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Tunisia Celebrates Martyrs’ Day

Myriam Ben Ghazi — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:00:46 +0000

Martyrs’ Day is celebrated in Tunisia each year on April 9. The day honors and commemorates those who defied French rule and fought for freedom. The fruits of their efforts were ultimately rewarded with Tunisia achieving independence in 1956. The day commemorates the events of April 9, 1938, when the arrest of a popular leader [...]

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National Constituent Assembly Members End Hunger Strike

Myriam Ben Ghazi — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:05:25 +0000

Mohamed Brahmi and Hmed Khaskhoussi, members of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly (NCA), have ended their 20-day-long hunger strike. In a press conference held today, both members announced that they were ending their hunger strike, saying that the government had complied with their demands and released all protesters recently arrested in the towns of Menzel [...]

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This Week in the Constituent Assembly

Myriam Ben Ghazi — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:22:43 +0000

The coordination committee, which compiles and reviews the drafts of all individual constitutional articles, has gone through almost all of the constitutional committees’ reports. Salma Bakkar, a Constituent Assembly (CA) member from the Democratic bloc, said that it will not be long until the first draft is ready to be discussed in the CA’s plenary session. “The first [...]

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Police Rape Victim Interview on IWPR

Myriam Ben Ghazi — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:31:08 +0000

On September 27, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting uploaded an interview with the Tunisian woman who was raped by two policemen. The woman brought charges against the police officers who violated her, only to be charged with indecency when the Ministry of the Interior claimed the police officers caught her and her fiance [...]

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Five Tunisians Released by Libyan Regular Army

Myriam Ben Ghazi — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:30:43 +0000

Yesterday, security authorities at the Ras Jedir border crossing in southeastern Tunisia received the five Tunisian smugglers, detained by the Libyan Regular Army since Saturday. They were held in the Libyan region of Aguel, 50 kilometers south of Ras Jedir. At the outset, it was believed that the five Tunisians had been abducted by a [...]

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Three Tunisian Football Clubs Pass to Round of 8 in African Championships

Myriam Ben Ghazi — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:23:47 +0000

Three Tunisian football clubs won their return leg matches and advanced to the final eight in two different African championships. L’Etoile Sportive du Sahel (ESS) and Esperance Sportive de Tunis (EST) – both vying for the Champions League Cup – disputed their matches on Friday. In the Olympic stadium in Sousse, ESS defeated Rwanda Army [...]

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Group Claiming Anonymous Affiliation Hacks Tunisian Prime Minister’s Email

Myriam Ben Ghazi — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:21:36 +0000

The email of Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali was hacked last night by a Tunisian group claiming affiliation with Anonymous – the international cyber-activist collective. The link that the group posted on the internet effectively made public 2,724 emails, which contained confidential government information. The email addresses of the president, head of the Constituent Assembly, Ennahdha [...]

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Tunisia’s Interior Lacks Medical Staff While 15% of Physicians Remain Jobless

Myriam Ben Ghazi — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:12:48 +0000

15% of Tunisia’s physicians are out of work while the country’s interior faces growing scarcities in medical care. According to research recently done by Hajer Skhiri et al. in February 2012, the proportion of non-active physicians reached 15.2% in 2009 and the regional disparities in medical quality have grown larger than in previous years. What [...]

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Tunisian Supporters of Gaddafi Still Active on Social Networks

Myriam Ben Ghazi — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:09:55 +0000

Social networks have become a medium for Tunisian supporters of Muammar Gaddafi to launch campaigns in celebration and memory of the former Libyan leader and denounce his detractors. “Muammar Gaddafi Loyalists in Southern Tunisia” and “The Network of Gaddafi Lovers in Tunisia” are two Facebook pages that have garnered 1533 and 283 fans respectively. The [...]

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Attempt to Celebrate Martyrs’ Day Turns into Violent Clashes between Police and Demonstrators

Myriam Ben Ghazi — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:07:46 +0000

The smell of teargas returned to downtown Tunis today as clashes erupted between police and demonstrators on the roads leading to Avenue Habib Bourguiba on the occasion of Martyrs’ Day. Despite the decision of the Tunisian Ministry of Interior to ban protests in Habib Bourguiba Avenue, hundreds of protestors from different civil society organizations were [...]

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