Yedioth Ahronoth
300 dead in Tunisian uprising Around 300 people were killed and 700 injured in the Tunisian uprising at the turn of the year that toppled Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, a top UN official said Saturday, citing government figures. "About 300 people were...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
46:00 About 300 people died in the Tunisian uprising, the United Nations said, as a rights activist said security forces raped and tortured prisoners even after the fall of the old regime. Juan Mendez, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture,...
Yedioth Ahronoth
Breaking News Tunisia asks UAE, Qatar to freeze Ben Ali assets Tunisia has asked the United Arab Emirates and Qatar to freeze the assets of ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and members of his family, the official TAP news agency said on...
Scoop
A United Nations human rights expert today urged Tunisia's interim Government to seize the opportunity of the current transition to establish and institutionalize safeguards to prevent the torture and ill-treatment of people in the North African...
Jerusalum Post
A small group of Jewish pilgrims gathered on an Tunisian island to visit one of Africa's oldest synagogues but worries over continued unrest kept many away from the annual event. About 5,000 pilgrims from Tunisia and abroad usually travel each May to...
AP Online
Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak will stand trial on charges of conspiring in the deadly shootings of protesters during the uprising that ousted him, the prosecutor-general said Tuesday, a major step in a country still rattled by protests and...