Instagram. Concerns grow over 'morality police' in Tunisia. A New Form of Censorship in Art in Post-Revolution Tunisia? While Tunisia is preparing to draw its future political and social framework following the popular uprising that shook the country in early 2011, some critics and art professionals are worried newly empowered moral orders might be the biggest threat to freedom of speech in post-revolution Tunisia. During Ben Ali’s 23 year long rule in Tunisia, which lasted until he was ousted on January, 14th, 2011, censorship was a common phenomenon and covered all sectors and networks susceptible to portraying a negative image of him, his family, their deeds, or the corruption that tied the small country’s economy down for decades. Under Ben Ali’s rule, many artists and authors often tried to think critically of the regime, denouncing repression, corruption and the totalitarian system that governed Tunisia. During both rules, film and theatre works were systematically submitted to a special committee, of which the president and members were appoint by the government.
Zeineb Farhat director of El Teatro. Protests in Tunisia. Cancel Cancel Show Voices on the map. more Featured Voices Current Voices Archived Voices Teenage boy dies in Tunisian protest 18 Jul 06:02 News - A 14-year-old boy was killed overnight when police broke up a demonstration in Sidi Bouzid, the birthplace of Tunisia's revolution, state media reported Monday.
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On Monday, November 2nd, 2009, Tunisian blogger and college Theatre professor, Fatma Riahi (34), known online as Arabicca, was summoned to appear before the Criminal Brigade of Gorjani (Tunis), where she was questioned about her online activities. Fatma was released the same day around 10 pm then summoned again the next day, on Tuesday November 3rd when three Security officers escorted her to her house in Monastir, located at 160 km from the capital (Tunis), to conduct a search for evidence that she may be hiding behind the pen-name of the famous Tunisian cartoonist blogger Blog de Z.
They also confiscated her PC. On Wednesday, they escorted her again to her home in search for her passwords and managed to access her facebook account. As Tunisian elections near, attacks on press mount - Committee t. Even with Ben Ali virtually assured of victory, his government is allowing no dissent. (AFP) New York, October 22, 2009—Tunisian authorities must halt harassment of independent journalists, release a journalist jailed for taking photographs, and allow a prominent French reporter to enter the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
CPJ has documented a spike in government attacks on independent journalists as Tunisian presidential and legislative elections approach. “We condemn this wave of intimidation, detention, and attacks on critical journalists,” said , CPJ's Middle East and program coordinator. “Coupled with a deep-seated disdain for independent reporting, these attacks further tarnish the image of the Tunisian regime.
A Tunisian blogger speaks out: The candles are lit - Blog - Comm. My country’s government brags unabashedly that it has not passed any laws that require government authorization to establish an electronic publication or a Web site or a blog on the Internet. Those that cheerlead for this government rely on this point to propagate the lie they call “the freedom to publish electronically” in Tunisia. Those individuals purposely ignore more significant facts, and neglect to mention that to publish on the Internet—if you do so freely—presents the fastest route to a detention camp in Tunisia, or at the very least is bound to result in police surveillance on the streets and the release of inflated muscles with the task of beating you senseless, lest you believe again the lie of the freedom to publish electronically. • العربية • Related: CPJ special report Hackers strike Boukhdhir's blog.
Let me give another example: The government released on July 23, 2007 the attorney and online writer Mohamed Abbou. بقلم : سليم بوخذير * A blogger in Tunisia: My life with the censor - Blog - Committee. The specter of government opposition to blogging, journalism, and free expression in general in is so intense that the mere appearance of a specific name online is enough to push the government to block the Web site where it appears, even if that site is not critical of the government.
My personal story with blocking and hacking is a long one; my blog The free pen was blocked inside my country as soon as I created it. Every time I changed its address throughout 2006 and 2007, the Tunisian censor would track it down and block it. From one instance of obstruction to the next, the censor finally said his final word when he decided to hack the blog in its entirety in May 2007. He did this using advanced technology that removed all of my material, and replaced it with an image of skeletal remains to symbolize that free expression lives or dies at his whim.
This is not all. Tomorrow is a new dawn. Slim Boukhdhir is a Tunisian blogger and journalist. (Translated from Arabic) AKI - Adnkronos international Tunisia: Muslim women's body. Tunis, 25 Sept. (AKI) - A court has refused to consider a request from the family of a Muslim woman buried in a Christian cemetery in Sfax to move her body to a Muslim cemetery.
The court ruled that the request was beyond its jurisdiction, according to unnamed sources quoted by local media on Thursday. The family applied to the court after the local council in the coastal city rejected their request. The woman had a foreign surname, her parents were Christian, and there was no evidence she had converted to Islam, the local council argued. The woman, whose first name was Assia was baptised a Christian but in 1955 converted to Islam when she married a Muslim, her family's lawyer said. Assia's marriage certificate states her new religion but the Sfax City Council said this did not have the legal value of the certificate that Tunisian muftis (Islamic scholars) issue to Muslims. أخبار الأخيرة | عائلة تونسية ترفع دعوى "اغتصاب عن بُعد". دبي- العربية.نت تنظر محكمة تونسية في دعوى اغتصاب غير مسبوقة، تقدمت بها عائلة تونسية ضد شاب اتهمته بمواقعة ابنتهم "عن بُعد"، وتحديداً عبر الهاتف.
فقد تقدمت العائلة بدعوى أمام الدائرة الجناحية في المحكمة الابتدائية لمدينة سوسة، اتهمت فيها الشاب، الذي يبلغ من العمر 30 عاماً، باغتصاب ابنتهم (20 عاماً)، عبر اتصالات هاتفية ساخنة، ومطولة، كان يجريها مع الفتاة عبر الهاتف. إلا أن الشاب نفى أن يكون قد لمس الفتاة أو واقعها، لكنه اعترف بأنه، وبينما كانا "في قمة الانسجام والتواصل" عبر الهاتف، انتبه إلى "صراخ" الفتاة، التي أبلغته أن قطرات دم سالت منها، خلال انسجامها معه هاتفياً. ونقلت صحيفة "القبس" الكويتية الخميس 24-4-2008، عن المحامية التي توكلت القضية مها المطيبع، ترجيحها فرضية أن تكون الفتاة فقدت بكارتها خلال ذلك الإنسجام، خاصة وأن تقرير الطب الشرعي يثبت أنها فقدت عذريتها حديثاً، مع تأكيده انها لم تتعرض لأي اعتداء جنسي.
وتضيف: "هذا يعني أنها (أي الفتاة) قد تكون في لحظة انتشاء قصوى، فعلت بنفسها ما كان يجب أن يفعله بها العريس ليلة الدخلة".