More than two years after the “revolution”, this very elite is still lagging behind; complaining about the absence of an “intellectual revolution” while no revolution whatsoever has yet occurred in our intellectuals’ minds.
The Right to Information and the Environment in the Middle East
By David Banisar – Oil spills. Air pollution. Toxins in ground and sea water. Desertification. The environmental situation in countries across the Middle East is perilous and getting worse. According to the UN in the 2010 Environment Outlook for the Arab Region report, the region is “facing critical environmental issues” as well as new threats and natural hazards.
What the Tunisian Government Should Learn from Egypt
The deposition of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi: call it what you like – a popular uprising, a military coup, a continuation of the “Arab Spring”, or a hammer blow to democratic reform efforts. Whatever it was, Tunisia is certainly not immune to it.
Amnesty International: Freedom of expression on trial in Tunisia
PRESS RELEASE 2 July 2013 The trials this week of four Tunisians in different court cases for expressing opinions critical […]
The Popular Front and the Union for Tunisia: the Tunisian Left’s Reactionary Conversion
A would-be political alliance between the Popular Front and the Union for Tunisia is looming ahead, emblematized in a significantly-symbolic “encounter” between representatives of each party. The Popular Front, uniting the elusive Left, and the Union for Tunisia, monopolized by a dubious party whose conservative tendencies are economically obvious
Note on Freedom of Expression provisions in Latest Draft of Tunisian Constitution
The Centre for Law and Democracy is today releasing a Note analysing the freedom of expression provisions in the new […]
Freedom Online Coalition: A Call To Governments From Civil Society
This is a call to governments from civil society. this call was presented during the closing ceremony of the Freedom Online Conference that took place in Tunis between June 17-18, 2013. This call captures the “Sense of the room” at the Justice Tent that was organized at Nawaat on june 17th, 2013.
Life as a Single Mother in Tunisia
For more than a decade, the Amal Association for families and children has been helping single mothers. In a society where sexual relations outside marriage are forbidden and where pregnancy is a drama, Amal provides support for these women and helps them to lay a foundation for life. To do so, Amal hosts single mothers in a home for about four months, enough to help them get back on their feet.
Justice Tent: Leaks and transparency in the digital age
The recent revelations leaked by Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras have shown the depth of collusion between intelligence services and […]
Weld El 15: Two Years for “Rapped Retaliation”?
Weld El 15, the young rapper, was sentenced to two years of prison for singing “policemen are dogs” (البوليسية كلاب) and convicted for public indecency and cop contempt. Is it that I do not understand the law? Or is it that these laws defy those of logic?
What Is Wrong with Post-Revolution Tunisia?
Back in the days of “Big Brother” and the “Thought Police”, the Tunisian people could not discern what was precisely wrong with politics, society, and economy. All the political, social, and economic ills were subsumed under one major ill: that of “oppression”. Now that Oppression, emblematized in Ben Ali’s figure, is toppled, the once unnoticeable problems are surfacing.
The Arab Awakening in a Changing Climate
Beneath the wave of dissent focused primarily on economic woes and democratic deficits, there lay an extreme food and water crisis, and an inability – or unwillingness – of governments to do something about it…
Amnesty: Last opportunity for Tunisian lawmakers to enshrine human rights for all in Tunisia’s new Constitution
Amnesty International’s analysis of the latest draft of Tunisia’s new Constitution.
Meeting with supporters of Ansar Sharia in Kairouan: between “Islamic revolution” and social injustice
Following a long suspense, the Ansar Charia rally planned for 19 May in Kairouan but banned by the interior ministry finally didn’t take place. But this did nothing to dent the commitment of Salafists to what they call their “Islamic revolution.”
Tunisian blogger faces military court for criticizing hospital staff
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEWS STORY 28 May 2013 Tunisian blogger faces military court for criticizing hospital staff The trial of a […]
Ansar Al-Sharia: When Political Immaturity Confronts Governmental Clumsiness
Ansar Al-Sharia Congress: When Political Immaturity Confronts Governmental Clumsiness. The government refused to allow Ansar Al-Sharia to hold their third Congress and Kairouan has become a pseudo-military base ever since.
Weekly Political Review: Recent Terror Attacks in Tunisia ‘Shatter’ Illusions of Stability
Since the beginning of the month, the hunt for al-Qaida-linked militants in Mount Chaambi, a region near the Algerian border, has instilled widespread anxiety and fear among the population. At least 17 soldiers and police have been seriously injured while searching for militants during the past few days. And back in December an encounter with the group costed the life of a young national guardsman.
A Cyber Survey of Tunisian Political/Metaphysical Parties
Two years after the Tunisian Revolution, political parties in Tunisia are still living in political prehistory. It is true that the revolution took our rusty politicians by surprise. They were either in jail, or abroad, or in some fancy Tunisian suburb leading a status quo existence.
