REPORT: Tunisia jails two for song describing police as dogs

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REPORT: Tunisia jails two for song describing police as dogs

Two Tunisians have been detained for insulting the police by making a rap video describing them as dogs, in a case likely to fire debate over free speech under the new Islamist-led government.                  

"The rap video posted on youtube called the police dogs and contains expressions and gestures that affect morals and threaten the security of officers and magistrates," the Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday in a statement.                        

Mohamed Hedi Belgueyed and actress Sabrine Klibi were arrested on Sunday and appeared at the Court of First Instance in Ben Arous on Tuesday. The court decided to keep them in prison until their trial, the ministry added.                 

A third rapper known as "weld el 15" is still sought by police.                      
              
Secular groups say freedom of creativity and expression are threatened under the moderate Islamist Ennahda-led government.         


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