Hamma Hammami: testimony of the Nadhor prison
Saturdays January 25, 2003 Hamma Hammami was born on January 8, 1952 in El Aroussa, in the North-West of Tunisia. Spokesman of the Communist Party of the Workmen of Tunisia (PCOT) prohibited. Professor of letters and Arab, directing civilization of the newspaper prohibits "El Badil". Married with Radhia Nasraoui, lawyer and militant of the human rights. Father of three girls: Nadia, Oussaïma and Sarah. Hamma Hammami was condemned by contumacy on July 14, 1999, at the time dun lawsuit dopinion, at 9 years and 3 months of prison. It lived in clandestinity of February 27, 1999 to February 2, 2002, date on which, him and his/her comrades Abdeljabbar Madouri and Samir Taamallah chose to put an end to clandestinity (like Ammar Amroussia condemned in another business) and presented themselves in front of the correctional court of Tunis to make opposition to their judgment by default. It sest considering confirming its sorrow without being able to defend oneself at the time dun lawsuit masquerade. It was released with Samir Tâamallah, Wednesday September 4, 2002. Curriculum vitae Among its writings: The way of dignity Against lobscurantism The Tunisian woman: its present and its future Us and the question of the woman Secularity A reading of lhistoire of the Tunisian labor-union movement Socialism or cruelty Crisis of the bureaucracy or crisis of socialism Arrests and lawsuit: February 1972: one month and half of prison to have taken part in the studied movement of February 1972. 1974: eight years and half of prison for attack to the safety of lEtat, membership of a not recognized association "El Aamel Ettounsi" (the Tunisian Worker). Over the eight years of prison Hamma Hammami in purged six, of 1974 to July 1980. Wildly tortured during its arrest, it trails jusquà aujourdhui serious after-effects on the level of the left part of its body. Tunisian LEtat implicitly recognized its responsibility in that while sending to its load Hamma Hammami to look after itself in France. May 1986: decree then slackened without lawsuit. May 1987: after the constitution of the PCOT and when Hamma Hammami was in France, it was judged and condemned by defect to 18 months of prison for maintenance dune not recognized association and diffusion of leaflets. 1989 to 1991: temporary arrests on several occasions. February 3, 1992: one month of prison closes for a business of common right gone up of all parts. 1992: series of lawsuit with lencontre of Hamma Hammami in its capacity as journalist and director of the newspaper "El Badil" following the publication of various articles in this newspaper. The dinculpation heads were: public insult with lordre and propagation of false news. For example, to have written that the cost of living does not cease daugmenter and that the capacity dachat popular layers worsens more and more or to have claimed the dissolution of the body of the political police force and the continuation of of torture, etc. On the whole, it cumulated 2 years and 8 months of prison with deferment and 7000 dinars damendes (nearly 40 000 francs). The newspaper "El Badil" was suspended on several occasions, before dêtre completely suspended. December 16, 1992: condemned by contumacy to 4 years and 9 months of prison by the court of first authority of Gabès for maintenance dune not recognized association (the PCOT), diffusion of leaflets likely to disturb lordre public, held of unauthorized meetings and collection dargent without authorization. February 14, 1994: decree the morning at the town of Sousse. It was shown within the framework dun lawsuit of common right of rebellion, aggression dagents during lexercice of their function and falsification dune chart national didentity. Its lawyers, who lont visited on February 16, 1994, noted apparent traces of torture on his face and various parts of his body. It affirmed quil to them was tortured on several occasions and sest disappeared twice before remaining unconscious during several hours. April 6, and 7 1994: condemned, at the time of two lawsuits, by the courts of Gabès (in opposition to the judgement given by defect on December 16, 1992) and of Sousse (within the framework of laffaire of common right gone up against him during its arrest) to a 9 years and 7 months total of firm prison. November 6, 1995: Hamma Hammami is released after having purged close dun year and 9 months of prison. February 28, 1998: sought by the police force, it sest flees and lives since in clandestinity. July 14, 1999: condemned by defect by the correctional court of Tunis to 9 years and 3 months of prison for maintenance dune association which calls with hatred, insult with lordre public, insult with the magistrature, diffusion of leaflets likely to disturb lordre public, diffusion of false news with intention to disturb lordre public, call to the rebellion and incentive of the citizens to violate the laws of the country, organization of meetings without authorization and availability dun local for unauthorized meetings. Within the framework of this lawsuit, a score of its fellow accused, whose his woman Master Radhia Nasraoui, were condemned to various sorrows. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.maghreb-ddh.org/article.php3%3Fid_article%3D473&prev=/search%3Fq%3DHAMMA%2BHAMMAMI,%2B%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DG _______________________________________________ Marxist-Leninist-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxist-leninist-list
