Nearly two hundred people marched in solidarity with Palestine on Saturday at the invitation of the Tunisian League for Human Rights to mark World Human Rights Day on December 10. The demonstrators chanted slogans such as “Stop the genocide of the Pa…
Year: 2023
Tunisia has called on the international community to fully assume its legal and moral responsibly, quickly intervene to put an end the genocide in the Gaza Strip and bring the occupation forces to justice for violating human rights and international …
Amid the dreadful atrocities committed in Gaza, the deafening silence of the International Community and the West duplicity in addressing humanitarian issues, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) has become meaningless.
This is the gener…
Kawthar Ben Hania’s “Four Daughters,” a portrait of a Tunisian mother and her four daughters living in a society wracked by extremism won the inaugural Asharq Documentary Award.
The winning entry was announced during the 2023 Red Sea International F…
The Assembly of People’s Representatives adopted in plenary session on Saturday evening, with 80 votes in favour, 38 against and 7 abstentions, a proposal for a new article to be added to the draft finance law 2024, which would introduce criminal rec…
The number of participants in the national consultation on the reform of the education system reached 517,351 on December 8, the majority of whom are children, compared with a low participation rate among young people aged over 20.
Children aged bet…
The value of goods seized by customs patrols, from the onset of 2023 to November, reached 463 million dinars (MD), said Spokesperson for the General Directorate Customs, Colonel Major Chokri Jabri.
The goods seized mainly include ready-to-wear, toba…
Candidate representing the electoral district of El Omrane Supérieur ( district of Tunis 2), Souheib Shili, reiterated that if elected, he will find a solution to the “dilemma” of public transport, a real problem in the area.
Candidate Shili also pr…
Domestic demand for oil products fell 3% to 3,705, 000 tonnes of oil equivalent in the period between late October 2022 and late October 2023, according to the monthly report on the energy situation published by the Ministry of Industry, Mines and En…
Mehrzia Chehibi, the only candidate for the local elections in the “Ettahrir 2” constituency, said she will seek during her election campaign to convince the local population of the importance of contributing to the management of public affairs and t…
Interior Minister Kamel Féki underscored that his department is actively working to promote human rights in Tunisia by making sure that laws are properly enforced.
Chairing a conference, Saturday, in Tunis, on the ministry’s efforts on promoting hum…
Candidates running for the local elections, Nouri Khazri and Maher Ayari in the localities of Eddir and Zeftoura North Jendouba delegation started their electoral campaign on Saturday.
Candidate Nouri Khazri s that his priorities focus mainly on bri…
Three election offences were reported so far in Gafsa, regional election authority (French: IRIE) observers said.
Training sessions on polling day are held on December 8-15 for some 1, 231 staff members, said information officer Haythem Ajili.
Ther…
Candidate representing El Omrane Supérieur constituency (TUNIS 2) Houda Jelassi focused on ways to create sources of income for unemployed women.
The candidate, who launched her campaign through direct contact with local residents, showed a keen int…
Campaigning for the forthcoming local elections (December 24) continues in the governorate of Mahdia, where two candidates, Mounir Mzoughi for the Bou Slim constituency and Lotfi Ben Khelifa for the El Ajilet constituency in the Ouled Chamekh delegat…