Pesticides in Tunisia: a Poisoned Gift
In Tunisian farmland, pesticides are everywhere. Most farmers are now dependent on these chemicals to cultivate fruit and vegetables and maximize their yields. But with little monitoring and regulation, these pesticides may pose many risks to the consumer.
China Cables: China’s Operating Manuals For Mass Internment And Arrest By Algorithm
For the Gabès chemical group, a population is sacrificed
In the Gabès sky, smoke from the Tunisian Chemical Group (GCT) rises up into toxic clouds. Every day, this pollution engulfs the city and suffocates the inhabitants. For years, farmers, workers, and activists have been mobilizing against the factory’s harmful practices. In their ongoing struggle, many citizens of Gabès refuse to resign.
September 15, Images From the Fall of a System
An Election Campaign Haunted by Public Opinion Polls
Back to Tunisia, from the Islamic State
In the al-Roj camp in northern Syria, hundreds of women wait in anguish under Kurdish watch. Since the decline of the Islamic State, many of the women who crossed borders to join the group are seeking to return to their countries of origin, by any means necessary. Several Tunisians figure among the captives.
Implant Files: The downplayed risks of breast implants and medical tourism
Despite recent scandals, the breast implants market continues to grow across the globe. In Tunisia’s developing medical tourism industry, service providers take advantage of this trend. Are patients made aware of the risks involved? Implant Files investigates.
Children trafficked into domestic servitude: the numbers
According to government records — or the lack thereof — children trafficked into domestic servitude represent one of the most difficult-to-reach groups in Tunisia. Too long trapped behind closed doors, the truth about underage domestic labor is just starting to come out.
Kamel Matmati: When state secrets are buried with the victim
“A few days ago, one of the accused fled to France.”It’s July 10th, 2018, and lawyer Mokhthar Jemai stands livid in a Gabes courtroom. He has just informed the judge that Ali Boussetta, one of the main defendants in the disappearance of Kamel Matmati (the militant islamist last seen in October 1991) is on the run. Several witnesses claim to have seen Boussetta at the first hearing of the case. But now, a body is still not found, defendants are at liberty, and this case hopes to make history.
Biometric ID: The Story of a Failed Bill
Tunisair et Ben Ali, un système impuni au service d’un dictateur
Hamrouni and Aziz: Two Sides of Sex Work in Tunisia
Hamrouni* and Aziz* practice the same profession without having the same rights. She works legally, while he works in secret. From their interactions with the police to the passing gazes of local residents, their daily lives are not at all alike.
Neither dead nor alive: unearthing war crimes in Libya
This is the story of an investigation that defied the odds. A handful of investigators made it their highest priority to shine a light on the war crimes being committed in Libya. Over the course of three years, they accomplished what no international body could.
Chronicles of a Russian espionage operation in Tunisia
May 2015, around 18:00. Karim waits in front of the Bizerte church. Samia G. had asked him to return two of the municipality’s registers. “It’s him, Karim, the Russian,” she indicates to the four policemen accompanying her to their meeting point. A Russian espionage operation is about to come to an end.
