LesNews De La Journée Washington Post - His supporters were outraged by the verdict and struggled with police outside the courtroom. Four people, including a journalist, another rapper and two friends of the artist were arrested, according to Mrabet. Yacoub’s case is remarkably similar to that of Moroccan rapper Mouad Belghouat, who last year served a year in prison for insulting police with his song “Dogs of the State.” Tunisia under former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was a police state in which security forces were widely reviled. Tunisians overthrew the government in January 2011 in an uprising that sparked off pro-democracy movements around the region. Police are still widely mistrusted even under a new elected government.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:14:10 +0000
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