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Rivals Vie for Tunisia's Future as Anniversary Approaches

Henry Ridgwell

Published November 29, 2012

Tunisia has just marked the anniversary of its first free elections -- and will soon celebrate the second anniversary of the uprising that led to the downfall of its dictatorship and triggered the so-called "Arab Spring." But critics of the new government warn that human rights abuses are still taking place. As a new constitution is drawn up, opposing forces in the country are fighting to determine Tunisia's future. Henry Ridgwell reports for VOA.


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