International news in brief
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Islamist parties have taken to the streets to oppose the ratification of a law which would penalise domestic violence in Pakistan.
Tunisia
Fight for women's rights in North Africa
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On 10 March 16-year-old Amina Filali killed herself by swallowing rat poison.
Emergency demonstration against state repression in Tunisia
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Date:
13 May, 2011 - 19:30 - 22:00
Location:
Tunisian national tourist office, London 77A Wigmore Street, London W1U 1QF
Description:
See facebook event here.
There is an emergency for the revolutionary movement in Tunisia - the government is carrying out massive police repression! Demonstrate against Tunisian state brutality and support demonstrators in Tunisia!
Since Thursday 5 May, the Tunisian police have been carrying out a campaign of repression against demonstrators, on a scale not seen since the overthrow of Ben Ali on January 14. The Tunisian police, who are still commanded by... old-regime loyalists, charged and beat demonstrators, including children. Police in black balaclavas shot huge quantities of tear-gas into crowds. As far as we know, no activists were arrested – just beaten. Leftwing activists and journalists were targeted in particular, and publishing houses were raided by the police following the disturbances. The government has now declared a state of emergency and a curfew.
Tell all your friends that this is a crucial moment for the revolution in Tunisia. We need to make the biggest show of support possible on Friday.
For more information call 07775 763 750
Revolution in Tunisia and Egypt
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Date:
10 February, 2011 - 19:30 - 21:15
Location:
The Exmouth Arms, Starcross Street, Euston, London NW1 2HR
Description:
A workers' and popular revolt in Tunisia has overthrown Western-backed dictator Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali - and has now sparked protests and uprisings across the Arab world, including in Egypt. What are the prospects for the Tunisian and Egyptian workers? And what should we say beyond "Long live the revolution?" How can we help workers in the region emerge as a powerful independent force?
Speakers:
Clive Bradley, Workers' Liberty
Tunisian socialist activist
Chair: Houzan Mahmoud, Worker-communist Party of Iraq
For a background article by Clive Bradley, see here.
Downloadable leaflet below.
Loumamba Mohsni, 1963-2011
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At 1am on 24 November, Loumamba Mohsni — a long-time Tunisian Trotskyist activist — died of a heart attack following a long illness.
An Iranian road?
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Mustafa Abdel Jalil, chair of the National Transitional Council in Libya, has declared that post-Qaddafi Libya will be governed by Islamic sharia law, and so polygamy will be legalised and usury banned.
Islamists gain in Tunisian elections
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After elections in Tunisia the neo-liberal, Islamist party Nahda will probably be the biggest party in the new Constituent Assembly.
Tunisia's left seeks independent profile in election
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Oussama, an activist of the LGO (Workers’ Left League) in Tunisia, spoke to Solidarity in September about the 23 October election for a Constituent Assembly in Tunisia. It follows the fall on 14 January this year of the old dictatorship of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
New Islamist violence in Tunisia: support the left!
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Oussama, a militant from the Ligue Gauche des Ouvriers, a Trotskyist organisation in Tunisia, spoke to Workers' Liberty about the recent spate of Islamist violence in Tunisia.
Tunisian film-maker attacked by Islamist thugs
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Nadia El Fani, a Tunisian film-maker, has been targeted by violent religious extremists.