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Tunisian lawmaker’s remarks on rape and migrants spark outrage
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Tunisian lawmaker’s remarks on rape and migrants spark outrage
Remarks by a Tunisian lawmaker about rape and sub-Saharan African women migrants have triggered outrage, with rights groups condemning the comments as racist and sexist. Migration is a sensitive issue in Tunisia, a key transit point for tens of thousands of people seeking to reach Europe each year. On Monday, lawmaker Tarak Mahdi said during a parliament session that recent reports of the rape of a migrant woman from sub-Saharan Africa were fals…
A few days ago, Tariq Mehdi provoked a massive wave of denial, prompting some to demand that he be tried, after he implicitly called for the rape of his country's women. She condemned the international amnesty for racist statements against Mehdi, which she said was a flagrant violation of dignity [...].
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