Tunisia and the Arab Spring

The Arab Spring, Tunisia as a case study and some sources as of February 2013

Last 2 months:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/01/2013114767673554.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21010337

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/07/tunisian-assassination-spotlight-problems

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/09/violent-salafists-threaten-arab-spring-democracies

http://www.juancole.com/2013/02/tunisias-spring-turmoil.html

General background:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Arab_Spring

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Spring#Tunisia

http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/tunisia/overview

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14107241

http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/activities/africa-and-middle-east/north-africa/tunisia

http://reewp.oxfam.qc.ca/en/articles/unemployment-tunisia-facts-figures

http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ts-tunisia

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-tunisia-after-arab-spring-islamists-new-freedoms-create-new-muslim-divide/2012/04/28/gIQAN9yJoT_story.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-16/tunisia-keeps-the-arab-spring-alive.html

http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/139454/hardliners-threaten-arab-spring-gains-in-tunisia-.html

http://www.albawaba.com/news/arab-spring-tunisia-440750

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/North%20Africa%20Quaterly%20Analytical%20Anglais%20ok_North%20Africa%20Quaterly%20Analytical.pdf

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2012/04/20/13409

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENPI_Italy%E2%80%93Tunisia_CBC_Programme

http://electricsys.blogspot.it/2012/06/tunisian-italian-cooperation-connecting.html

http://www.scopeacp.net/case-studies/italy-tunisia-cross-border-cooperation-programme-the-best-operating-forces-on-the-two-mediterranean-coasts

http://www.creators.com/opinion/austin-bay/from-arab-spring-to-tunisian-fall-islamists-enter-the-school-of-democracy.html

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/tunisia/index.html

http://www.france24.com/en/20120904-debate-Tunisia-democracy-in-danger

http://www.opendemocracy.net/meriem-dhaouadi/crackdown-on-free-media-in-tunisia

http://www.newvision.co.ug/mobile/Detail.aspx?NewsID=634097&CatID=2

http://www.newvision.co.ug/mobile/Detail.aspx?NewsID=634097&CatID=2

http://www.tunisia-live.net/2012/08/23/heated-debate-over-the-place-of-religion-in-first-arab-spring-constitution/

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/04/tunisia.html

http://www.tunisia-live.net/category/national/riots-national/

http://www.luc.edu/orgs/meea/volume14/PDFS/Youth_employment_in_Tunisia.pdf

http://www.northafricaunited.com/Speaking-on-the-Unspeakable-Blasphemy-and-Tunisia-s-Consitution-Carnegie-Foundation_a2198.html

http://www.freedomhouse.org/country/tunisia

http://www.tunisia-live.net/2012/06/25/arms-trafficking-threatens-tunisias-transitional-stability-director-of-amnesty-international-tunisia/

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/03/13637143-rights-group-blasts-repressive-crackdown-in-tunisia-birthplace-of-arab-spring?lite

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/political-implications-of-the-arab-spring-18-months-on-a-842280.html

http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/07/09/are_we_repeating_democracy_promotion_mistakes

The Arab Spring still has a long way to go as far as human rights are concerned.

22 January 2013 – Human Rights Watch says that the human rights situation around the world remains critical at the start of 2013 with human rights violations occurring regularly in 90 countries, including those which recently overthrew dictatorships and tyrannies. In particular the new governments  produced by the Arab Spring must be held accountable by the international community for ending oppressive police practices and human rights abuses, especially those relating to women and minorities. The main task of these governments must be to ensure a real transition to a stable society based on democratic values and not a return to the abuses and violations practiced by the former regimes.

http://www.modernghana.com/news/442740/1/arab-spring-states-must-respect-rights-human-right.html

http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/31/world-report-2013-challenges-rights-after-arab-spring?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/01/22/world-report-2012-strengthen-support-arab-spring