In November 2005, Tunisia hosts the World Summit on the Information Society, a UN-sponsored conference that aims to find solutions for bridging the "digital divide" between rich and poor countries and spread the benefits of the Internet to the South. Tunisia is touted by some as a model of development in Africa, but few people are aware that dissent and freedom of expression  are brutally repressed.

This blog seeks to show a different side to Tunisia than what the tourist posters and government ad campaigns would have you believe.

For information on the underside of the Tunisian "success story", start with the website of the Tunisia Monitoring Group.