A woman holds a poster reading "I can use the law against him" , left, during a protest outside the court house in Nabeul, Tunisia, Thursday, Oct.28, 2021. A group of Tunisian feminist activists held a small protest outside a courthouse in Nabeul, Tunisia,to mark the beginning of a controversial case in which an MP is facing charges of sexual harassment and public indecency.
In 2019, a schoolgirl posted photos on social media of parliament member Zouhair Makhlouf, of the Qalb Tounes party, allegedly performing a sexual act in his car outside her high school. With his immunity revoked, Makhlouf was summoned to face his first hearing on Thursday at the courthouse in Nabeul, south of the capital Tunis.
“Now it’s already more than two years and no decision was taken, there has been no step forward,” she said. “It is time to say no to impunity.” “All that is happening is the worst accusation of my life. I was imprisoned under the Ben Ali dictatorship three times, but this is the worst injustice I’ve suffered, it’s stupid and absurd,” he says.Makhlouf said it could be challenging for a judge to withstand what he called immense public and political pressure against him. Asked about #EnaZeda, he said “it’s good to have an energetic civil society. But they’ve done damage, they don’t listen to both sides.
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Is this one going to end with the leaders getting caught grooming too?
Has the Islamic world started 'Metoo'? This world is really crazy.