Soliman shooting

The Soliman shooting was a shootout that occurred on January 3, 2007 in the Tunisian region of Soliman, south-east of Tunis. The national police forces fought an armed group calling itself "Asad ibn al-Furat's army" which had been initially labeled by the government as "dangerous criminals". A previous shooting involving this same group had taken place on December 23, 2006, placing it in a context of jihadist terrorism and anarchist, insurgent, Islamist militancy. Quotes The death sentence, if carried out, would constitute a violation of the right to life of Saber Ragoubi. The Appeal Court had an opportunity to remedy the gross deficiencies that marred this case from the outset, but it failed to rise to that challenge said by Denys Robiliard, a leading French lawyer This case has been a travesty and the verdicts and sentences should not be allowed to stand said by Malcolm Smart, director for the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Amnesty International External link