Tunisia’s Loss of Democracy: NYT’s Vivian Yee with a Clear-eyed view US State Dept and Senate act to start sanctions

Hajer Tlili, in green, joined Mosaïque FM a year before Tunisia’s revolution. In its aftermath, she became a star political host.Credit…Laura Boushnak for The New York Times

Tunisians Mourn a Hard-Fought Freedom Rapidly Slipping Away

When reflecting on their Arab Spring revolution, Tunisians often say that freedom of expression was the only concrete achievement. As the country slides back toward autocracy, that, too, is being quickly eroded.