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Tunisian Muslim Leader Warns of Dangers of Violent Fundamentalism | Informed Comment
http://www.juancole.com/2012/09/tunisian-muslim-leader-warns-of-dangers-of-violent-fundamentalism.html

Les mises en garde de Ghanouchi

#nahda

Tunisian Constitution : Text and Context
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/6991/tunisian-constitution_text-and-context

Une analyse intéressante sur le projet de constitution en Tunisie, notamment sur le débat autour des droits des femmes

Egalité et complémentarité

he wording of the proposed Article 1.27 in the new draft constitution reads:

The state shall guarantee the protection of women’s rights and support for their gains, in considering her a true partner with man in building the nation; the role of these two is complimentary within the family. The state shall guarantee the parity (takāfuʾ) of opportunity between the woman and the man while accepting different responsibilities. The state shall guarantee prosecution of every form of violence against women.

The content of these statutes does not differ significantly. They all ascribe a type of “complementarity” between men and women within the space of the family, with both forms of the personal status code making women explicitly subservient to the man, who is “head of the household.” Only the proposed Article 1.27 explicitly assigns women a role in building the nation based on “parity.” Perhaps the most objectionable wording of the proposed Article 27 is its emphasis on accepting “different responsibilities,” but this does not depart noticeably from the Personal Status Code in classifying a woman’s responsibilities. In each case, these responsibilities are vaguely defined through “custom,” and are specifically tied to her responsibility to contribute funds to familial expenditures, if she is capable.The draft constitution more fully defines the state’s relationship with the family in Article 1.21:

The state guarantees the family’s rights the by recognizing them as potentialized, natural, and fundamental for society. The state shall work toward protecting the family, its stability, and allowing it to perform its role in safeguarding equality between the spouses. The state shall seek to ease the appropriate conditions for marriage; to guarantee a suitable home for every family; and to provide a minimum wage sufficient to support the dignity of its members.

In this article, the government explicitly uses the word “equality” (musāwāh) to define the role of spouses. Additional guarantees to equality are provided for all citizens in Article 1.22: “All citizens are equal in rights and responsibilities, and they are equal under the law.” Article 2.22 echoes this wording: “Citizens are equal in the rights and responsibilities under the law, without discrimination (tamyīz) in any form.”

Tunisian Media : A Re-run of Ben Ali Policies
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/tunisian-media-re-run-ben-ali-policies

The honeymoon between the Tunisian government and state media was short lived. In a surprising move that contradicts its declared commitment to the “freedom of the press,” the cabinet headed by al-Nahda’s secretary-general Hamadi Jebali appointed new managers and directors for all the state-owned media organizations on Saturday.

The Tunisian press syndicate expressed its displeasure with the “one-sided, even condescending way in which these appointments were made.” Meanwhile, some independent media pointed out that most of those appointed are part of the deposed regime and had been pushed aside after the revolution.

U.S. Products Help Block Mideast Web - WSJ.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704438104576219190417124226.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENextto

For several years, according to Mr. Chakchouk, the Tunisian government used SmartFilter, which McAfee acquired in 2008. The McAfee spokesman confirmed the product has been sold in Tunisia, but declined to disclose its customers.

For better or worse, says Mr. Chakchouk, part of the legacy of Tunisia’s former regime has been to leave Tunisia with some of the most sophisticated Internet-filtering equipment in the world. “I had a group of international experts from a group here lately, who looked at the equipment and said: ’The Chinese could come here and learn from you.’”

#Etats_unis #censure #internet

Tunisian government harvesting usernames and passwords - Security
http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201101/6651/Tunisian-government-harvesting-usernames-and-passwords

The Tunisian Internet Agency (Agence tunisienne d’Internet or ATI) is being blamed for the presence of injected JavaScript that captures usernames and passwords. The code has been discovered on login pages for Gmail, Yahoo, and Facebook, and said to be the reason for the recent rash of account hijackings reported by Tunisian protesters.

#cyberwar #répression #espionnage #tunisie

Tunisia : Arabic Pinochet Government Respond to Peaceful Protests by Live Ammunition Orchestrating AlJazeera and Seizing AlMowqef Newspaper - Arabic Network For Human Rights Informations
http://www.anhri.net/en/?p=1884

The Arabic Network for Human rights Information today denounced the security siege and the ruthless assaults on protesters and demonstrators in the recent protests in many Tunisian cities against unemployment and deteriorating economic conditions. Many Tunisians were arrested and tortured in police stations. Security opened fire on demonstrates leading to one young man killed and many injured. The Tunisian government is leading a crackdown on alJazeera for covering the riots and the security encroachments.
It all started on 17/12/2010, when a policeman in in Sidi Bouzeid stopped Mohamed Bouazizi, 26 years, a university graduate and a vegetable street vendor. The policeman insisted that Bouazizi should get a street vendor license or get off the market. The young man would leave his place in the market, so police forces ruthlessly beat him up in public and slapped him on the face. Bouazizi simply burnt himself publicly in protest to such insults stirring public rage. Citizens staged massive marches to support Bouazizi and to protest to extreme poverty and unemployment prevailing in Tunisia. Security responded by cordoning the city and forcibly dispersing citizens. Massive arrests were reported from the city.The young man taking his life two weeks ago sparked riots all over Tunisia not only in Sidi Bouzeid, but in Tunis, Qasrain, Qabis, Binzert, Sousa, BinQirdan, Qairowan, Gafsa, QarQena, elKaf, Baga and Qibly. Citizens staged massive protest that were violently suppressed.
On 25/12/2010, security tortured a citizen in Bouzyan police station in Sidi Bouzeid city. They just threw him on the street before the police station as he was in a very bad condition. When citizens demonstrated in front of the police station, police tried to disperse them by force and opened fire leading to the murder of Mohamed elBashir elMemary, 28 years, a university graduate. Two were injured but were promptly hospitalised.
Four Tunisian have been killed so far in the riots. Bouazizi took his own life, Mohamed el elMemary was shot dead by security, Lutfi Kadri from Sidi Bouzeid drowned himself in a well protesting against unemployment and Hussein elFalhy climbed a lamp post to protest, but was killed by an electric shock on 22/12/2010.

#Tunisie #répression