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Tunisian Lawyer Wins Arab Human Rights Award

Faten Bouraoui | 19 March 2012 | 0 Comments

Tunisian Lawyer Radhia Nasraoui has been awarded the Kamal Joumblatt Prize for Human Rights in the Arab World by the Friends of Kamal Joumblatt Association. The award was announced and presented to the winner on March 16, 2012 – the anniversary of the death of Kamal Joumblatt. Nasraoui asserted that she is very proud to have [...]

Mosque Tagged with Red Star of David and Quran Desecration Highlights Islamist-Secularist Divide in Tunisia

Houda Mzioudet | 18 March 2012 | 14 Comments

On Friday, two incidents involving the defamation of mosques in Tunis and the southern town of Ben Guerdane highlighted the increasing divide between Islamists and secularists in Tunisia. The first incident took place after Friday prayer at the popular Fateh Mosque in downtown Tunis. A middle-aged man of nearly 50 years of age was seen [...]

Middle East Media Monitor to Host Free London Discussion With Ennahda Women Leadership

Kouichi Shirayanagi | 18 March 2012 | 0 Comments

The London based, Palestinian media research and advocacy organization MEMO (Middle East Monitor) will be hosting a discussion with Ennahda women leaders Mehrezia Labidi, Amel Azzouz and Jawhara Ettees at the Brunei Gallery Lecture Theater of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London on Friday, March 23rd. The discussion will start at 6:30PM, attendance is free [...]

Janoubia TV Launches Tunisian Channel from Europe

Houda Mzioudet | 18 March 2012 | 1 Comment

Al Janoubia TV, based in France, will officially begin broadcasting on the NileSat frequency on March 20th. The Tunisian media landscape has changed dramatically since the fall of Ben Ali regime in January 2011. New media outlets continue to be created in the aftermath of the Tunisian revolution. The new satellite channel claims it will [...]

US House Leader Nancy Pelosi Raises Concern for Media Freedom and Womens’ Rights in Tunisia

Bernard Yaros | 17 March 2012 | 12 Comments

Democratic Leader of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi expressed her worry over the state of women’s rights and media freedom in Tunisia during meetings with Tunisian government officials yesterday, according to an official in the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The US Congressional delegation, led by Pelosi, met with Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali [...]

Painful Path to Justice for Tunisian Families

Asma Ghribi | 17 March 2012 | 0 Comments

While some Tunisians saw the revolution as an opportunity to start anew, others remain trapped in the memories of a painful past. Lamia Farhani, a Tunisian lawyer whose brother was shot with a bullet to the neck on January 13th 2011, is one of those. “I can’t call what happened in Tunisia the Jasmine Revolution…Those [...]

Tunisian Female U-17 Team Faces Gambia in Run-Up to 2012 FIFA World Cup

Bernard Yaros | 17 March 2012 | 0 Comments

Tunisia’s national female U-17 football team is facing off against Gambia today. A lot is at stake in today’s showdown between the two teams, who have never played each other before and are both vying for a spot in the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan. The victor will automatically earn a berth [...]

Let’s Do It Tunisia! Cleans Up Local Communities

Adam Le Nevez | 17 March 2012 | 3 Comments

Next Sunday, March 25th, thousands of Tunisians are expected to take to the streets, parks, beaches and fields throughout the country to clean up rubbish for Let’s Do It Tunisia! The event brings together a number of environmental associations in Tunisia, including Tunisie Propre (Clean Tunisia), as well as Club Environment and Sfax Elmezyena (Sfax [...]

U.S. Embassy Donates $50,000 to Alleviate Suffering in Jendouba

Megan Radford | 17 March 2012 | 1 Comment

The U.S. Embassy announced yesterday that they will donate $50,000 U.S. to the Comité Regional de Solidarité Social in Jendouba to provide home repairs, small stoves, heaters, blankets, and mattresses to flood victims. A press release stated that 2,200 families are in need of immediate humanitarian assistance. “The embassy is very moved by the tragedy [...]

Former Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi Charged with Torture

Mischa Benoit-Lavelle | 16 March 2012 | 6 Comments

Two additional cases of torture have been levied against former interim government Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi, in addition to an already ongoing case. The cases involve repression of the followers of Salah Ben Youssef – a rival of former president Habib Bourguiba – during Essebsi’s time as Minister of the Interior and Director of National Security under [...]

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