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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.

Bosnie : phase expulsions

C’est au lendemain de la très médiatisée visite en Algérie du ministre des Affaires Etrangères Bosniaque, Sven Alkalaj, les 8 et 9 février dernier , qu’Omar Frendi, de nationalité algérienne, a été arrêté et placé au centre de rétention de Lukavica en , dans l’attente de son renvoi en Algérie. En voilà une fâcheuse coïncidence. Officiellement, les échanges entre Sven Alkalaj et son homologue algérien n’étaient qu’un « échange d’informations » sur les Algériens de […]

انتقال الصراع التأريخي في الحزب الشيوعي العراقي من قضية استلام السلطة الى صراع من أجل استعادة الهوية الوطنية للحزب وتأريخه الطبقي والوطني

لم يتعرض الحزب الشيوعي العراقي طيلة تأريخ الصراعات فيه الى ما يتعرض له اليوم من انحسار لدوره الطبقي والوطني على حد سواء.فقد اتسمت جميع الصراعات وحتى الانشقاقات السابقة للاحتلال الامريكي لبلادنا , بسمة اساسية طبعت بطابعها صورة الصراع الداخلي في الحزب تتمثل […]

Tunisian media is becoming more “Islamized”

In a recent report that surveyed radio listeners in Tunisia, the Sigma Consulting Center found that “Zaytouna” – a private religious radio station – topped the list with 12.1 percent audience share throughout the country. Private variety radio station Mosaic came close with 11.3 percent, followed by government-backed radio station […]