A Tunisian voter reviews a list of election candidates in the Tunis 2 district.
NDI announced the Oct. 18 arrival of its international observer delegation for Tunisia’s Oct. 23 constituent assembly elections.
Author:
National Democratic Institute
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
10/18/2011
Resource Type:
Press Release
Language:
Arabic, English, French
Political parties lead a “pro peace” demonstration in Tunis in August 2011.
Constituent assembly elections in Tunisia next month – the first competitive poll in the country’s history – will mark a significant milestone in the political transition following the overthrow of autocratic President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January. One of the new legislators’ tasks will be to draft a new constitution.
Author:
Nicole Rowsell, Asma Ben Yahia
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
09/30/2011
Resource Type:
Focus Group Report
Language:
Arabic, English
Source:
Los Angeles Times
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Published Date:
09/18/2011
Congress is preparing to make federal spending cuts, including cuts in foreign aid. According to author Doyle McManus, Congress should avoid cutting money from the State Department's Internet freedom program, which is increasingly geared toward encryption and "anonymization" software meant to protect democracy activists worldwide.
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"'In all the other elections they fiddled the numbers - why should elections now be any different?' The speaker, Mohamed, was slumped in a chair in his perfume shop in Sidi Hassine, a rundown suburb of Tunis. In the doorway stood Halima Mzoughi, 19, a campaigner from the Islamist Ennahda party, urging him to vote...
Author:
Nicole Rowsell, Ian T. Woodward
Publisher:
National Democratic Institute
Published Date:
07/14/2011
Resource Type:
Focus Group Report
Language:
English, Arabic
Protesters march on a highway leading to downtown Tunis. Banner reads "We will not return from the Ministry of Youth without a job."
Nearly six months after Tunisia’s street-inspired uprising led to the overthrow of its longtime ruler, a gradual political transition is taking root. But as political leaders in Tunis negotiate the contours of the transition and debate the country’s new identity, citizens face everyday challenges ranging from unemployment to lack of security. These hardships are compounded by uncertainty and the threat of instability posed by the persistent conflict in neighboring Libya.
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