{"id":21932,"date":"2013-07-26T10:52:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T10:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=5dfa5c6aaf5d4c574aadd718e629cb1c"},"modified":"2013-07-26T10:52:30","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T10:52:30","slug":"press-release-fco-minister-strongly-condemns-murder-of-tunisian-politician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=21932","title":{"rendered":"Press release: FCO Minister strongly condemns murder of Tunisian politician"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Commenting today on the assassination of Mohamed Brahmi yesterday, Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt said: <\/p>\n

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I strongly condemn the assassination of opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi on Tunisia\u2019s Republic Day. As a member of the National Constituent Assembly, Mr Brahmi was working to steer his country to a more democratic future through a process including all parties. I offer my deepest condolences to Mr Brahmi\u2019s family and colleagues.<\/p>\n

Such cowardly acts of violence should not be allowed to derail the democratic transition in Tunisia. I welcome the Tunisian Government\u2019s announcement that there will be an investigation into this murder – those responsible must be held to account for their crimes.<\/p>\n

Nearly two years after Tunisia\u2019s first free and fair elections, much progress has been made but there is more to do. As the country works towards a new constitution and elections, I encourage all Tunisians to engage in dialogue and work together for the greater good of Tunisia. It is vital that the people\u2019s demands for democracy remain at the core of the country\u2019s transition at this crucial time.<\/p>\n

The UK will continue to be a friend and partner to the people and Government of Tunisia as they build a prosperous, stable and open society.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Further information<\/h3>\n

Visit the UK and Tunisia website pages<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt on twitter @AlistairBurtFCO<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow the Foreign Office on twitter @foreignoffice<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow the Foreign Office on facebook<\/a> and Google+<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alistair Burt strongly condemns the assassination of Mohamed Brahmi and stresses need to prevent violence derailing the democratic process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}