Since ousting its autocratic president in January 2011, Tunisia has opened political space and held relatively free and fair elections. It advanced human rights by adopting a pluralist election law, joining the International Criminal Court and removing almost all its reservations on accepting international standards on women’s rights. It has freed media outlets from draconian restrictions and allowed people to create and join political parties and to demonstrate peacefully. However, surviving repressive provisions in the press and penal codes are still used at times in political trials and reforms to create an independent judiciary are moving too slowly.
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A general view of the opening session of Tunisia's constitutional assembly in Tunis on November 22, 2011.© 2011 Reuters
Reports
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The Reform Agenda
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Silencing Labor and Student Unions in Tunisia
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"A Larger Prison"
Tunisia
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Jan 25, 2012
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Dec 17, 2011
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Dec 9, 2011
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Nov 11, 2011
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Nov 9, 2011
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Nov 3, 2011
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Oct 19, 2011
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Oct 17, 2011
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Oct 13, 2011
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