Bassam Bounenni

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Islamist Prisoner Releases and Reconciliation in North Africa

Just a week after the Tunisian authorities announced a presidential amnesty for over 1200 political prisoners (including 70 members of the outlawed Islamist Nahda Party) on February 27, Libya released 130 political prisoners including all 85 Muslim Brotherhood prisoners. Do these developments signal a trend toward reconciliation with Islamists in North Africa?

  • Bassam Bounenni
· August 19, 2008
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Closing Off Avenues for Dissent in Tunisia

Unlike Arab countries such as Egypt or Jordan, which opened the political space in 2004-5 only to shut it again in 2006, Tunisia has continued unabated its campaign against avenues for the expression of peaceful dissent including human rights organizations, labor unions, and civil society organizations.

  • Bassam Bounenni
· August 18, 2008