http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/788/ en_GB_uk OneWorld UK - Tunisia Tunisia Journalists honoured http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85957 Journalists from Azerbaijan, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Tunisia will be presented with International Press Freedom Awards this month. Tunisia - the smiling oppressor http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84300 Tunisia promotes itself as a progressive nation that protects human rights, but an international media group says it aggressively silences journalists and others who challenge the policies of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and that journalists are subject to imprisonment, assault, harassment, and censorship. Tunisia is gearing up for an electronic tax filing system http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/157180/1/ Tunisia has endeavoured, out of its conviction that a modern tax system is an essential conditions for the setting up of a modern economy integrated in its regional and international environment, to lay down the foundations of a fiscal system likely to meet the targets set by the country in all fields and the expectations of its economic partners. ITU's Report Pays Tribute To Tunisia For Progress Made In ICTs http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/152203/1/ According to the 2007 report of the International Telecommunications' Union (ITU) related to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) which was released recently, Tunisia achieved a considerable progress in the field of information technologies. Target of State Picked to Head Global Rights Group http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/78130 The appointment of veteran Tunisian free expression champion Souhayr Belhassen as president of an influential global human rights group will send a message of support to embattled fellow activists back home, reports Rohan Jayasekera. Cuba, Egypt and Tunisia Picketed at Tourism Fair http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77531 A small demonstration has been staged in front of the Cuban, Egyptian and Tunisian stands at a tourism trade fair in Paris in protest against press freedom violations. From Reporters without Borders New Roles for Women Leaders Worldwide http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/76445 Nancy Pelosi isn't the only woman to have broken a long-standing "marble ceiling" recently. In Iran, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates women have been elected as well. Action against Tunisia demanded http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72367 The Tunisian authorities "have once again demonstrated their complete disregard for freedom of expression" by arresting and deporting a board member of International Amnesty Switzerland. Internet hegemony and the digital divide http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/125363/1/ A squabble over who controls the internet had threatened to overshadow the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia. But a “compromise” deal was reached just before the meeting opened, under which America will retain its hegemony for the time being. This leaves delegates free to discuss bridging the digital divide between rich and poor countries. Tunisia: IFJ protests over ban of its website http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/125274/1/ The International Federation of Journalists today protested to the Tunisian government over the banning of the Federation?s web site. In recent weeks, following the World Summit on the Information Society in November when the IFJ sharply criticised restrictions on Internet use and harassment of human rights activists, the IFJ web site has been unobtainable. Open letter to Kofi Annan over violation of rights at Tunis http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/122944/1/ Civil Society organisations had earlier written to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan expressing serious concern about the suitability of Tunisia as a host country for the WSIS because of its poor huiman rights record. They have now asked him, again, to take follow up measures after serious attacks on human rights and the right to freedom of expression at the summit. Legitimacy of UN Summit questioned http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/69149 The legitimacy of the World Summit On the Information Society had been put in question by the interference of the Tunisian authorities, and no UN-sponsored summit should ever again be held under such oppressive conditions, said a leading right group. THE CLOSE OF WSIS: The civil society verdict http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/69134 On the afternoon of Friday, November 18, 2005, one of three stakeholders taking part in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) drew a line in the sand. Civil society (CS) representatives from all continents lined up on a panel to deliver a stark closing statement. At the same time, International Telecommunications Union UN-o-crats drew conclusions of their own a couple of hundred meters away in the plenary room. Women in pink at WSIS II http://see.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/69117 "I guess, once again, the “All” in ICTs for all seems to be selective in its application", writes Jac sm Kee, the regular contributor to the APC WSIS blog. Information Summit criticism was conviction, say Swiss http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/69116 Swiss Communications Minister Moritz Leuenberger denies a rupture with Tunisia over his government's controversial stand on the host government's treatment of journalists and human rights activists before the UN World Summit on the Information Society.