On 21 March, a Tunisian court sentenced rapper Ala Yacoubi (aka Weld El15) to two years in prison in absentia, over an anti-police song and video,...
Free speech on hold in Tunisia as rapper faces jail
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Free speech on hold in Tunisia as rapper faces jail
On 21 March, a Tunisian court sentenced rapper Ala Yacoubi (aka Weld El15) to two years in prison in absentia, over an anti-police song and video,...
Tunisian woman under fire for bare-breasted protest
A 19-year-old Tunisian women’s rights activist, known only as Amina, has come under fire for posting a topless photograph of herself online. Amina is a member of FEMEN, a Ukranian radical feminist group notorious for their topless protests. Weeks ago, Amina uploaded a picture of herself to a website she started for the group in Tunisia, with ”My Body is My Own and Not the Source of Anyone’s Honor” written across her bare chest. Late last week, the Paris-based head of the group, Inna Shevchenko, claimed that Amina had been committed to a psychiatric ward by her family members. Shevchenko told the Atlantic that she last heard from Amina on 18 March. Her disappearance came after a 16 March appearance on Tunisian talkshow Labes to […]
Free speech in Tunisia: New year, same fears
Free speech in Tunisia will continue to remain in jeopardy as a new year kicks off. During the next few months, the National Constituent Assembly...
Take action to end impunity in Tunisia
From 1 to 23 November, The International Free Expression Exchange's (IFEX) International Day to End Impunity campaign is highlighting cases...
Tunisia builds blasphemy law
In Tunisia, politicians and the people are abandoning freedom of expression. In a conservative society, Islamists’ obsession with blasphemy and the...
New-era privacy law drafted to protect Tunisians from the surveillance state
Tunisia's data protection authority is in the process of amending the country's 2004 privacy law, which will regulate the use of personal data....
Banning blasphemy: New Tunisian bill threatens free speech
Tunisia's ruling party, the Islamist Ennahdha movement, seek to criminalise blasphemy. The Ennahdha party filed a blasphemy bill on 1 August in...
Struggle for press freedom in Tunisia continues as media reform body closes
In an unexpected move on 4 July, the National Authority for Information and Communication Reform (INRIC) held a press conference announcing the end...
Atheist convicted of insulting Muslims apologises on Facebook
Atheist Ghazi Beji, who was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison in absentia last March for insulting Islam has written an apology to...