was arrested and detained for more than 12 hours until he recorded a video calling for the cancellation of a rally.

The day before he was arrested, Amamou spoke to The World.

Listen to the audio....

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