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In 2013, Freedom House noted that Tunisia's "small populations of Jews and Christians have generally been free to practice their faiths," and that following the revolution "conservative and fundamentalist Muslims had more freedom to express their beliefs without state interference and to openly discuss the role religion should play in the ...
"Tunisia needs a truly independent judiciary to reverse its worsening record on human rights and treatment of prisoners of opinion." This is a key conclusion of the latest IFEX-TMG mission to Tunisia in April/May 2010. [4] It draws from research and interviews during the IFEX-TMG's seventh mission to Tunisia, conducted between 25 April and 6 ...
Independent human rights groups, such as Amnesty International, Freedom House, and Protection International, documented that basic human and political rights were not respected. [87] [88] The regime obstructed in any way possible the work of local human rights organizations. [89] In 2008, in terms of press freedom, Tunisia was ranked 143rd out ...
All sorts of freedoms were guaranteed such as individual freedom, freedom of belief, and freedom of free speech, [17] which appear to be at odds with future dictatorial regimes in Tunisia. The authority was concentrated in the hands of one party, namely the Neo- Destour, [ 17 ] which was initially a national liberation movement.
Carthage Palace (Arabic: قصر قرطاج) is the presidential palace of Tunisia, and the official residence and seat of the President of Tunisia. It is located along the Mediterranean Sea at the current city of Carthage, near the archaeological site of the ancient city, fifteen kilometers from Tunis. [1] A house by Le Corbusier sits within ...
An independence movement lasting many decades eventually prevailed, leading to the end of the French protectorate (commenced in 1881). In 1954 the Tunisian struggle and consequent civil disturbances resulted in the start of negotiations for autonomy between France and the Neo Destour political party (essentially under Habib Bourguiba) supported by the Tunisian labor unions and by the Arab League.
Since the Tunisian Revolution in 2011, Tunisia has had the greatest freedom of the press of any Arab country. [3] However, following terrorist attacks in 2015, there was an increased clampdown on freedom of the press in Tunisia. [4]
Freedom of the press is guaranteed by the Constitution of Tunisia, although in practice, it has been usual for publications to follow the government line without a critical perspective, and to report the activities of the president, the government and the ruling party, based on dispatches issued by the government Tunis Afrique Presse. This ...