Showing posts with label Sihem Bensedrine Kalima. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sihem Bensedrine Kalima. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

"The revolution will expand to other countries of Tunisia in North Africa"

"We hope to bring this revolution beyond the borders of Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt over the Maghreb, against dictatorships and democracy." Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian journalist and dissident, is convinced that the 'bread riots' that filled the streets of his country from December 17 last year and took down the regime of Ben Ali was only the first spark of a wider rebellion in Arab world.

Born in Tunis in 1950, is Bensedrine human rights activist and editor of Kalima, online newspaper censored in Tunisia. What is the situation on the streets of Tunis? After months of struggle, the people have organized and young people were mobilized to control the territory against the armed remnants of the old dictatorship.