Injustice 259

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.

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.

Abdellatif Bouhjila : quelle vie après la prison ?

Il n’avait plus fait parler de lui depuis sa libération en 2007, mais la patience a des limites : Abdellatif Bouhjila est de retour, pour de nouveaux combats s’entend. Ses motifs ? Pas de travail, pas de soins, pas de passeport….Libéré le 7 novembre 2007, au terme de neuf ans et demi d’emprisonnement, au cours desquels il a revendiqué haut et fort ses droits élémentaires […]