Tayaar al-`Amael al-Qa`aedi (ISA in Tunisia), Author at

Widespread Protests Shakes Tunisia’s Crisis-Ridden Government

January 26, 2021Tayaar al-`Amael al-Qa`aedi (ISA in Tunisia)

Mass protests have again rocked Tunisia in recent weeks with at least a thousand arrested. Ten years since the Tunisian revolution broke out, the Tunisian people have once again declared their rebellion against the reality of poverty, injustice and marginalization that they still live under. Despite the revolution having succeeded in uprooting the symbols of […]

Tunisia: Public sector general strike paralyses the country

January 20, 2019Tayaar al-`Amael al-Qa`aedi (ISA in Tunisia)

On Thursday, a reported 750,000 public sector workers went on a nationwide strike in Tunisia, called by the UGTT (General Union of Tunisian Workers, the main trade union organisation) against the pay freeze and other austerity policies imposed by the IMF, in collaboration with the current government of Youssef Chahed. Public services were largely paralysed, […]