Tunisia

Tunisia’s Opposition Threatens Protests After Talks Fail

September 6, 2013 Staff, www.reuters.com Organize! Tunisia

Tunisia's secular opposition threatened on Wednesday to launch more mass protests to force the Islamist-led government to step down, saying negotiations to end a political stand-off had failed. Hamma Hammami, a senior leader in a coalition of over a dozen secular opposition parties agitating for new elections, blamed the Islamist Ennahda party heading the government coalition for the collapse of two weeks of mediated talks. The talks aimed to lead to new polls that analysts say the unpopular Ennahda would probably lose, ending Tunis's Islamist experiment without the violence seen in Egypt after the army overthrew Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Mursi in July.

Manning And The Arab Spring

August 28, 2013 Sami Ben Gharbia, www.medium.com Educate! Chelsea Manning, Tunisia

If the U.S. will take 35 years from Chelsea Manning’s life, may it console her that she has given us, Arabs, the secret gift that helped expose and topple 50 years of dictatorships. For me, it all started in mid-October of 2010, with a direct message on Twitter from a good friend of mine. He belonged to a circle of digital activists with whom I worked closely with for years on many advocacy projects in the Arab World, from anti-censorship strategies and campaigns to building and training non-violent protests movements. In that DM he urgently asked me to speak over encryption with him. After one single OTR chat session, he sent me an encrypted zip file containing a trove of around 400 texts files organized in about 15 folders. All the folders were named after Arab countries: Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Morocco, Bahrain, etc. I didn’t know what was in them. He told me just before ending the chat session: do something with them, I trust you and trust your knowledge and judgment.

Tunisian Islamists, Secularists Gird For Rival Shows Of Strength

August 14, 2013 Tarek Amara, www.reuters.com Resist! Tunisia

Islamists and the secular opposition in Tunisia planned street rallies in rival shows of strength on Tuesday, raising the risk of violence and threat to the democratic transition in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. Beset by a severe economic downturn, a suspension of parliament and a surge in Muslim militant attacks, Tunisia's government led by the moderate Islamist Ennahda party is grappling with secular calls for its resignation. With polarization between Islamists and secularists festering, fears are rising of a Tunisian drift towards an "Egyptian scenario" in which a disgruntled secular opposition topples an elected Islamist-led government.

Tunisia’s Secular Opposition Pushes for Technocrat Cabinet Amid Political Tensions

August 14, 2013 The Tunis Times, www.thetunistimes.com Educate! Arab Spring, Tunisia

Critics say Tunisia is heading in wobbly steps towards an Egyptian scenario. Mr. Ben Jaafar, the president of the NCA, has ordered the halt of the national constituent assembly activities until dialogue between Islamists led-government and secularist opposition resumes. It seems very improbable, though, that a general consensus may see the light. The opposition is too keen to the end the reign of Islamists over power through staunch demands of a technocrat cabinet led an independent figure. Beji Kais Sebsi has renewed with platitude his distrust and refusal of Islamist leadership in many occasions. Many of his peer secularists made similar statement.

Thousands Demand Tunisia Government’s Ouster

August 7, 2013 Aljazera, www.aljazeera.com Resist! Tunisia

Tens of thousands of Tunisians have crowded the streets of downtown Tunis to demand the government's ouster, in the largest opposition protests to hit the capital since the country's political crisis began two weeks ago. The protest on Tuesday marks the six-month anniversary of the assassination of leftist politician Chokri Belaid, one of two opposition figures to be shot dead in recent months. It comes hours after the embattled Constituent Assembly suspended its work indefinitely. Mustafa Ben Jaffar, the head of the assembly and secretary-general of the centre-left party Ettakatol, announced the suspension.

Tunisian Parliament On Verge Of Collapse

August 1, 2013 ST McNei, www.truth-out.org Resist! Tunisia

Ten thousand people protested outside Tunisia’s parliament in Tunis Monday in the seventh night of dissent after a high-profile political assassination sparked nationwide outrage toward the current moderate Islamist government. "The people want the fall of the system," shouted the crowd occupying Bardo Plaza, a traffic circle at the gates of the National Constituent Assembly (NCA). They were repeating last night the chant invented in Tunisia that became the slogan of the Arab Spring, heard from Tahrir Square to Damascus. Instead of targeting dictators like Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Moammar Gaddafi and Hosni Mubarak, however, today the revolutionary phrase is aimed at Tunisia's democratic government, headed by the moderate Islamist party Ennahdha.

Tunisian Opposition May Set Up Rival ‘Salvation Government’

July 29, 2013 Tarek Amara and Erika Solomon, www.reuters.com Organize! Democracy, Tunisia

Tunisia's secular opposition, angered by two assassinations in its ranks and emboldened by the overthrow of Egypt's president, said on Sunday it was considering setting up an alternative "salvation government" to challenge the Islamist-led leadership. If agreed, the move would mark a significant escalation by the country's opposition groups, who say they have no interest in reconciliation with the ruling Ennahda party. "We will meet this evening to discuss creating a new salvation government and will study the possibility of nominating a new prime minister to replace this failed government," said Jilani Hammami, a leader of the Salvation Front coalition and Tunisian Workers' Party.

Thousands Stage Opposition Rally In Tunisia

July 28, 2013 Staff, www.aljazeera.com Organize! Tunisia

Thousands of secular protesters have gathered for a rally in the Tunisian capital in protest against the Islamist-led government in the wake of an opposition politician's assassination. Police fired tear gas at protesters as opponents and supporters of Tunisia's ruling Ennahda party clashed outside parliament on Sunday, a day after the burial of the second opposition figure slain this year. Mohamed Brahmi's murder on Thursday outside his home has stoked tensions in the North African nation. The opposition blames the ruling Ennahda party for the killing and protests have erupted in the capital Tunis as well as other provincial cities. Opposition figures are calling for the government to resign and the General Union of Tunisian Labour (UGTT) was due to convene Monday "to decide the fate" of the country, its secretary general Sami Tahri said.

Tunisia: Thousands Take Streets After Opposition Leader Gunned Down

July 25, 2013 Staff, www.rt.com Educate! Tunisia

Friday will be declared a national day of mourning, announced Mustapha Ben Jaafar, the speaker of the National Constituent Assembly. In February, the assassination of another secular political leader Chokri Belaid led to a political crisis in the country. Belaid was believed to be a target of radical Islamists, and secularist demonstrations following his brazen assassination brought down the Islamist government of Hamadi Jebali. Brahmi's party is part of the secular coalition in the National Constituent Assembly, which is attempting to draft a constitution that will satisfy both Islamists and secularists. "This is the biggest catastrophe that could happen in Tunisia. We have now had a series of political assassinations of anyone with a different, loud voice,” said fellow opposition deputy Najla Bourriel, a member of the Democratic Bloc, to local news portal Tunisia Live.

Tamarod (Rebellion) Movement Now in Tunisia

July 3, 2013 Staff, www.middle-east-online.com Organize! Tunisia

The spokesman of Tunisia’s movement Tamarod, Arabic for rebellion, Mohamed Bennour presented on Wednesday, in an interview broadcast on radio Mosaique FM, the main objectives of this movement. “Tunisia’s Tamarod seeks to dissolve the National Constituent Assembly which has lost its legitimacy”, he said, “It also aspires to scrapping the hijacked constitution.” Bennour noted that political Islam is totally doomed, in reference to the ruling Islamist party Ennahda. He said, “The movement is calling for the formation of a commission of legal experts who will be entrusted with the drafting of a new constitution that guarantees rights and freedoms for all Tunisians.”

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