Kacem Jlidi

Kacem is a Tunisian activist, blogger and Social Media enthusiast from Kairouan, a semi-rural city in the interior of Tunisia. He has a strong belief in human rights, especially the fact that minorities rights shouldn't be subject to public vote and that they must to be protected from the majority.

Tunisians caught between the crowd and the political scene

At the end of the day, most of the political sphere disagreements are not of any importance to the ordinary Tunisian and they ought to be resolved away from the public sphere.

By Kacem Jlidi

/ 9 Dec 2012

Innocent till proven guilty in Tunisia

It is reported that in Tunisia under Ben Ali, no prisoner died on hunger strike – some prisoners died under torture. This is a first.

By Kacem Jlidi

/ 26 Nov 2012

The Tunisian people come second!

‘We are the walking-dead, we live in a vacuum, we have nothing. We have nothing. All it (the Government) can do for us is put us in jail,’ shouted a protester during a recent protest action.

By Kacem Jlidi

/ 12 Nov 2012

Human rights in Tunisia: between stagnation and regression

Amnesty International’s report titled ‘One step forward, two steps back’ raises questions about whether Tunisia is stagnating or regressing regarding the situation of human rights.

By Kacem Jlidi

/ 29 Oct 2012

The religious smokescreen

The double-faced discourse employed by Ennahda is making it harder to have confidence in their statements.

By Kacem Jlidi

/ 15 Oct 2012

Tunisian schizophrenia over women

It is a burning question within Tunisian society and abroad, whether Tunisia will regress on respect for women’s rights or not.

By Kacem Jlidi

/ 1 Oct 2012

Tunisian Constitutional Assembly violates its own transparency

The activists’ decision to take legal action against the Assembly came after months of concentrated efforts to push them to be more open in their proceedings.

By Kacem Jlidi

/ 16 Sep 2012

The power of a blank page

There is a palpable dissatisfaction towards both the Tunisian Government and the National Constitutional Assembly: protests, marches, sit-ins, campaigns etc.

By Kacem Jlidi

/ 2 Sep 2012

Assange and the hidden influence of the US

In response to the UK’s threat to raid the embassy, Nawaat, Tunisian leading collective blog tweeted: ‘If the UK storm Ecuador embassy we will storm UK embassy in #Tunisia for violating Vienna convention @wikileaks #assange #tnassenge’

By Kacem Jlidi

/ 19 Aug 2012