Ecrit et publié sur Nawaat par Hannibal LeCarthaginois : Les critiques de Bsaies ne visent que défendre Ben Ali. S’imposant comme l’avocat du diable cet ex militant étudiant converti en mercenaire dévoile, ou plutôt prétend dévoiler, « l’autre dimension » de la délégation. N’ayant point d’argument pour défendre son président, il préfère contre-attaquer et soustraire toute légitimité […]
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A local staff in Japanese embassy to Tunisia pushed to death
After weeks of pressure, stress, harassment and humiliation , Ahmed CHOUL , a young Tunisian local staff working for the embassy of Japan to Tunisia since more than 10 years had fatal heart attack on Friday November 20TH . few weeks ago , he had […]
Tunisia: Yes, they can. No, we can’t!
The week of the US election coincided with the 21st anniversary of ‘change’ in Tunisia. But while Americans went to the polls to elect their 44th president, in its 50 years of independence, Tunisia has had just two presidents. Tunisian bloggers mark Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s 21st year as president with a call for change.
Tunisia responds to critical CPJ report
We received a large package from the Tunisian Embassy in Washington on Friday. The package contained an official response to […]
The Democratic Challenge in Ben Ali’s ‘last’ Presidential Term
The significance of the 5th Congress (30 July-2 August 2008) of Tunisia’s ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) lies not in Bin Ali’s nomination for the October 2009 presidential elections, but rather in the set of challenges that could render his fifth and supposedly ‘last’ term a time of transition to a more open political system in 2014. The Congress, held
موجة جديدة من المحاكمات والملاحقات والمضايقات في تونس
يتداخل في المشهد التونسي في الآونة الأخيرة تدخل أجهزة الأمن بكل تفاصيل الحياة اليومية للناس. فبعد أن حاولت السلطة السياسية تقسيم الطبقة السياسية التونسية بين مؤيد مستفيد ومعارض مضطهد، وتمزيق أوصال الأشكال المستقلة للمقاومة المدنية، ها هي اليوم تتعامل مع المجتمع التونسي كمجموعة بشرية غير مطمئنة.
الوسط التونسية : خطوات مروعة في الاتجاه الخاطئ 1
أعاد التاريخ نفسه في الساحة الاعلامية التونسية “المعارضة” وتهاوت مؤسسة ثانية بعد فضائية المستقلة في مستنقع التطبيع مع الدكتاتورية والتملق للسلطة وتمييع القضايا والعزف على وتر المصالحة الموهومة. مصير بائس اختاره صاحب “الوسط” لموقعه الذي كان طيلة أكثر من سنتين، إذا تجاوزنا بعض فترات التردد، أحد العناوين البارزة لساحة إعلامية وطنية بديلة ومناضلة،
Tunisian journalist sues government agency for blocking Facebook
Tunisian journalist and blogger Zied El-Hen filed a suit this week in a Tunisian court against the Tunisian Internet Agency for blocking the social networking Web site Facebook, according to a report by Reuters (Arabic). The journalist demands about $5,000 as a compensation for the damages which the blocking caused to him.
Tunisie : Retour sur les échanges Zied El Heni / Aymen Rezgui sur Canal du Dialogue Tunisien
C’est la première émission de Canal du Dialogue consacrée intégralement à la préoccupation qui me touche le plus en tant que citoyen tunisien. J’ai un entendu un langage qui m’est familier et me suis retrouvé dans un vocabulaire que je croise tous les jours. L’émission a même commencé par l’excellente satire de la […]
Torture en Tunisie : Un ancien ministre s’exprime sur El Hiwar Ettounsi
Pour résumer, en utilisant la formule consacrée, cet ancien ministre était «responsable mais pas coupable» quant à la pratique de la torture sur les citoyens tunisiens dans les locaux de l’administration tunisienne. L’entretien est une reprise diffusée le 17 février 2008, où l’on retrouve un TBH assez offensif avec sa manière si particulière dans le paysage médiatique tunisien d’être «cordialement direct».
Silencing online speech in Tunisia
Blocking web 2.0 websites (Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook) and barring access to local outspoken websites and blogs is the most obvious way of cracking down of the online free speech in Tunisia. It should be emphasized, however, that this is only one tool in the regime’s hand. Tunisia has adapted to the web 2.0 revolution by developing a broader strategy composed of a wide range of instruments […]
Je ne suis pas le premier journaliste tunisien à subir ce sort, mon espoir est d’être le dernier
Condamné en décembre dernier, à un an de prison pour “outrage à fonctionnaire dans l’exercice de ses fonctions”, “atteinte aux […]
You Still Can’t Write About Muhammad
Starting in 2002, Spokane, Wash., journalist Sherry Jones toiled weekends on a racy historical novel about Aisha, the young wife […]
Tunisian Government Faces Growing Dissent in Mining Region
The Gafsa revolt alone epitomizes Tunisia’s many ills: youth unemployment, extreme poverty in the peripheral regions of the country, nepotism, government infiltration of labour union organizations, a lack of any room for free expression and representation (both labour union as well as political), and finally a security approach to all protests.
Tunisia Caucus Co-Chair Calls Despot Moderate and Wise
Only a handful of Internet publications and small-circulation opposition papers have attempted to seriously criticize the government or hold it accountable. But journalists writing for these outlets have been placed under surveillance, assaulted by plainclothes police, had their phone and Internet lines cut, and been prevented from leaving the country.
Tunisia : – جواباتي كثرت يا ميمة
Dear Mr President Z.A.B.A I am pleased to receive your message from pactejeunesse.tn– pleased because I, as many other young […]
Tunisia: torturing detainees
In spite of this, Tunisia is not widely perceived as a country in which serious human rights violations are committed. Indeed, during a state visit to the country in April 2008, French President Nicolas Sarkozy praised the Tunisian government’s efforts in fighting terrorism and declared that “the sphere of liberties” in the country was improving.
Tunisia: Where are the State Funerals?
Eight Tunisians were among the 197 bodies handed over by Israel to Lebanon, in the latest prisoner swap between the […]
