Themes 13072

Pour en finir avec la torture

L’allure frêle, cheveux grisonnants, Amadou, 52 ans, écarte sa veste (1). Sous son tee-shirt, de longues cicatrices sombres lui parcourent l’abdomen: les traces de la torture qu’il a subie dans les geôles mauritaniennes avant de fuir son pays, en 1993. Il était ingénieur. La torture, c’était le sort réservé aux opposants politiques. En prison, il a été brulé, passé à tabac, puis soumis au supplice de […]

Beating the Censors

When Tunisian bloggers suspected that the presidential jet was being frequently used for personal business by friends and family of the president, they used airport records to track its travels and compared it to official government records. Only one of ten trips proved to be official. Using Google maps, the bloggers illustrated their findings by “following” the plane in a video that was posted on YouTube and could be viewed within Tunisia.

L’étonnante irruption des moukhabarate tunisiens

Les militants et journalistes s’inquiètent déjà du futur immédiat pour les médias avec les échéances tunisiennes de 2009, élections législatives et présidentielle devant reconduire l’actuel président et l’actuelle majorité parlementaire, sans surprise aucune.Parlez, on s’écoute tous. C’est à l’initiative du quotidien libanais Al-Nahar et de la WAN (World Association of Newspapers, Association mondiale des journaux) […]

You, too, can defeat cruel dictators online

The extensive palace complex of Tunisia’s septuagenarian dictator, President Zine el-Abidine ben Ali, for example, is off limits to his citizens. Anyone caught taking photographs of the vast complex are likely to be arrested. But cyberspace is beyond President ben Ali’s reach. There his palace is besieged by human rights activists.

Stranger censuré ! Ammar m’a…sauvé* !

Depuis le 09 avril 2005, date du premier post publié sur ce blog, je ne me suis jamais vraiment posé la question de savoir s’il allait être censuré ou pas ? Si, par ce que j’y publierais, j’allais le condamner à être un nom de plus sur la liste des blogs tunisiens censurés ?
Il faut dire que j’ai commencé mon « éveil citoyen » en écrivant sur des sites déjà censurés ! Forcement, […]

الذكرى الستون للإعلان العالمي لحقوق الإنسان و كفاحنا من أجل الحرية في تونس

عندما سئل “ستيفان هوسيل” آخر المشاركين على قيد الحياة في تحرير “الإعلان العالمي لحقوق الإنسان” على هامش مرور الذكرى الستين لصدور هذا الإعلان عن أوضاع حقوق الإنسان في العالم اليوم كانت تونس واحدة من بين ثلاثة مناطق استشهد بها على استمرار حالة إنتهاك حقوق الإنسان في هذا العصر. […]

Intellectuals’ responsibility in the collapse of the democratic process in Tunisia

Needless to say, there are in Tunisia, just like everywhere else, many historians, writers, and poets, filmmakers, who have never signed a single petition against torture or corruption, while considering themselves in private as democrats. Should we blame the collapse of the democratic process on them ? May be they have not to be blamed because they are not intellectuals at all.

The Tragic Decline of Tunisian Media

“In the past, Tunisia made huge efforts to invest in journalism education. Unfortunately, the people who benefited from those efforts have been gradually prevented from serving their country according to the basic rules of journalism and ethics. Scores of skilled and honest journalists have been silenced and forced to leave their job or the country,” says Kamel Labidi

برنامج “بلا تأشيرة” مع د. الصادق شورو رئيس حركة النهضة

بلا تاشيرة يستضيف السيد الصادق شورو الحاصل على دكتوراه في الكمياء من كليه العلوم بتونس، وعمل مدرسا بكلية الطب الى ان تم اعتقاله عام 1991. تقلد مسؤولية حركة النهضة، وصدر ضده حكم بالسجن مدى الحياة، قضى منها 18 عاما قبل اي يفرج عنه في الخامس من شهر فبراير 2008. و قد تم اعتقال الصادق شورو مجددا يوم الأربعاء 03/12/2008 أين أحاله وكيل الجمهورية،