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Human rights in Tunisia : No to opposition
THE government of Tunisia must do more to uphold human rights and the rule of law and to allow political pluralism if the country is to win “advanced-partner status” to give it cosier relations with the European Union (EU). That, at any rate, is the view of Tunisia’s bravest human-rights campaigners who, earlier this summer, [...] Continue reading
Anti-censorship movement in Tunisia: creativity, courage and hope!
Following the recent massive wave of online censorship carried out by the Tunisian censor, targeting major social websites, such as the popular video-sharing websites, flickr, blogs aggregators, blogs, facebook pages and profiles, the anti-censorship movement adopted very creative, outspoken and brave tactics in protesting the online censorship. A censorship that is not only harming the [...] Continue reading
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Online Activism Meets Real World Activism: A Day Against Censorship
Tunisian activists geared up to organize a peaceful demonstration against censorship as part of the May 22 worldwide event announced to be the day against Tunisia’s “Ammar 404”: an imaginary person tunisians have created to symbolize their country’s world class filtering of the internet, and a pun on error 404 users get when they try [...] Continue reading
Internet Filtering in Tunisia – The OpenNet Initiative Report
Although Tunisia has actively sought to develop its information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure, the government continues to pervasively block a range of Web content and has used nontechnical means to impede journalists and human rights activists from doing their work. The filtering of political content and restrictions on online activity has [...] Continue reading