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Police Brutality Against Tunisia’s LGBTQ Community Under COVID Restrictions

by Alessandra Bajec July 29, 2021

TUNIS, Tunisia – Mass anti-government protests and COVID-19 restrictions have led to a crackdown on the LGBTQ community in Tunisia, activists have told VICE World News.

July 29, 2021 658 views

They’ve Faced 10 Years of Bombs and Bullets. But They’re Still Hopeful

by Alessandra Bajec May 19, 2021

More than 10 years after anti-government protests turned into a full-blown war, people in Syria’s last opposition bastion are still not ready to give up.

May 19, 2021 792 views

Pivotal peace-building Libyan women fight gender gap and violence

by Alessandra Bajec March 8, 2021

Caught between an ongoing cycle of violence and gender inequality, women in Libya are fighting a war inside the war.

March 8, 2021 742 views

The Black Tunisian women fighting ‘double discrimination’

by Alessandra Bajec December 29, 2020

On the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Tunisia this year, Black women founded a new movement to have their voices heard. #12DaysofResistance On 23 January this year – the anniversary of …

December 29, 2020 816 views

Iran’s #MeToo opens long-overdue discussion on sexual abuse

by Alessandra Bajec September 28, 2020

It all began with a tweet from an anonymous male user smacking of sexual perversion. A “Me Too” wave is taking the online world in Iran by storm, with thousands of women …

September 28, 2020 841 views

Lebanon’s revolution is a reawakening for Tripoli women

by Alessandra Bajec December 2, 2019

TRIPOLI, Lebanon– Walking to al Nour Square in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, a set of colourful tents stand out with people sitting, bantering, pacing in and out of what has become …

December 2, 2019 790 views

The DJ behind the sound of Lebanon’s Tripoli revolution

by Alessandra Bajec November 22, 2019

TRIPOLI, Lebanon- In a new neighbourhood of Tripoli, the largest city in northern Lebanon, it’s everyday business in a small cafe on a commercial street on a weekday. A few customers are inside …

November 22, 2019 914 views

Cemetery of the Unknown: a place that gives migrants dignity in death

by Alessandra Bajec April 18, 2019

ZARZIS, Tunisia- A 600 square metre plot of land, formerly part of a landfill, some eight kilometres from Zarzis, in southern Tunisia, serves as an informal burial site. It is not like …

April 18, 2019 794 views

Migrants Carry the Scars of Libya Hell

by Alessandra Bajec January 11, 2019

MEDENINE, Tunisia- A young woman is hanging out with her little daughter by the entrance to the office building of the Red Crescent centre in the southern town of Medenine. Looking toughened, …

January 11, 2019 787 views

Tunisian families want their missing loved ones back

by Alessandra Bajec November 20, 2018

TUNIS, Tunisia- Earlier in September, Fatima Kasraoui gathered with other Tunisians outside the Italian embassy in Tunis to demand the release of local fishermen detained by the Italian authorities over allegations of …

November 20, 2018 745 views