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Tunisians Defend Students’ Right to “Harlem Shake”

Roua Khlifi | 26 February 2013 | 5 Comments

After the Minister of Education announced yesterday that he would launch an investigation into the filmed performance of the “Harlem Shake” at a Tunis high school, students protested outside the school and anonymous supporters hacked the ministry’s website. Students of Imam Moslem high school, also known as Père Blanc, where the video was filmed Saturday, [...]

Protesters Denounce Delay in Case of Assassinated Opposition Leader

Bernard Yaros | 23 February 2013 | 7 Comments

“The people want whoever killed Belaid,” clamored around three thousand protesters, who gathered Saturday in downtown Tunis to demand progress in the investigation into the assassination of opposition leader Chokri Belaid. Images of Belaid dotted the crowd, which protested the delay of the probe into Belaid’s murder that many considered the fault of the current [...]

Belaid’s Defense Committee Fingers Unknown Algerians in Murder

Amira Masrour | 22 February 2013 | 0 Comments

Contrary to popular expectations, the Defense Committee of the Martyr Chokri Belaid did not officially disclose any details of the investigation into his assassination or reveal the identity of suspects during a press conference Friday morning in Tunis. The committee is composed of a group of lawyers representing the interests of Belaid, an opposition leader [...]

Authorities Continue Investigation of Opposition Leader’s Assassination

Roua Khlifi | 18 February 2013 | 0 Comments

Two weeks after the assassination of opposition leader Chokri Belaid, and amid the Popular Front coalition’s demands for an independent investigation, no new information in the investigation has been revealed, according to Fawzi Ben Mrad, spokesperson of the National Defense Committee for Chokri Belaid. “Last week, Lazhar Akremi (spokesperson for Nidaa Tounes) was called as [...]

International Crisis Group Urges Tunisia to Confront Salafism

Elena Lesley | 14 February 2013 | 0 Comments

A report released Wednesday by a Brussels-based NGO offers an in-depth examination of Salafism in Tunisia and provides recommendations for how government, civil society, and religious organizations can confront challenges posed by the growing movement. Although it is unclear who assassinated opposition leader Chokri Belaid last week, the fact that so many Tunisians immediately assigned [...]

Salafist Security Patrols Divide Tunisians

Amira Masrour | 13 February 2013 | 18 Comments

During the fallout from the assassination of opposition leader Chokri Belaid last Wednesday, many businesses and offices closed and took extra precautions to protect against vandalism and looting. Yet in the Ibn Khaldoun suburb of Tunis, a group of citizens gathered Friday to protect the neighborhood’s Magasin Général. The young men, mostly Salafist Muslims, set [...]

Tunisian Judges Protest Delay in Judicial Independence

Farah Samti | 01 February 2013 | 1 Comment

As members of the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) began to discuss the judiciary chapter in the draft constitution yesterday, judges are protesting the delay in ensuring judiciary independence from executive and legislative powers. The Association of Tunisian Judges announced earlier this week that they would wear red badges as a sign of protest in order [...]

Tunisian Security Forces Call for Better Pay and Protection

Amira Masrour | 01 February 2013 | 1 Comment

Around 3,000 police and security officers protested Thursday in front of the prime minister’s office demanding better pay, equipment, and legal protection. Protesters said they did not feel prepared to confront internal security threats; they also called for the passage of a law criminalizing attacks on police men, security forces, and intervention units, according to [...]

Trial of Tunisian Activist Graffiti Artists Postponed to March 27

Amira Masrour | 23 January 2013 | 0 Comments

The trial of Tunisian graffiti artists Oussama Bouagila and Chahine Berriche was postponed to March 27 as requested by some of the case’s defense lawyers, confirmed Bochra Belhaj Hmida, a member of the artists’ legal team, to Tunisia Live. Bouagila and Berriche, members of the activist street-art group Zwelwa, were arrested on November 3, 2012 [...]

Authorities Seize Large Cache of Weapons in Southeastern Tunisia

Amira Masrour | 18 January 2013 | 3 Comments

A large quantity of weapons of different kinds were confiscated yesterday morning, January 17, in two separate warehouses in the southeastern governorate of Medenine, said a regional security official, who asked to remain anonymous. The same source stated that the two warehouses in question were near the highway that leads to the coastal city of [...]

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