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Nov 17, 2005 Tunisia: Free Expression Protest
Tunisia, which is currently hosting the World Summit on the
Information Society, is one of the most advanced African countries
in provision of information infrastructure. But it also
systematically represses internal dissent and blocks access to
websites critical of the government. As the summit opened this
week, Tunisian human rights activists were on hunger strike and
international activists were protesting the government's refusal to
allow freedom of expression.
Feb 22, 2004 Tunisia: Democracy Deferred
"This week, President Bush played host to President Zine el-Abidine
ben Ali of Tunisia, giving this ruthless autocrat a long-coveted
audience at the White House," writes exiled Tunisian journalist
Kamel Labidi in the New York Times. "To his credit, Mr. Bush
rebuked Mr. ben Ali for his violations of press freedom, but the
United States is sorely mistaken if it believes that democracy and
the rule of law can ever take hold under leaders like Mr. ben Ali.
... Tunisia today is one of the world's most efficient police
states."
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