It appears the Tunisian police were caught off guard by the local support the convoy received and being in the habit of making journalists and human rights workers 'disappear' thought they might they try the same trick with the convoy.
The powers higher up in Tunisia had the good sense to realise that they risked creating not only a massive diplomatic incident but of enraging their own population.
According to the Viva Palestina website the government was organising a support rally and further assistance to the convoy as it moves on to cross the Libyan border. But Greg Cullen, a convoy driver told Wales Online that the rally was cancelled and the convoy is being prevented from interacting with the population.
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From Wales Online
The powers higher up in Tunisia had the good sense to realise that they risked creating not only a massive diplomatic incident but of enraging their own population.
According to the Viva Palestina website the government was organising a support rally and further assistance to the convoy as it moves on to cross the Libyan border. But Greg Cullen, a convoy driver told Wales Online that the rally was cancelled and the convoy is being prevented from interacting with the population.
Visit Greg's blog
From Wales Online
A TRUCK driver taking aid to Gaza has been subjected to a frightening arrest ordeal as his convoy passed through Tunisia.
Greg Cullen, 54, of Cardiff, said he was stopped and ordered to remain in the cab of his vehicle for 10 hours after police became concerned about his team’s rapturous public reception.
The playwright and former creative director for the National Youth Theatre of Wales, who lives in Cathays, is helping to drive a seven-tonne truck to Gaza as part of an aid convoy of more than 100 vehicles, called Viva Palestina.
Speaking to the Echo from North Africa yesterday, he said: “We’ve been arrested in the last 24 hours but we’re moving again now. We’ve had incredibly supportive receptions wherever we’ve been, but in Tunisia the number of people on the streets supporting us was much greater.
“The police seemed to think the convoy was tapping a nerve within people and it’s caused us a huge amount of problems.
“We are now under heavily armed police escort. We’re not allowed to stop or talk to anyone, they’re just driving us to the Libyan border...
“Tunisia is a country where lots of British people go on holiday but for us it’s been the most frightening place so far.”
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