Olfa Belhassine
Tunisia
Correspondent
Olfa Belhassine has been a correspondent in Tunisia for JusticeInfo.net since 2015. After the 2011 Revolution, she published articles about her experience as a journalist during and after the fall of President Ben Ali. Her reports appeared in French newspapers Libération, Le Monde and Courrier International. In 2016, she was the co-author with Hedia Baraket of an investigative book on the transition in Tunisia, "Ces nouveaux mots qui font la Tunisie » (The New Words that Make Tunisia).
“The Silence of Others”: How a Spanish film on the Franco past resonates with Tunisians
Warmly applauded by the audience of the Tunis Cinémathèque, a Spanish film called "The Silence of Others" has a special resonance for Tunisians. It evokes the denial of remembrance and justice on the Franco dictatorship and reminds them that an amnesty could stop their own transitional justice process at any time.
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