Category Archive: TUNISIA

Abayomi Azikiwe: Two Years Later Uprisings Continue in Tunisia and Egypt

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Neo-Colonialism and the struggle for genuine democracy and national unity Abayomi Azikiwe Libya 360° On February 8 in Tunisia a general strike and mass demonstrations marked the response by the youth and workers… Read More

Tunisia: Flights Cancelled, Police Crackdowns as Protests Continue Following Assassination of Shokri Belaid

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Flights to and from Tunisia canceled amid protest over Belaid murder People carry the coffin of Tunisia’s late opposition leader Chokri Belaid during his funeral procession in the Djebel Jelloud district, a suburb… Read More

Belaid Assassination: Targeting the Tunisian Left

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Tunisian protestors chant slogans behind barbed wire outside the Interior Ministry in Tunis, on 7 February 2013 during a demonstration against the killing of opposition figure and human rights lawyer Chokri Belaid, a… Read More

Tunisia: PM to Dissolve Government Following Assassination of Opposition Leader [Update]

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Assassination of opposition leader Chokri belaid in Tunis Adnen Chaouachi, Press TV, Tunis | Download Report >> The lawyer and political activist Chokri Belaid was shot by 2 strangers in front of his… Read More

Mass Opposition To Tunisian Repression Of Anti-Poverty Protests

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Antoine Lerougetel After four days of police repression of protests against the abandonment of programmes against poverty and unemployment in Siliana, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki emerged from his silence on Friday. While he… Read More

200 Wounded As Tunisian Security Forces Use Tear Gas, Shotguns Against Protesters

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More than 200 people were wounded as clashes between Tunisian security forces and thousands of protesters in the impoverished town of Siliana raged on for the second straight day, medical sources say. One… Read More

Fortune 500 Awards Tunisian President “Chatham House Prize”

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Corporate-financier think-tank Chatham House showers Tunisia’s President Moncef Marzouki with accolades and praise. LDR The Chatham House, a corporate-financier funded think-tank based in the United Kingdom, announced on its website earlier this week… Read More

US Orders Ambassadors Out Of Sudan And Tunisia

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MI6/CIA/AL-QAEDA NEXUS IN THE LYNCHING OF CHRISTOPHER STEVENS IN BENGHAZI   The State Department on Saturday ordered the departure of all family members and non-essential U.S. government personnel from its embassies in Sudan and… Read More

No Democracy: USA Control Libya and Tunisia via Puppet Regimes and USAID

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LIBYA BEFORE NATO Libya: UN HDI Country Profile The UN Praised Libya And Muammar Gaddafi For Human Rights Achievements Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review * Libyan Arab Jamahiriya… Read More

TUNISIANS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST CORRUPT JUDGES

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Pan-African News Wire Several hundred people congregated Friday in front of Tunisia’s central court buildings to protest against what they say are corrupt judges and to call for an overhaul of the judiciary.… Read More