TUNIS (AP) - Witnesses say the security forces moved to prevent a planned demonstration by internet users against the blocking of access to internet sites.
There was a strong police presence in the main avenue of the capital and adjoining streets Saturday, after a demonstration was announced in recent days via sites including Twitter and Facebook.
One of the protest organisers, opposition journalist and blogger Soufiane Chourabi, said the protesters had planned to march, wearing T-shirts with slogans such as "Lift the lockdown of the internet", to the Ministry of Communications. He said organisers had applied to the Interior Ministry for permission to hold the demonstration, but received no reply.
Internet users report that previously sporadic blocking of internet sites to users within Tunisia greatly intensified in April.
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