A highly violent video circulating on social media features an individual issuing insults, calls for execution, and threats of murder and hanging against several political figures and lawyers, including Hamma Hammami, the Secretary-General of the Workers' Party. Hammami has decided to file a complaint with the justice system. The three-minute video, widely shared, shows a man identified as a supporter of the President of the Republic, making repeated calls for Hammami's "execution" and stating his willingness to kill him. The threats extend to other named individuals, including Samir Dilou, Mohamed Abbou, Ezzeddine Hazgui, and Rached Ghannouchi. The video's author expresses a desire to gather them, "tie them together," and place chains around their necks, while also urging authorities to prevent some of these individuals from leaving the country. The video also contains continuous insults, labeling the targeted individuals as "traitors," "mercenaries," and "dogs," and claims they are acting against the President of the Republic. The author attributes statements to Hamma Hammami calling for a "new revolution" starting July 25, which are presented in the video as justification for the calls to violence. The article highlights the public nature of these explicit death threats and the question it raises about the normalization of political violence on social media, especially when such content is openly accessible and features specific acts of violence.
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