TUNISIA: Rights Groups Condemn Harassment of Ex-Prisoners
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Charles Fromm WASHINGTON, Mar 24 (IPS) – The Tunisian government should stop the harassment of political prisoners after their release from jail, say rights groups...
View ArticleTunisian Unrest Stirs Arab World
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Emad Mekay CAIRO, Dec 31, 2010 (IPS) – As Western countries were busy celebrating Christmas and dealing with air traffic holiday delays because of...
View ArticleTUNISIA: People Power Succeeds Without Western Backing
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Emad Mekay CAIRO, Jan 14, 2011 (IPS) – These are scenes Western powers would have loved to see in Iran – thousands of young people braving...
View ArticleTunisia Speaks Up, Shakily
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By A.D.McKenzie PARIS, Feb 7, 2011 (IPS) – Freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of the press are the big gains of Tunisia’s so-called...
View ArticleQ&A: Tunis and Cairo Reveal a New Popular Militancy
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Andrea Lunt interviews activist and intellectual BOAVENTURA DE SOUSA SANTOS Boaventura de Sousa Santos / Credit:Courtesy of Boaventura de Sousa Santos...
View ArticleArab Spring Solidarity Defies National Boundaries
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jasmin Ramsey VANCOUVER, May 25, 2011 (IPS) – Ever since the ousting of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, ordinary citizens have been...
View ArticleArab Spring Slips Into Tunisian Fall
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Simba Russeau TUNIS, Aug 22, 2011 (IPS) – Seven months after Tunisia’s historic uprising which saw the ouster of long-time dictator Zine el-Abidine...
View ArticleProtest Time in Tunisia Again
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jake Lippincott TUNIS, Apr 20, 2012 (IPS) – Thousands of centre-left demonstrators violently clashed with police in street battles that completely...
View ArticleWhat The Arab Spring Means For Freedom
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Megan Martin* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN) – Wielding mobile phones and computers, the young activists across the Middle East...
View ArticleDetention in Italy Better Than Home in Tunisia
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Ihsan Bouabid GAFSA, Tunisia, Aug 28 (IPS) – A year ago Salim, a 23-year-old from the ancient Tunisian city Gafsa decided to leave his country using a...
View ArticleThe Secular Fret in New Tunisia
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Justin Hyatt TUNIS, Nov 26 (IPS) – A year has passed since the provisional government assumed power in Tunisia. Following in the wake of the...
View ArticleTunisia PM to Dissolve Government Amid Crisis
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS AJ Correspondents DOHA, Qatar, Feb 06 (Al Jazeera) – Tunisia’s prime minister has said that he will dissolve the Islamist-led government and form a...
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