Mounira Chaieb

It has threatened to disrupt a democratic transition that began after Tunisians threw out their decades-old authoritarian government at the beginning of the 2011 uprisings, widely referred to as the Arab Spring.

Last week saw the most significant and the most dangerous turn in Tunisia since its revolt in 2011.

Last week, both the Tunisian caretaker President Dr Moncef Marzouki and the president of the ruling Islamist Movement, Rachid Gannouchi , were in London to receive the ‘2012 Chatham House Prize’. Chatham House is a leading London based International Affairs think-tank.

They are appalled by the fact that the woman has been charged with public indecency when she filed the complaint - a charge which could yield up to six months in prison.