Posts Tagged ‘Tunisia’

Tunisia: Radio station attacked

August 22nd, 2011

Radio Gafsa, a radio station located in the southern Tunisian city of Gafsa, was attacked by a group of 20 men on 2 August. They reportedly ransacked the premises and terrified employees.

Winners of the Freedom of Expression Awards 2011

March 24th, 2011

The 11th annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards, sponsored by SAGE, were presented tonight (24 March) at a ceremony in London hosted by Jonathan Dimbleby

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Zimbabwe: 46 arrested for watching videos of Egyptian and Tunisian demonstrations

February 25th, 2011

Police in Harare this week arrested 46 activists and trade union members who were watching videos of demonstrations in Egypt and Tunisia. They have been charged with treason for trying to organise an uprising against the government. Lawyers for some of the detained allege that they have been beaten while in custody.

Ben Ali and Mubarak: Brothers in arms

February 8th, 2011


Tunisia’s uprising has transfixed Egypt’s elite but Mubarak’s survival strategy proves he has learnt nothing from Ben Ali’s fall, writes Kamel Labidi
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Open politics will stretch Tunisian Islamists

January 25th, 2011

Rohan Jayasekera Will the return of Tunisia’s Islamists help or hinder the national democratic project?  An-Nahda’s return will  test its leader’s commitment to free expression and free association. Rohan Jayasekera reports
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Algeria: Protesters injured in unrest

January 25th, 2011

A number of protesters have been injured during clashes with the police in a pro-democracy rally held in Algiers. The rally was held in protest to a new law that banned public gatherings. Protests to rising costs and unemployment started in Algeria following the Tunisian unrest that ended with the collapse of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s government.

Tunisians will not be easily unplugged again

January 16th, 2011

Rohan JayasekeraDiscreet coup or “Jasmine Revolution”, the departure of Tunisia’s despot Zine el Abidene Ben Ali will not end his networked citizens’ calls for reform. Rohan Jayasekera comments.
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Tunisia: France’s faux pas

January 15th, 2011

French ministers denied Tunisia was a dictatorship and offered Ben Ali’s regime police support to deal with the recent protests. Myriam Francois-Cerrah explains how France found itself on the backfoot
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