The ultras of Club Africain and ESS Tunis demonstrate against prohibited
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TUNIS-Dozens of supporters of the two major rival football clubs of Tunis, Club Africain and Esperance Sportive de Tunis, demonstrated Tuesday together, to demand the lifting of restrictions imposed in stadiums by the regime of ousted president Ben Ali.
- The dozens of "ultras" of the two clubs, who are accustomed to strong shocks around the stadiums, were singing at a few meters from each other in a friendly atmosphere, on Habib Bourguiba Avenue, where demonstrators marched daily demanding the resignation of the transitional government.
- But their demands were non-political "Ultra, liberta," chanted on the forecourt of a shopping center Supporters of Club Africa. "We want an end to sanctions," responded in echo those of Esperance.
- Both groups require the lifting of the ban on the deployment of smoke and giant sheets in stadiums, and the release of their comrades accused of abuse by the justice, following meetings that have degenerated into clashes.
- The regime of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ousted Jan. 14 by the "jasmine revolution" had taken these measures to avoid violence in the stadiums: the smoke from the galleries are sometimes thrown on players from the opposing team or their supporters, and banners often included comments deemed defamatory or indecent.
- Tunisia, like its neighbor Algeria, and many European countries, is experiencing regular episodes of hooliganism and violence in and around stadiums.
- All competitions are suspended in the country.
- Ennaharonline/ M. O.
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