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Human Rights Groups Call On Bush To Press Tunisian President For Freedom and Reforms

Human Rights Groups Call On Bush To Press Tunisian President For Freedom and Reforms

President Bush is meeting with Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali at the White House today. Washington sees Tunisia as a key ally in the war on terror but human rights groups are calling on Bush to press Ben Ali to allow more freedoms and dissent in Tunisia where the government routinely beats dissidents and rights campaigners and muzzles the press. [includes transcript]

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