Tunisia

This weeks articles have a common theme of economy vs. government. In the first article from Voice of Americapublished April 10, 2015. The United States will increase military aid to Tunisia this year and help train their troops. After the attack on the museum it is time to take action to make civilians feel safe. Tunisia has to protect their land as well to continue to grow and prosper. The U.S. government aimed to provide Tunisia with more equipment, weapons and technical support. The Prime Minister said, “‘Our goal is to enhance their ability to defeat those who threaten the freedom and safety of the nation'”. Authorities are concerned that violence will come from Libya and the a lot of the attackers have came from training over in Libya. The second article from Human Rights Watchpublished April 8, 2015. This article talks about a new draft counterterrorism law. This law would permit extended incommunicado detention, weaken due process guarantees for people charged with terrorism offenses, and allow the death penalty. This bill was sent to parliament on March 26, 2015. The bill is being considered to be revised to strengthen its protections for human rights. This bill is to replace a current law adopted in 2003. From a human rights perspective, they believe the draft is worse than the 2014 draft. They do not like that it would allow police to hold suspects in incommunicado pre-charge detention for up to 15 days with a prosecutor’s consent and without bringing the person before a judge. Secondly they do not like that it would allow a death sentence for anyone convicted of a terrorist act. The attack on the museum has set Tunisia back economically and has put stress on the government. The government needs to respond to show the people that they are going to be okay and will get back on the right track. The people also need to know that the government is doing something to put an end to the terrorism and so that the people feel safe.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *