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   Mozart 2010-7-20

   We ask the Tunisian goverment to fulfill there promise and to give the writers the freedom to write. Again and again they resist in there methods and tactics to smash the free voice. There is a beginning and there is an end.

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   Essid 2010-7-17

   There is a reason the press is called the “fourth branch of the government”. As is the case with any branch of the government, if another administrative branch manages to suppress, limit or destroy it, it is very difficult to return it to its former status. This is even more the case with the press, because there is no one to report on how the press is being suppressed, limited or destroyed. Such is the case in Tunisia. The executive branch or more precisely the presidential administration and the heads of the military have taken control of all the other branches. Any criticism from any other branch is met with reprisals. This sort of corruption – meaning the use of public power and funds for private gain – ironically gives even more reason for people to criticise the government. This is why regimes that take to this tactic of corruption coupled with suppression end up in a downward spiral and become the source of their own demise. People become more and more maddened with anger and eventually overthrow the government. Since the government has prevented the freedom of expression and assembly, the uprising that occurs seems spontaneous, unorganised and violent, but it is the result of a long history of abuse, corruption and oppression. That said, the main goal of this syndicate should be to establish itself publicly so that any attack on it from the presidential administration will be more of a shame to this administration than anything the syndicate could publish. This was Gandhi’s tactic against Britain. After this, the syndicate should encourage peaceful protest and dissent to non-violently change the government into a good political system.

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   عبد القادر بنعثمان 2010-7-15

   Founding a writers' syndicate with this particular timing has many meanings. These cannot be just limited to addressing the social problems of writers. The main meaning is that the Tunisian writer has begun to understand the importance of struggle to make gains, not just of waiting for luck or the mood of some sides. This alone can be considered the biggest gain, which will take us from the culture of begging the elite for general rights, to the culture of extracting them. It is worth mentioning that the syndicate can fail as an act of unity in some of its announced actions and goals. But in terms of its existence, it's a real and important symbolic gain which will certainly have, in the medium and long terms, a significant impact on the cultural and social movement in the country to achieve a better existence.

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   ben hassine lassaad 2010-7-14

   Dear Jamal, You have confused the issue a bit because in fact the writers’ union is the oldest writers’ association in Tunisia, and Mr Jaziri is a member of its administrative committee. This union is a cultural newborn in Tunisia, and I am its secretary general. I am planning a press conference on 19 July, and your newspaper is invited.

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