Too much force, censure, surveillance, not enough national dialogue
Under Ben Ali's regime, Tunisia was dominated by an ideology of fear
Once it became clear that the Islamists no longer posed a serious threat, many Tunisians became less willing to accept the government's heavy-handedness. The regime also lost some of its earlier deftness. Its methods became less creative and more transparently brutal. The government seemed less willing to at least play at any dialogue with critics or opposition parties. Arbitrary arrests, control of the print media and Internet access, and physical attacks on journalists and human rights and opposition-party activists became more common.
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Too much force, censure, surveillance, not enough national dialogue
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