Tunisia bans Friday demos for fear of violence over cartoons
Tunisian Salafists shout slogans outside the El-Fath mosque in Tunis on September 17. By Salah Habibi (AFP/File)
TUNIS (AFP) - Tunisia said it was banning all demonstrations on Friday after receiving a tip-off about preparations for violence over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed published by a French satirical weekly.
"The interior ministry, using its powers under the state of emergency and in order to maintain public order, announces that it is outlawing any form of demonstration anywhere in Tunisian territory on Friday," a ministry statement said on Thursday.