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In Tunisia, pro-Palestinian fervour used to push for anti-NGO law
1 year, 1 month ago

In Tunisia, pro-Palestinian fervour used to push for anti-NGO law

Al Jazeera  

Capitalising on deep public anger against Israel and its Western backers, Tunisia is mulling laws to stifle NGOs. Of the NGO bill, she said her distrust of Western influence had grown since the attacks on Gaza, telling a translator: “There are so many associations, but it is easier to side with Tunisian ones over foreign ones.” Electrical engineer Yousseff Jeziri …

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EU offers Tunisia aid package, seeks tighter border control
1 year, 6 months ago

EU offers Tunisia aid package, seeks tighter border control

Al Jazeera  

The EU is considering a major financial package for the cash-strapped nation amid a growing refugee and migrant crisis. The European Union is considering offering Tunisia some 900 million euros to support its economy, plus an immediate 150 million euros in budget support once a “necessary agreement is found”, according to European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen. Along with …

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Six dead after attack near synagogue on Tunisia’s Djerba island
1 year, 7 months ago

Six dead after attack near synagogue on Tunisia’s Djerba island

Al Jazeera  

Tunisian naval guard shot dead two visitors to Djerba’s Ghriba Synagogue and a security guard before being killed. Six people have been killed after an attack near a synagogue on Tunisia’s Djerba island that draws hundreds of Jews from Europe and Israel during an annual pilgrimage each year. Djerba – a holiday destination off the coast of southern Tunisia, 500km …

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Are women’s rights used as a smokescreen in Tunisia?
2 years, 2 months ago

Are women’s rights used as a smokescreen in Tunisia?

Al Jazeera  

Activists say President Kais Saied is using female empowerment as a facade and his new constitution reverses their hard-earned gains. But some women’s rights activists say President Kais Saied is merely using female empowerment as a facade, while his newly adopted constitution reverses gains made by Tunisian women in their decades-long struggle for equality, representation and more rights. ‘No power’ …

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Photos: What Tunisian protesters want
2 years, 5 months ago

Photos: What Tunisian protesters want

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of protesters have gathered in central Tunis to demonstrate against a referendum to be held on Monday on a new constitution that they reject as illegal. President Kais Saied published the draft constitution, giving himself far more powers, reducing the role of the parliament and the judiciary, and removing most checks on his power, less than a month ago. …

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Tunisia police use water cannon to disperse protesters
2 years, 11 months ago

Tunisia police use water cannon to disperse protesters

Al Jazeera  

The Tunisian police used water cannon, sticks and tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters trying to reach central Tunis to demonstrate against the president in defiance of COVID-19 restrictions. “The ban on public gatherings was a political decision to make sure Tunisia remains under Saied’s diktat,” Hamida Jmili, a member of civil society, told Al Jazeera. “COVID numbers, and …

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Tunisia’s president accused of ‘coup’ after dismissing PM
3 years, 4 months ago

Tunisia’s president accused of ‘coup’ after dismissing PM

Al Jazeera  

Tunisia’s president has suspended parliament and dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi in a move condemned as an attack on democracy by his rivals but which others greeted with celebrations on the streets. President Kais Saied said on Sunday he would assume executive authority with the assistance of a new prime minister after violent protests broke out in several Tunisian cities …

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Remembering Mohamed Bouazizi: The man who sparked the Arab Spring
4 years ago

Remembering Mohamed Bouazizi: The man who sparked the Arab Spring

Al Jazeera  

On this day, 10 years ago, a Tunisian fruit and vegetable vendor set himself on fire in the town of Sidi Bouzid and triggered the Arab Spring. “17 December 2010 would have been a normal day if the local press and people hadn’t been here,” says Ali Bouazizi. His only problem was that he would get angry quickly and couldn’t …

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Half-hour Frenzy, 21-yr-old Tunisian Suspect: What We Know So Far About Nice Church Attack
4 years, 1 month ago

Half-hour Frenzy, 21-yr-old Tunisian Suspect: What We Know So Far About Nice Church Attack

News 18  

A knife attacker killed three people, cutting the throat of at least one woman, inside a church in Nice on the French Riviera on Thursday. In a near half-hour frenzy in the Notre-Dame basilica in the centre of Nice, the assailant used a 30 centimetre knife to cut the throat of a 60-year-old woman, who died inside the church. The …

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