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From the Ashes of the Arab Spring

Today marks 15 years since the overthrow of Tunisian dictator Ben Ali, one of the high points of the Arab Spring. The events of 2011 gave rise to an impressive wave of revolutions. Almost all were bloodily suppressed. On January 14, 2011, Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was forced to resign, after four weeks of revolt in the north African country. It was a first major scalp for the wave of upheaval known as the Arab Spring — a democrat…

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Fifteen years, day to day after the fall of the regime of former Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, on 14 January 2011, the situation of human rights and freedoms in Tunisia is experiencing a dangerous decline. This is the observation of a report by the International Federation of Human Rights released this anniversary day. The report is entitled "from the coup d'état to the stifling of rights: the modus operandi of repression in Tunisi…

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On this fifteenth anniversary of the fall of the Ben Ali regime, the Tunisian academic evokes the general decline of international law and wonders about the evolution of his country between 2011 and 2026. While remaining optimistic for the future.

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Tunisia, the only democracy that emerged from the Arab spring, plunged back into authoritarianism under the presidency of Kais Saïed. Convictions of opponents, justice under pressure and muzzled freedoms: revolutionary momentum was largely extinguished.

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TRIBUNE. While Tunisian lawyer Ayachi Hammami, imprisoned since 2 December 2025, is on hunger strike, Democratic activist Kamel Jendoubi denounces, in a forum in the "World", the inaction of local authorities, as well as Tunisia's partners. Especially that of many countries of the European Union.

·Paris, France
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Tunisian lawyer Ayachi Hammami is in prison. He is on hunger strike. Today he puts his life in danger. His case raises a central question: what remains of the rule of law in Tunisia and what is still worth the discourse of his international partners? While Tunisian Democrats are celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the revolution of 14 January 2011, which gave the signal of the historical wave of "Arab Springs", this simple question gives th…

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Le Monde broke the news in Paris, France on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
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