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“No Way Out”
202311MENA_Tunisia_Debt_Imprisonment Feature Script: SOUNDBITE: Jalia Hedhil [Mejid’s wife] Mejid is a person I can't describe, he's got a great personality and a very big heart. Mejid was arrested in 2015 for writing bounced checks. The hardships of [prison] deeply impacted him, and he is no longer the strong person he once was. SOUNDBITE: Siwar Hedhil [Mejid’s daughter] We were always together, my childhood memories are filled with moments spent with him.
Refugees and migrants under threat in Tunisia
Tunisia is quickly replacing Libya as the primary route for people hoping to reach Europe’s shores. Along with the increase in crossings, there has been an unprecedented number of deaths at sea, requiring urgent policy responses. Meanwhile, increasing authoritarianism and inflammatory remarks from Tunisian President Kais Saied have potentially put refugees and migrants at new risk of mistreatment and violence.
Tunisie: La parité hommes-femmes piétinée à l'approche des élections législatives
Une modification récente de la loi électorale revient sur une avancée majeure pour les droits des femmes Une nouvelle loi électorale introduite par le président tunisien Kais Saied le 15 septembre a éliminé le principe de parité entre les sexes dans les assemblées élues en Tunisie et pourrait, par conséquence, aboutir à un parlement tunisien presque exclusivement dirigé par des hommes. Les prochaines élections législatives auront lieu le 17 décembre.
En Tunisie, les islamistes sont dans l'impasse
Accueil International Maghreb 09h00 , le 1 août 2021 Par Salsabil Chellali, correspondante à Tunis (Tunisie) ABONNÉS Le coup de force du président, qui a suspendu le Parlement, a pris de court le parti au pouvoir, Ennahdha. Manifestation à Tunis contre le parti Ennahdha, le 25 juillet.
The mosque in these photos is less than a century old and was not discovered after a sandstorm
Copyright AFP 2017-2021. All rights reserved. Multiple social media posts share two photos alongside a claim that they show a mosque built “eight centuries” ago and “discovered after a sandstorm” in an Algerian desert. The claim is false: the mosque was built in 1935 in Algeria and the photos do not show its condition after it was uncovered by a sandstorm. The pictures were posted on April 2, 2021, on Twitter here, where they have been retweeted more than 400 times.
WATCH: Car ban and virus curfew open Tunis streets to cyclists
By AFP 7m ago by Salsabil Chellali On the usually traffic-clogged streets of Tunisia's capital, cyclists are pedalling away peacefully on empty boulevards, enjoying a night-time ban on vehicles introduced to help stem coronavirus. "It's a great feeling," said 25-year-old Oussama Mraidi, sporting a cycling top and helmet. "With the road empty you can drive fast and you feel safe... there are no cars tailgating you".
Tunisia mothers decry wave of 'arbitrary' arrests after unrest
Mothers in the Tunisian capital are accusing authorities of arbitrarily arresting their children in response to several nights of unrest, with rights groups saying at least 1,000 people have been detained. "The policeman shoved the door of my building and arrested my son. My neighbours witnessed it," Meriem Ben Salem said after six nights of trouble on the streets between riot police and disaffected youths.
Tunisia seeks to stem wave of night-time street riots
Tunisia saw angry daytime protests against the government on Tuesday, following four nights of confrontations between police and disaffected youths that has lead to hundreds of arrests. Defying movement restrictions aimed at reining in spiralling novel coronavirus infections, students and activists flocked to a key boulevard in Tunis, shouting slogans against poverty, corruption and police repression. "There's despair everywhere. The virus comes on top of poverty and unemployment.
Algerian state tightens screws on online media
Live Reports Algeria has announced tighter state controls over online media, sparking alarm in the North African country whose pro-democracy movement is under heightened pressure from the government. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's government, already accused of stifling free speech, this month published a new decree regulating electronic media in the online Official Gazette.
How the Arab uprisings were weakened by online fakes
The Arab uprisings a decade ago were supercharged by online calls to join the protests -- but the internet was soon flooded with misinformation, weakening the region's cyber-activists. When Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country in January 2011, rumours and uncertainty created "panic and hysteria", said ex-activist and entrepreneur Houeida Anouar. "January 14 was a horrible night, so traumatic," she said.
How the Arab uprisings were weakened by online fakes
South China Morning Post Three Hong Kong opposition politicians explain why they turned their backs on Legislative Council – and where they go from here Four Hong Kong lawmakers were disqualified from the Legislative Council this month, immediately after Beijing passed a resolution on November 11 stating that legislators could be removed summarily for flouting a number of prohibited acts, including threatening national security and refusing to endorse China’s sovereignty.Their removal...
Rape and murder of woman in Algeria sparks outrage
The rape and murder in Algeria of a 19-year-old woman sparked cries for action on gender-based violence in the North African country and calls to bring back capital punishment. The body of the young woman, identified as Chaima, was found in early October at a deserted petrol station in Thenia, 80 kilometres (50 miles) east of the capital Algiers. She had been beaten, raped and burned alive, according to local media.
Algerian actresses call foul on femicide
Algerian actresses angered by murders and violence targeting women have launched a campaign to fight the phenomenon -- but not everyone has welcomed their initiative. After the gruesome rape, torture and murder of a 19-year-old woman sparked angry demonstrations earlier this month and calls for a return to capital punishment, 22 actresses published a photo of themselves dressed in black. "We, Algerian actresses, unite today to say enough to violence and killings of women.
Tunisia women cyclists challenge gender norms
Bicycling has made recent inroads in the Tunisian capital, with women leading the peloton to achieve greater mobility and break gender norms as the coronavirus pandemic boosts the two-wheeled trend. Every Sunday morning, the Japanese garden in central Tunis is transformed into an impromptu bicycle academy for dozens of novice cyclists. The students are adults and nearly all women, who missed the chance to learn to ride as children.
A world redrawn: Tunisian philosopher calls for contemplation
Under confinement in the capital, Tunisian philosopher and anthropologist Youssef Seddik has been spending time dissecting the meaning of words, and with them, the world. From the coronavirus pandemic, he hopes to witness the birth of a rediscovered spirituality. What has changed? "It has changed me by making me think about words, about sayings that were self-evident and that we thought were automatic. "For example: killing time. What is time killed? It is no longer positive," he told AFP in Tunis.
Algeria targets online media
Algerian authorities have blocked a third online news website that covered the anti-government "Hirak" protest movement, stirring condemnation Monday from media watchdog Reporters Without Borders. RSF also voiced concern that a draft law on "fake news" could be used as another channel to "muzzle the press". The draft legislation aims to "criminalise... fake news" which authorities say could undermine national security.
Pro-poll regime trolls counter Algeria protest activists
2 HOURS AGO ALGERIA Activists in Algeria have staged mass protests against a December 12 election they see as an elite attempt to cling to power. By RYAD KRAMDI (AFP) Social networks set alight the months-long protest movement against Algeria's establishment, but as a contentious presidential poll looms, bots and trolls are staging an online comeback to bolster the regime. The protests which erupted in February forced the resignation of veteran president Abdelaziz Bouteflika within six weeks.
Pro-poll regime trolls counter Algeria protest activists
1 / 4 Activists in Algeria have staged mass protests against a December 12 election they see as an elite attempt to cling to power Social networks set alight the months-long protest movement against Algeria's establishment, but as a contentious presidential poll looms, bots and trolls are staging an online comeback to bolster the regime. The protests which erupted in February forced the resignation of veteran president Abdelaziz Bouteflika within six weeks.
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