<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;The Tunisian president received the young woman raped by the policemen... and after listening to the details of this painful case... he expressed total sympathy (with the woman) and offered a state apology,&quot; a statement said.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Marzouki also &quot;strongly&quot; condemned the rape and hailed the police agents who refused to cover up for their colleagues, something which he said demonstrated that the problem &quot;is not the security institution itself but the mentality of some of its members.&quot;u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;There is no more tolerance, neither for rapists, nor for those... who want to hide the truth,&quot; the statement said.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;The presidency will follow this case closely to ensure that no partisan interest is brought to bear on the rule of law, and so that Tunisians have their rights restored,&quot; it added.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The 27-year-old rape victim faces possible indecency charges with her fiance based on the testimony of the alleged rapists, policemen who say they took the couple by surprise in an &quot;immoral position&quot; just before the attack purportedly took place.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Magistrate Mohamed Ben Meftah is due to decide whether the woman and her fiance should be charged, after questioning them for more than two hours on Tuesday.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The case has sparked a storm of protest in Tunisia, with NGOs, media and opposition figures saying the proceedings have transformed the victim into the accused and reflect the Islamist-led government&#39;s policy towards women.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, from the ruling Islamist party Ennahda, said earlier this week that the policemen, arrested shortly after the incident and now awaiting trial, would be &quot;severely judged.&quot;u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   But he also said there may be a case of indecency to answer.u00a0</div>  

Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki offered a state apology to the women allegedly raped by two policemen who is waiting to hear if she will face indecency charges, Marzouki's office said

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