Tunisians flocked to voting stations yesterday in the country’s first-ever free elections, but only the cultivation of an independent media will safeguard democracy and free expression, writes Rohan Jayasekera

Tunisians flocked to voting stations yesterday in the country’s first-ever free elections, but only the cultivation of an independent media will safeguard democracy and free expression, writes Rohan Jayasekera
Rohan Jayasekera: Wikileaks whistleblowers need care as well as attention
Rohan Jayasekera: More guidance needed for judges sentencing Facebook “thought criminals”
Rohan Jayasekera: More guidance needed for judges sentencing Facebook “thought criminals”
Rohan Jayasekera: Even in the midst of horror, speculation can still have a place
Rohan Jayasekera:Saakashvili’s hunt for Russian spies could be cover for darker ambitions of his own
News International’s Hackgate scandal does not justify state press regulation, argues Rohan Jayasekera
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Rohan Jayasekera asks if the return of Tunisia’s Islamists help or hinder the national democratic project
Discreet coup or “Jasmine Revolution”, the departure of Tunisia’s despot Zine el Abidene Ben Ali will not end his networked citizens’ calls for reform. Rohan Jayasekera reports