One of the oldest TV channels in Tunisia was shut down on Sunday evening. The government says they have arrested the owner of the channel on charges of treason and violations of freedom of expression. The interview that was to air before the plug was pulled, was Hamma Hammami who is a member of the banned communist party. Because of actions taken by the government to shut down the oldest and most popular private TV channel the Tunisian have rebelled against the government chanting for a breakup of the regime. Concerns have been expressed that decades of the one sided government party has made it impossible for qualified outsiders to step in.
I can't see how the government say they have violated freedom of expression. I think that the government is just scared because they don't want a revolt from the people with their radical ideas and all. I think the people are going to revolt anyway citing that "Their faith in their government has been seriously damaged."
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