Tunis – There are currently 59 women in the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly (NCA), out of the 217 deputies elected last fall to draft a new constitution. These 59 women were able to run in the elections as part of a political party either because they had demonstrated leadership in the past or because they [...]
Reporters Without Borders calls on the Tunisian authorities to respond to the current lack of judicial clarity, which presents a serious danger to freedom of the press and freedom of expression. The organization reiterates its demand for the application of new media laws to supersede the old legislation, which is at odds with new provisions [...]
CAIRO: The United Nations has called on Tunisia to ensure that the right to education is being prioritized in the country in the post-revolution transition. On Wednesday, an independent UN expert urged the Tunisian government to ensure that human rights, especially the right to education, are kept at the heart of the historic reforms taking [...]
A Tunisian court on Thursday fined the director of a TV station to $1,550 for airing the Franco-Iranian film Persepolis, which Islamic activists saw as an insult to Islam as it contains a scene that depicts God. The fine came as a relief to many, as the charges could have carried up to three years [...]
CAIRO: On Monday, the countries of the Mediterranean opened a conference seeking to enhance the future of tourism in the region. The conference focuses on the countries of Egypt and Tunisia; the most affected by the Arab spring wave, which toppled lots of dictators last year. The conference is being organized by the United Nations [...]
Tunisia’s Islamic Ennahda Party has said no to calls from conservatives for a new constitution based on Islamic law, or sharia, in a move that will likely see Tunisia’s secular history preserved. Ennahda, which leads the current government, said on Monday that it had no intention of pushing an Islamic-based constitution. “Ennahda has decided to [...]
Hamid Abdel-Rahman Saif wants to expand his nascent marketing company into North Africa. He’s tried Egypt, but with so much red tape and “fees” to get any agreement with the government to let him open an office in the Egyptian capital, he has decided to take his push to Tunisia. “My project hasn’t even been [...]
LONDON: Leading gas exploration company Petrofac announced that it was to continue and expand its activities in Tunisia in an effort to boost its footprint in the North African country, the company said in a press statement. “Petrofac plans to expand its activities in Tunisia and will start new works on gas exploration in the [...]
More than one year after the revolution, there is little hope for emancipation and full equality before the law for the LGBT population in Tunisia. Even though Tunisia counted with a strong civil society, somewhat more developed than that in neighboring countries, the situation on ground has remained more or less unchanged. Last October after [...]
Amnesty International has written to the Tunisian Minister of Human Rights to express its alarm at statements the Minister made about homosexuality in a television interview earlier this month. In a letter of 23 February, the organization urged Samir Dilou, Minister of Human Rights and Transitional Justice to retract comments made on 4 February in [...]
CAIRO: A Tunisia court decided to release Attounissia newspaper publisher Nassereldeen Ben Saida on Wednesday on his first court session. His case was adjourned until March 8. Ben Saida is facing criminal charges of publishing indecent material that encourages vice. The publisher, who lives with diabetes, began a hunger strike in opposition to his detention [...]
Tunis/Beirut (dpa) – Western and Arab countries were expected to demand an immediate ceasefire in Syria and humanitarian access to areas ravaged by weeks of regime bombardments at a Friends of Syria conference in Tunisia later Friday. Ministers and senior officials from more than 60 countries, including the United States, Britain, France, Germany Turkey and [...]
Paris/Beirut (dpa) – As the Syrian city of Homs reeled from a 20th consecutive day of bombardments by government forces Thursday, the opposition was looking to a conference in Tunisia to try to turn the tide in the bloody 11-month conflict. Representatives from over 60 countries and multilateral organizations are expected at the Friends of [...]
CAIRO: Jailed Tunisian publisher Nasreddine Ben Saida, who began a hunger strike on Saturday in protest over his detention, is suffering from health complications, according to one of his lawyers who visited him in prison on Monday. Ben Saida was arrested last Wednesday after publishing semi-nude pictures of Tunisian-German footballer Sami Khedira with his model [...]
CAIRO: Hundreds of Tunisians protested the visit of Islamic cleric Wagdy Ghonem near the capital Tunis after Ghonem’s statements stirred anger among in the country. Ghonem, who was visiting the country, said statements in favor of female genital mutilation (FGM), which angered Tunisians strongly and drove them to the street to protest. The crowd held [...]
CAIRO: Imprisoned Tunisian publisher Nasreddine Ben Saida began a hunger strike from jail demanding his release after he was detained four days ago for publishing “indecent pictures” on the front page of his daily newspaper Attounissia. According to the newspaper’s website, Ben Saida started the hunger strike on Saturday morning in opposition to his confinement. [...]
CAIRO: The Tunisian LGBT community is angry over recent homophobic comments made by Tunisia’s Minister of Human Rights Samir Dilou on a private Tunisian TV channel last week. Dilou said that there are limits to freedom of expression when it comes to homosexuality. He added that being gay was a “sexual perversion” and should not [...]
CAIRO: The trial of the Higher Tunisian Court to decide over censoring certain websites from the Internet in the country has been postponed to February 22, reported a well-informed source in Tunisia. The issue was made popular late last year, when Tunisian lawyers filed lawsuits regarding adult websites that were easily made available through the [...]
Tunis (dpa) – Three Tunisian journalists appeared before a judge Thursday after being arrested for publishing a racy photograph of German footballer Sami Khedira and his girlfriend on the front page of their newspaper. The publisher, editor and a reporter from the Arabic-language Ettounsia daily were arrested on Wednesday over the image, which shows the [...]
CAIRO: Orange Tunisia has rolled out non-stop mobile Internet access for all it’s customers that have subscribed to their ‘Internet Everywhere’ plan. The Internet service is available in 3G and gives it’s users 7.5GB of bandwidth every month. Once the limit is reached, internet speed will slow down to 128kb/s, which is sufficient enough to [...]
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