Tunisia

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.

The path from dictatorship to democracy is riddled with roadblocks. Take Tunisia, the genesis of the 2011 Arab spring uprisings. A mass rebellion that began with a fruit vendor’s self-immolation led to the departure of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, the North African country’s dictator since 1987.

On February 8 in Tunisia a general strike and mass demonstrations marked the response by the youth and workers to the assassination of opposition organizer Chokri Belaid.

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.

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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.

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