Electronic communication and security training in Tunisia
Human rights defenders from Western Sahara, Morocco and Algeria participated in a training workshop hosted in Tunisia from 18-20 May 2007 based on the tools and materials from NGO in a Box – Security Edition.
The workshop was organised by Front Line local partner, the National Council for Liberties in Tunisia and traning was led by Front Line’s Information Systems Coordinator, Wojtek Bogusz .
In 1998 human rights lawyers and human rights defenders founded the National Council for Liberties in Tunisia, Conseil National des Libertés en Tunisie (CNLT) in response to the Tunisian government's efforts to suppress the independent civic organizations.
The Ministry of the Interior has refused to grant the CNLT legal status as a nongovernmental organization, but the organization has nevertheless continued to issue critical bulletins and reports documenting government repression and denial of fundamental civil liberties.
CNLT members have faced repeated judicial inquiries on spurious charges of "defaming the public order" and "spreading false information