Three European activists with the women’s topless protest group Femen, jailed for four months for baring their breasts in Tunis, will appeal their sentence on Friday, their lawyer said. “The appeal hearing will take place on June...
The trial of Tunisian FEMEN activist Amina Tyler, who was arrested on May 19 after she graffitied the word FEMEN on the wall of cemetery in Kairouan, 184km from the capital Tunis, will resume on June 5.
On May 30, a court fined Amina 300 Tunisian...
Three young European women with topless protest group Femen were arrested Wednesday after baring their breasts in front of Tunis central courthouse in support of a Tunisian activist, an AFP journalist reported. The women, two French and the other...
The WSF is talking place in Tunis this year — and apparently features a strong anti-Islamist sentiment, as well as strong sentiment against the perceived backers of Islamism — Qatar and… the United States:
With strong Arab participation,...
April 22, 2013: The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
TUNIS, Tunisia -- The young woman who scandalized Tunisia by posting topless photos of herself as a form of feminist protest says she has reconciled with her family.Amina Tyler, 19, posted Facebook photos with the words "my body belongs to me"...
TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisia has received from Italy a yacht worth more than half a million dollars that once belonged to the nephew of its deposed dictator.
Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh and central bank head Chedli Ayari were on hand...
A woman places her foot on the table and Sheikh Muslim Jiddan gingerly lifts the hem of her robe – then drops it again in shock at an impossibly hairy calf.In Tunis, a roomful of young bloggers bursts into laughter as the scene unfolds via a...
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“This was like a dream come true,” said a radiant Sossi Mohamed Sadek, a Tunisian second year engineering student who was one of the hundreds of local volunteers at the World Social Forum in Tunis....
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This year’s World Social Forum, a transnational gathering of social activists, took place in Tunis, a city bubbling with unrest as it struggles to shake off a...
TUNIS, Tunisia – Tens of thousands of people marched through downtown Tunis on Tuesday in a spirited march celebrating the beginning the 13th World Social Forum – the first to be held in an Arab country. The majority of marchers were...
March 13, 2013: The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
TUNIS, Tunisia -- A Tunisian street vendor has died of severe, full-body burns after setting himself ablaze in what his family described as an act of desperation over trouble finding a steady job.The self-immolation in 2010 of another Tunisian...
On March 12, Adel Khadri a 27-year-old cigarette street vendor set himself on fire on Tunis’ main street: Habib Bourguiba Avenue. According to eye witnesses, Khadri shouted: “This is a young man who sells cigarettes because of...
The Beeb:A young Tunisian cigarette vendor has died after setting himself on fire - an act reminiscent of the event which triggered the "Arab Spring" in 2010.
Adel Khedhri, 27, set himself alight on Tuesday on a street in central Tunis, the focus...
A report from AFP on Wednesday said that the last Libyan Prime Minister to serve under deposed dictator Colonel Muammar Gadhafi, Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmudi, is being held in a Libyan prison and is in critical condition after being tortured.
Supporter of the Islamist ruling party Ennahda, hold Tunisian and party flags during a rally in Tunis, Tunisia, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. (Photo: AP)
(TheBlaze/AP) — Tens of thousands of supporters of the ruling Islamist party, waving banners...
Thousands of supporters of Tunisia's ruling Islamist party rallied in the capital Saturday, a day after police clashed with mourners during the funeral of a slain secular opposition leader.
The ruling Ennahda party says its demonstration in Tunis...
Over 50,000 mourners lined the streets of the Tunisian capital on Friday for the funeral procession of opposition leader Chokri Belaid, who was shot outside of his home earlier this week.
Protests spilled over into the burial service in southern...
February 8, 2013: The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
TUNIS, Tunisia -- The funeral of a slain Tunisian opposition leader was marred Friday by clashes between police and gangs of young men destroying nearby cars, as black smoke spiraled from burning vehicles into the sky and clouds of tear gas floated...
The capital of Tunisia is braced Friday for a general strike to coincide with the funeral for assassinated opposition party leader Chokri Belaid. The streets were quiet ahead of the protest strike.
Thousands of mourners are expected to turn out...
