Tunisia
29/03/2012 / TUNISIA
'Wounded of the Tunisian revolution' still waiting for treatment, compensation
More than a year after former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled his country, Tunisians are still tending to their wounds. Literally. On Monday, a number of people who were injured in the revolution forced their way into the Ministry of Human Rights to demand treatment and compensation. Read more…
30/01/2012 / Tunisia
Tunisian newspaper publishes photoshopped image of protests
Between 8,000 and 10,000 people protested in the streets of Tunis Saturday to denounce extremism and violence. But apparently that number wasn’t big enough for some. On its front page, the daily newspaper Le Maghreb published a photograph photoshopped to add more protesters to the crowd. Read more...
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25/01/2012 / TUNISIA
Journalists assaulted at 'Persepolis' trial
In a sign of growing tensions between between secularists and religious zealots in Tunisia, Islamist extremists attacked several journalists in the capital on Monday – right in front of a courthouse. The journalists were going to court to express their solidarity with a TV station on trial for blasphemy. According to our Observer, the police did little to stop the violence. Read more...
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20/01/2012 / TUNISIA
Leaked video: 'The return of Ben Ali’s porno-politics'
A video from 1991, which recently surfaced online, has sparked a huge controversy in Tunisia. It allegedly shows the current interior minister, who was in prison at the time, having sex with one of his fellow inmates. According to Tunisian activist Ahmed Manaï, the scandal harks back to the darkest hours of former ruler Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali’s “porno-politics”. Read more...
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09/01/2012 / TUNISIA
#BackToBenAli: Live twitter feed looks back at Ben Ali’s final days in power
From January 9-14, FRANCE 24’s Observers Team will launch a live twitter feed in memory of the historic week that led to former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali’s downfall. Follow our live Twitter feed...
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16/12/2011 / TUNISIA
Meet Slimane Rouissi, a catalyst of the Tunisian revolution
One year ago, a young, impoverished vegetable seller named Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire in the central Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid. His desperate act sparked a revolution that ousted the country’s leader and marked the start of a series of revolutions throughout the region, now known as the Arab Spring. However, his story would never have been told throughout the world – if it were not for a small group of activists, including a man named Slimane Rouissi. Read more…
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07/12/2011 / TUNISIA
Tunisians and Libyans: after solidarity comes resentment
Many Libyans fled to Tunisia when the fighting in their country was at its worst. Now, a month and a half after Muammar Gaddafi’s death, relations between Libyans and Tunisians are far from easy. Read more...
01/11/2011 / TUNISIA
Tunisia’s online community pokes fun at US, France with #trolling campaign
After instigating a popular uprising against former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali earlier this year, Tunisia’s Internet community have now turned their sights to a new online activity – “trolling”. Read more…
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11/10/2011 / TUNISIA
Islamist attacks spark tension ahead of crunch elections
Escalating attacks carried out by Islamist groups in Tunisia led to violent clashes with security forces over the weekend. In response, the government made a number of arrests, which some in Tunisia criticised as arbitrary. Our Observers in Tunisia voice their concerns over the incidences and the impact they could have on the crucial elections in just two weeks. Read more...
03/10/2011 / TUNISIA
Tunisia’s dictator may be gone, but one of the revolution’s key demands remains
Youth unemployment was one of the main factors that sparked the popular uprising in Tunisia, the very first of the Arab Spring. Nine months after former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s ouster, many youths feel that their situation has not improved. With elections just around the corner, one young unemployed Tunisian explains why he and his peers continue to hit the streets. Read more…
