Press statement ...(Monitor) condemns police assault Tunisian.The Chief of the Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights in the city of Bizerte.

Exposure colleague Ali bin Salim Chief of the Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights, on the morning of the holidays December 20, 2007 in the city of Bizerte to attack by the Tunisian police, while he was prepared to receive the Amaadith friends, a number of police preventing them from entering the headquarters of the Association for the use of force. They were Mr. Ali Ben Salem, aged 77 years, was Doce under the legs, leaving him bodily injury and breaking his glasses. The head of the Territory and the head of the Bizerte and supervisors were present on this outrage, leading to the transfer colleague Ali bin Salim to the hospital situation deplorable.
The Palestinian Human Rights Foundation (Monitor) strongly condemns and deplores the attack by the police against Tunisian colleague "Ali Ben Salem" (77 years), Chief of the Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights in the city of Bizerte and a number of his fellow members of the Association during a meeting at the headquarters of the Association in Eid Al-Adha holidays to exchange congratulations.
It also demands (Monitor) Tunisian authorities to open an investigation impartial judiciary in the attack and for those responsible, and urge the Tunisian government to curb such attacks and to prevent recurrence and to ensure the necessary protection for human rights defenders and commitment by the International Bill of Human Rights..

Palestinian Human Rights Foundation (Monitor)

Information Section January 28, 2007