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 coalition government has shown little interest in engaging in an authentic reconciliation between Tunisians with different political allegiances.
Tunisians went to the polls almost exactly one year ago, in their first and free elections, the major outcome of the revolution. Today, Tunisia stands fragmented politically, its economy is struggling and its social protests remain unabated. And its first anniversary may be marked in ways that are
The double-faced discourse employed by Ennahda is making it harder to have confidence in their statements.
Tunisian leaders must quickly and boldly address the problem of fundamentalism through building more robust democratic institutions, debate forums and a national dialogue.
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.
In Tunisia, the violent protest that took place after the Friday prayer near the US embassy resulted in four deaths with several seriously injured.
Frustration in Tunisia is growing especially among the youth who remain marginalized even though they were the ones who ignited change.
Stifling the media can lead to the emergence of robust new media, like those that accelerated the end of some of the most autocratic Arab dictators.
There is a palpable dissatisfaction towards both the Tunisian Government and the National Constitutional Assembly: protests, marches, sit-ins, campaigns etc.
Offended by the people‘s choice in the recent elections, Tunisia’s elite have now declared war on the people and their political rivals.
The Association of Religion and Tolerance has offended the sensitivities of the ultra-conservative Muslims whose ears have recently become accustomed to an intolerant discourse imported from the Gulf and orchestrated in order to generate hatred and violence in Tunisia.
