| Titre : | Some lessons from Tunisia and other revolutions |
| Auteurs : | Anne-marie Le gloannec |
| Type de document : | Electronic document |
| Editeur : | Paris : European Union Institute for Security Studies |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : |
Keywords : Tunisia; Ben Ali regime; Béatrice Hibou; democracy; human rights; Abstract : When dealing with the Ben Ali regime, the European Union and its Member States have failed in two ways. First and foremost they glossed over the regime’s total disrespect for human rights: the Tunisian government was praised for what it did not do – protecting civil liberties – and left unscathed for the crimes that it did commit, which ranged from political repression to torture. This stands out in stark contrast to the criticisms that have been directed at Belarus over the past decade. Is this because Ben Ali was more adept at hiding his true nature than Lukashenka is? Is it because Belarus is a part of Europe and Tunisia is not, so that, for whatever reason, Europeans feel more entitled to criticise their next of kin than a former colonised country? Or is it because those EU countries which border Belarus and have a stake in it are politically principled, whereas the EU’s southern countries are traditionally more lenient towards authoritarian regimes on the |
| En ligne : | http://units.mil.intra/sites/UBDef-BUDef/Edocs/Articles/European%20Union/Institute%20of%20Security%20Studies/ISS%20Opinion/302075R.pdf |
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