THE government of Tunisia must do more to uphold human rights and the rule of law and to allow political […]

Censorship in Tunisia, a nightmare! A video clip about the ban of Flickr in Tunisia.
This video mashup is about the ban of Flickr, the popular and one of the best online photo-sharing website, in […]
Democracy and EU Association in Ben Ali’s Tunisia: Where to?
Tunis, like other Maghribi capitals, seems to recede further into oblivion. Political excitement when Narcissist Gaddafi is holding his tongue […]
Tunisian farmers say bank stole their land
Residents and farmers rally in front of the regional government house in Sidi Bouzid. A group of Tunisian farmers is […]
Reporting on Corruption in Tunisia: The Price Journalists Pay
From 25-30 April, IPI Press Freedom Manager Anthony Mills participated in a joint press freedom mission to Tunisia, along with other representatives of the ‘Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG)’, which brings together over twenty organisations from the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) network.

Anti-censorship movement in Tunisia: creativity, courage and hope!
Far from being exaggerated, the Tunisian anti-censorhip movement is one of the best innovative in the world and has been adopting creative approaches and tactics from its early beginning to its current stage.
Online Activism Meets Real World Activism: A Day Against Censorship
Tunisian activists geared up to organize a peaceful demonstration against censorship as part of the May 22 worldwide event announced […]

Tunisia: flickr, video-sharing websites, blogs aggregators and critial blogs are not welcome
Tunisia is carrying out one of the most massive wave of online censorship targeting major social websites, video-sharing websites, blogs […]
Tunisia goes Pinochet on journalist
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) “strongly resented” Tunisia’s use of security in raiding the house of opposition […]
Web Journalism
Peut-on qualifier aujourd’hui la Cyberdissidence et le journalisme indépendant sur internet comme le 5me pouvoir? Face au journalisme à la solde des régimes au pouvoir, nombre de journalistes ont failli à leur mission, et ceux qui y croient toujours sont empêchés par des lois liberticides ou le choix des rédacteurs en chefs. La main-mise du pouvoir et des lobbyistes qui sont à la tête de groupes de presse pose problème.
Why the UK Home Office’s “Pro-Islamic” Blog Study is Wrong
CONTEST is the United Kingdom’s counter-terrorism strategy, with a stated aim to “reduce the risk to the UK and its […]
The Risk of Facebook Activism in the New Arab Public Sphere
Over at The Arabist, Issandr El Amrani ruminates on Facebook’s role in Middle Eastern politics, a subject I’ve had my […]

Google has disabled the ability for Nawaat to upload new videos
Today we got a message from Youtube informing us that the ability to post new videos on Youtube has been temporarily disabled for violating the YouTube Community Guidelines because of a video deemed “inappropriate.”
Tunisia and Bahrain Block Individual Twitter Pages
First, governments blocked Blogspot. Then they blocked Facebook, and then Twitter. And just when technophiles all over the globe started […]
Will Arabic domain names help censorship, create ‘cyber-ghettos’?
Back in October, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, began processing requests for domain names in […]

Arab Facebook : The Internet’s role in Politics in the Middle East
The virtual world offers new opportunities for political expression and communication. Why political discussion has migrated to the Internet is […]
Presidential Election in Tunisia : Democracy His Way
What are we to make of it when Ben Ali, Tunisia’s much venerated president and ruler of the Palace of […]

Tunisia: Prominent Activist Arrested For Environmental Video Report Published Online
On October 20th, 2009, Zouhaïer Makhlouf, a Tunisia Human rights activist and correspondent of Assabil Online website has been arrested for publishing a video report online about the environmental pollution in Nabeul (Dar Chaabane El Fehri), a coastal town in northeastern Tunisia. […]