On Wednesday October 9th, 2013, the 20- year old student Marwa Maalawi was sentenced to 3 months of jail on charge of addressing women’s minister Sihem Badi with derogatory word. On the 27th of March, 2013, student Marwa raised a sign in a protest in front of the ministry of women on which she wrote: “In the era of terrorist Ennahdha, a chaste woman is raped because her minister is a whore.”
Tunisia: Routine muzzling of dissent mars upcoming presidential elections
Next Sunday, 25 October 2009, Tunisia will hold presidential and legislative elections in which it is virtually guaranteed that the incumbent, Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, who has been in power for the last 22 years and is now opposed by three other candidates, will be re-elected as president. As well, the ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) party is expected to retain a majority of the seats in the parliament.
Pilots urge reinstatement of Tunisian pilot
BRUSSELS (AP) — The world’s largest pilots’ group urged Tunisian authorities Monday to reinstate the captain of an airliner that […]
Tunisie : Les droits de l’homme tunisien torturent Sarko
« L’espace des libertés progresse. » C’était le jugement de Sarko en visite à Tunis, en avril dernier. Visiblement, notre […]
Tunisian trade union leader on trial for role in protests
4 December 2008. A trade union leader and 37 others face trial in Tunisia on Thursday, accused of fomenting unrest […]
Tunisie : Le procès très attendu des leaders du mouvement social du bassin minier s’ouvre le jeudi 4 décembre 2008 devant le tribunal de première instance de Gafsa.
Ce jeudi 4 novembre commence en Tunisie, au Tribunal de première instance de Gafsa le procès très attendu des leaders du plus important et du plus long mouvement […]
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.