At the end of the day, most of the political sphere disagreements are not of any importance to the ordinary Tunisian and they ought to be resolved away from the public sphere.
It is reported that in Tunisia under Ben Ali, no prisoner died on hunger strike – some prisoners died under torture. This is a first.
‘We are the walking-dead, we live in a vacuum, we have nothing. We have nothing. All it (the Government) can do for us is put us in jail,’ shouted a protester during a recent protest action.
Amnesty International’s report titled ‘One step forward, two steps back’ raises questions about whether Tunisia is stagnating or regressing regarding the situation of human rights.
The double-faced discourse employed by Ennahda is making it harder to have confidence in their statements.
It is a burning question within Tunisian society and abroad, whether Tunisia will regress on respect for women’s rights or not.
The activists’ decision to take legal action against the Assembly came after months of concentrated efforts to push them to be more open in their proceedings.
There is a palpable dissatisfaction towards both the Tunisian Government and the National Constitutional Assembly: protests, marches, sit-ins, campaigns etc.
In response to the UK’s threat to raid the embassy, Nawaat, Tunisian leading collective blog tweeted: ‘If the UK storm Ecuador embassy we will storm UK embassy in #Tunisia for violating Vienna convention @wikileaks #assange #tnassenge’
The marathon to gender equality in the Olympic Games has been achieved.
Current disharmony among the Republic’s leaders is fuelling suspicion and does not help to stabilize the overall situation.
University dean faces up to three years in prison for allegedly assaulting a veiled student.
