Night-time curfew lifted in Tunisia

In an official statement, the Tunisian ministry of interior announced that it was lifting the night-time curfew that had been imposed on a number of provinces including the capital, Tunis. Khaled Taroush, the spokesperson of the interior ministry, said in a phone conversation to Arabstoday that the security situation was normal throughout the country. In a separate issue, parties and human rights organisations in Tunisia, have rejected the government's plans to revive the terrorism law that was endorsed by the ousted regime back in December 2003, with the intention of implementing it  against those involved in violence and sabotage Tunis witnessed at the beginning of this week.  The implementation of this law has not been active since the revolution. In this context, the Tunisian League for Human Rights said in an official statement seen by Arabstoday,  that it had called for and continues to call for the abolition of this law. The League said that the criminal law contains enough provisions and penalties to deal with criminal acts. Mohamed Fadel al-Sayhi,  an official in the justice ministry, said during a press conference on Tuesday that the violence and sabotage Tunisia witnessed at  the beginning of the week "are terrorist crimes par excellence" adding that the terrorism law would be applied on the perpetrators adding that the law was “ still in force and has not been cancelled.” The al-Wafaa Movement  expressed its concerns about the revival of the terrorism law, saying that it  "profoundly contradicts" with the judiciary system reforms, which is one of the revolution's goals. In the same context, Soha al-Meaady, a member of the political bureau of the Tunisian Workers' Communist Party, said that the revival of this law is intended" to circumvent on the revolution's objectives that includes the reform of the judiciary and the cancellation of the laws that the totalitarian regime Ben Ali used to oppress people." She explained to Arabstoday that the law is" unconstitutional," as it was imposed by the former regime in response to dictations from what she described as "colonial circles" especially America, under the guise of  resisting terrorism, and was used by the former president to eradicate political opponents and to crackdown on freedoms and to legislate unjust trials. In turn, the National Constituent Assembly  has called upon all the relevant authorities to interfere to prevent the implementation of this law.