Country:Tunisia

Group: Black Tunisians

Date: 08/03/2021

Team: Alicia Hernandez(lead) and Vianney Mancilla

We rated the date quality of lethal violence against Black Tunisians a 3/3 due to the ample and reliable sources.

Black Tunisians make up about 15 percent of the entire population in Tunisia (Arfaoui , 2017).  In addition to facing everyday discrimination (Minority, 2020), Black Tunisians have experienced violence, which included black students being stabbed at school leading to serious injuries and wounds (Arfaoui, 2017). In addition, several civil rights figures have been attacked due to their race. For example, on December 23rd of 2018, a prominent anti-racism campaigner Falikou Coulibaly who was the former President of the Association of Ivorians in Tunisia, was stabbed to death in Tunis at the end of December 2018 (Mzioudet, 2018).

Sources

  1. Arfaoui K (September 17th,2017). Living Together in Tunisia. Retrieved from https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/17/09/2017/living-together-tunisia on August 1st,2021
  2. Ksiksi K (June 8th,2020). Facing up to Racism in Tunisia: Interview with Khawla Ksiksi. Retrieved from https://www.arab-reform.net/publication/facing-up-to-racism-in-tunisia-interview-with-khawla-ksiksi/ on August 1st,2021
  3. Minority Rights Group. (October,2020) Black Tunisians. Retrieved from  https://minorityrights.org/minorities/black-tunisians/ on August 2nd,2021.
  4. Mzioudet H. (July 31st,2018). MOBILIZING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: BLACK TUNISIAN ACTIVISM IN TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE. Retrieved from https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/38219-mobilizing-for-social-justice-black-tunisian-activism-in-transitional-justice.html on August 2nd,2021
  5. Sheils C.(February 6th,2015) Dreaming of ‘a Tunisia for everybody’. Retrieved from https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/2/6/dreaming-of-a-tunisia-for-everybody on August 2nd,2021
  6. The Observers (December 28th,2018) Ivorian man who spoke out against racist violence in Tunisia is murdered. Retrieved from https://observers.france24.com/en/20181228-tunisia-ivory-coast-falikou-coulibaly-migration on August 1st,2021