Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you
Attacks, surveillance, moving home every six months - The life of an LGBT activist in Tunisia
Badr Baabou accepted an award for his work in Dublin this week.
Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you
Badr Baabou accepted an award for his work in Dublin this week.
A judicial inquiry has been opened into the deaths.
Five other defendants in the Sousse case were handed jail terms ranging from six months to six years, while 17 were acquitted.
Meanwhile, the Department of Foreign Affairs has updated it’s travel advice for Irish people planning to travel to Tunisia.
Thousands of Tunisians have taken to the streets for the funeral of an opposition leader – who was assassinated with the same weapon that killed a colleague.
Tunisia, Sudan, Yemen and more have all seen protests over an amateur film that is said to be anti-Islam.
Meanwhile, Eamon Gilmore will attend Friday’s international conference on Syria’s escalating violence.
Tunisians are celebrating the one-year anniversary of their revolution, which sparked anti-government protests across the Arab world.
Tunisians go to the polls tomorrow in the country’s first free elections since it gained independence from France in 1956.
The meeting came despite the US formally recognising Libya’s opposition as its legitimate government last week.
However, the ousted president will not be there.
Tunisia is in chaos today, with four newly-elected ministers resigning and the ‘Jasmine Revolution’ showing no signs of abating – the drive for change also appears to be spreading, with protests breaking out on the streets in Egypt and Yemen.
Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi will today try to form a national coalition, bringing an end to days of tensions.