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Le scandale de l’Encyclopédie tunisienne

Avez-vous pris connaissance du grand scandale de l’encyclopédie tunisienne ? Un ouvrage capital qui est censé être une belle synthèse de notre histoire, de notre culture, de notre littérature, de notre art, des hommes illustres qui ont fait avancé notre pays. Cet immense projet de civilisation a été confié aux soins de l’Académlie Bayt al-Hikma. Qu’en a-t-elle fait? un livre scandaleux qui ferait honte aux Tunisiens […]

Israeli Army T-Shirts Mock Gaza Killings

The Israeli army is at the centre of a second controversy over the moral conduct of its soldiers in as many days. The revelations centre on t-shirt designs made for soldiers that make light of shooting pregnant Palestinian mothers and children and include images of dead babies and destroyed mosques. […]

CPJ presses Tunisia on poor press freedom record

The Committee to Protect Journalists urges you on the eve of the 53rd anniversary of Tunisia’s independence from France to end an ongoing cycle of repression of critical journalists and media outlets. We ask that you abide by the commitment you have made repeatedly since coming to power in 1987 to promote freedom of expression. The last time […]

Torture: des poursuites contre Bush?

La formule risque de le hanter longuement, au vu du dernier numéro de la New York Review of Books. Dans son édition du 16 mars, la prestigieuse revue publie un document exceptionnel. Au fil de son long article, le journaliste Mark Danner y révèle le contenu d’un rapport secret du Comité International de la Croix-Rouge sur les techniques d’interrogatoire utilisés par la CIA […]

علمانيو تونس يثيرون زوبعة حول زيارة القرضاوي

لم تكن زيارة رئيس الاتحاد العالمي لعلماء المسلمين الشيخ يوسف القرضاوي إلى تونس يوم الأحد الماضي بمناسبة الاحتفال بمدينة القيروان عاصمة للثقافة الإسلامية، زيارة مرحبا بها من قبل العلمانيين الذين شنوا هجوما عنيفا على الحكومة. فقد وجه
بعض العلمانيين سيلا من الاتهامات للحكومة بعد ترحيبها بالشيخ القرضاوي، مذكرين بهجومه […]

Tunisia’s bloggers defy state censors

Foreign tourists know Tunisia for its sunny beaches, ancient ruins and one of the Arab world’s most liberal societies. But for Tunisians, life is a daily tiptoe through a minefield of political taboos enforced by a vast security apparatus and heavily censored media. Now the country’s drive to embrace the internet is giving Tunisians an unexected new outlet to challenge authority.

Tunisia’s job crisis sparks dissent

Once a fortnight, Leila Khaled, a Tunisian housewife, comes down from Tunis, the capital, to the dusty mining region of Gafsa, to visit her son Muthafer Labidi in jail. The rest of the time, she holds vigil at a Tunis hospital where her husband, Bechir Labidi, a trade union leader, lies ailing and handcuffed in his bed.