Mohamed Bechri

Mohamed Bechri (Abu Khawla) is professor of economics at the University of Sousse, Tunisia. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Southern California. ^{[1] [2]}.

Human rights activism

He's a renowned human rights activist and former chair of the Tunisian section of Amnesty International ^[3], Human Rights Watch cites him in telling of repression of human rights.^[4]

Statements

This progressive professor is quoted of blaming the Arab silence of Darfur genocide on the "twin fascisms" that dominates the Middle East, pan-Arabism and Islamism ^[5], as well as to why all minorities living within the Arab world are under siege.^[6] that 'Islamism is the mother of all big lies.'^[7], that freedom in the West gave Islamist terror masters ample opportunity to mount an effective propaganda machine, and that only Arab/Muslim secular orces can effectively undermine Islamism.^[8]

Persecuted

In 2000. Journalist were assaulted and threatened by police officers in Tunis. among them were Omar Mestiri (an editor of the opposition online newspaper "Kalima", who's a victim of judicial harassment. Reporters Without Borders ^[9]) and Mohammed Bechri, both human rights activists ^[10], professor Bechri told Human Rights Watch that he was forcibly prevented from approaching the Ministry and was attacked in his car as he was trying to leave.^[11].

1. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=gPFM5xaQy_kC&pg=PR15
2. ^ http://www.mei.columbia.edu/about.shtml
3. ^ http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/1303.htm
4. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=PynKVZSC5jQC&pg=PA18
5. ^ http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Area=sd&ID=SP83504&Page=archives
6. ^ http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=25965
7. ^ http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/1303.htm
8. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=UiyPVPnDkJkC&pg=PA104
9. ^ Dailymotion#Tunisia
10. ^ http://www.ifex.org/tunisia/2000/12/18/journalist_assaulted_and_threatene
11. ^ http://www.tunisnews.net/2930decembre00.eml