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The name “Leena Ben Mhenni” has recently spread like wildfire across the national and international stage, due to the 27 year-old Tunisian activist’s nomination for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Ben Mhenni, however, is no recent addition to the public realm, and she has participated in the online activist culture for several years. Her first post [...]
Kamel Morjane is a Tunisian politician who most recently served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs under the government of Tunisia’s deposed president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The statesman resigned from this post, however, on January 27th, 2011. Morjane was born in Hammam Sousse, Tunisia — coincidentally the same birthplace as the former president [...]
Many may not know Souhayir Belhassen given the long ban of the Tunisian Human Rights League during Ben Ali’s rule. Yet, Souhayir Belhessen could be one of the most known figures in the international human rights activism field as she’s the heading the International Federation for Human Rights. She is the first Arab-Muslim and first [...]
Samir Feriani is a high-positioned police officer who worked at the training center of the Tunisian anti-espionage services. He was arrested on May 29th, 2011 by members affiliated with the Ministry of Interior. Prior to his sudden arrest, Feriani had published a letter in the Tunisian independent newspapers Expert and L’Audace addressed to the current Minister [...]
On his website http://bouguerra.org, Bassem Bouguerra describes himself as a “Revolutionary by nature and a Software Engineer by accident.” The 30 year-old Tunisian blogger works as a Software Architect at Yahoo and currently lives in San Francisco, where he is an active member of the Tunisian Bay Area community. Bougerra’s journey into the blogosphere began [...]
Emna Ben Jemaa is a controversial young Tunisian blogger, as well as an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Time University in Tunis. She began blogging in 2005 and was quickly drawn into the blogging community. In an interview conducted by Common Ground News, Ben Jemaa stated, “My window to the world, my escape and even [...]
The Court of Appeals is viewing case number 99325 today. The case accuses the Tunisian Agency of Internet for not blocking porn sites after the revolution. It comes after complaints from a group of Tunisian lawyers about the dangerous effects of these sites on the youth and especially their stated discrepancies with Islamic traditions. The [...]
Radhia Nasraoui is a Tunisian lawyer and human rights activist since she graduated in the 1970′s. She is married to the leader of the Tunisian Communist Labor Party PCOT Hamma Hammami, one of Ben Ali’s worst enemies. She started to argue in favor of Himan Rights during the general protests that were repressed by Bourguiba’s [...]
Mrs. Nabila Hamza is a Tunisian sociologist and researcher in political science and social development.She was Head of the Centre for Research and Training on Arab Women (CAWTAR), in addition to having fulfilled numerous consulting missions in the region. She also has a broad experience in project management and program coordination. She has contributed in [...]
Born in Des Moines, Iowa and grew up outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He received a degree in History and Latin from the University of Minnesota. After finishing my degree, he taught English in the south of France and in Guadeloupe, before returning to the United States to complete graduate studies and begin his professional [...]
Amnesty International Asks Tunisian President Not to Extradite Former Libyan Prime Minister
On May 25, Amnesty International sent an official request to Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki regarding the decision to extradite former Libyan Prime Minister Baghadadi Mahmoudi. Amnesty International has asked Marzouki not to consent to the extradition, because the organization believes that Mahmoudi will face the death penalty upon his return to Libya. “Since Amnesty International [...]
Tension Erupts in Kef As Residents Put Their Governor on the Firing Line
The governor of the northwestern Tunisian governorate of Kef was forced to flee from his office today after angry protestors stormed the governorate building. Protests had been planned today for the ”journée de contestation” a day residents organized a protest calling for more development projects in the region. Known as “Give me my rights,” demonstrators were [...]
Colonel Major Mokhtar Ben Naser has accused the family of Lieutenant Colonel Tahar Ayari of ingratitude, after Ayari’s widow Saida went on local radio station MosaiqueFM and claimed that her husband had always been mistreated both before and after his death. Ayari died on May 18, 2011 when he was killed in a gun battle [...]
Former Adviser to Ben Ali, Abdelwahab Abdallah Cleared of Financial Corruption Charges
The high appeal court of Tunis has cleared former Presidential adviser Abdelwahab Abdallah of charges related to financial corruption during his service in government during the regime of Zine El-Abeddine Ben Ali earlier today. According to local radio station Mosaique FM, Abdallah will not be released from prison because there are other charges pending against [...]
Confusion Over Whether Tunisia Will Extradite Former Libyan Prime Minister
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has refused to sign for the extradition of former Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmoudi to Libya unless there are “guarantees” that Mahmoudi will receive a fair trial, reported Adnen Manser – spokesperson for the Tunisian presidency – to TAP on Tuesday. However, following yesterday’s announcement by Tunisian Minister of Justice Noureddine [...]
What’s on in Tunis 23 – 30 May 2012
Tunisian culture is full of secrets. It’s like the Medina – the city is full of walls and doors, both real and metaphorical, that don’t offer any clues as to what’s behind them. As a visitor or newcomer it’s often hard to know where to go, what to look at, or what to look for. [...]
Residents of Ain-Draham Hold General Strike, Cross the Algerian Border in Frustration
A general strike took place in the Tunisian city of Ain Draham today, a city in the northwestern governorate of Jandouba, as many demonstrators crossed the Tunisian- Algerian border in protest of what they called the Tunisian government’s neglect of their region. Tunisia’s state-run Watania TV station reported that some of the protesters made attempts to [...]
Gabes Residents Force Their Governor to Flee From His Office
Tension erupted today in the governorate of Gabes after a melee ensued between police officers and a group of local residents who were frustrated by what they considered to be the careless attitude of the governor towards meeting public needs. Gabes Governor Omar Shahbani told Tunisia’s state-run Watania TV station that employees of the governorate [...]
