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The Daily Star
March 28, 2018
... that toppled dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, the tribunal was created to investigate human rights violations, hold perpetrators to account and rehabilitate their victims. Several parties are contesting the vote, and members of the tribunal say they do not need parliamentary approval to continue their work.
Human Rights Watch
March 22, 2018
Tunisia has made little progress outside the work of the commission since the ouster of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011 toward justice for government abuses since independence. A “no” vote would sabotage the fragile transitional justice process and trample the rights of victims to truth, justice andÃâà...
The Daily Star
March 22, 2018
The project was initially launched under President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, who was overthrown in a 2011 revolution. Located in central Tunis, the nine-hectare Cite de la Culture with its iconic glass globe is estimated to have cost 130 million dinars (more than $49 million). Culture Minister Mohammad ZineÃâà...
The Daily Star
March 20, 2018
The Gafsa Phosphate Company (CPG), a state monopoly, has long been the main source of jobs and income for the region. Decades of corrupt or absent authorities sparked mass protests around the mines in 2008 that were brutally repressed by dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. His fall in a 2011 uprisingÃâà...
The Daily Star
March 18, 2018
MDHILLA, Tunisia: Tunisian police used tear gas Sunday to disperse dozens of protesters demanding jobs and development in a mining town in the center of the country, an AFP correspondent said. “Work, freedom, national dignity,” protesters chanted in Mdhilla, demanding that a portion of revenuesÃâà...
The Daily Star
March 8, 2018
Rising prices are heaping even more pressure on the government as it looks to pacify a population growing impatient with the lackluster pace of economic growth following the 2011 uprising that ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. The central bank chief said he decided to raise rates because highÃâà...
The Herald
March 2, 2018
TRIPOLI. – Baraa Zayani is nearly four years old and has spent more than half of his life in a Libyan prison. His only offence: he was born to a Tunisian father, now deceased, who joined the ranks of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) abroad. Zayani, and his mother Wahida BinÃâà...
Egypt Independent
February 23, 2018
Since ousting its authoritarian President Zine al Abidine Ben Ali in 2011, Tunisia has struggled in its transition to a democracy. The Arab Spring began in the North African country and Tunisians have indeed enjoyed unprecedented political rights and civil liberties since the transition to democracy began.
Daily Times
February 22, 2018
Among a few of these disgraced men and women were Arnoldo Aleman, ex-president of Nicaragua who was sentenced to 20 years in 2002 (he looted $100m); Pavlo Lazarenko, the prime minister of Ukraine who was arrested by Swiss authorities in 2008 (he looted $200m); Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali, theÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
February 21, 2018
“I would not regret this experience, because Tunisia's future is above everything.” There are about 1,500 Jews living in Tunisia, particularly around Djerba Island in the south of the country. The local polls in May will be the first since a popular uprising unseated autocrat Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.
defenceWeb
February 19, 2018
Protests broke out across the country in January, with many angry at being worse off than before a 2011 uprising toppled autocrat Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. The subsequent turmoil scared off tourists and investors while fuelling unemployment and inflation as the dinar's value slid by 40%. DemonstrationsÃâà...
Gulf Times
February 4, 2018
Tunisia has had seven governments since the ouster of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. Economic output bounced back to 2% in 2017, as the tourism industry began to recover after a series of terrorist attacks, and the government embarked on International Monetary Fund-backed reforms to cut the budget deficitÃâà...
The Week UK
January 11, 2018
... particularly among graduates”, says The Guardian. The paper says January protests have recurred in Tunisia since the death of street-seller Mohamed Bouazizi in 2011 provoked a nationwide wave of anger that led to the overthrow of authoritarian leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and kick-started the ArabÃâà...
The Daily Star
December 31, 1999
TUNIS: Tunisia's powerful UGTT labour union will stage protests if the government goes ahead and privatizes ailing state firms, the UGTT leader said Saturday, in what could be a setback to economic reforms. Prime Minister Youssef Chahed told Parliament Friday that he wanted to restructure and possiblyÃâà...
