^{16<\/sup> Hosni was convicted in January 1996 for having \u201cforged a land contract,\u201d although human-rights groups contended that the evidence against him was flimsy at best. Amnesty International argued that he had been convicted on trumped-up charges because of his human-rights activities. The government refused to investigate Hosni\u2019s charges that he had been tortured while detained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{17<\/sup> Lawless, p. 1125.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{18<\/sup> Ibid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{19<\/sup>Le Monde<\/em>, March 18, 1997 and October 21, 1997; Lib\u00e9ration<\/em>, October 20, 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{20<\/sup> Richard H. Curtiss, \u201cTunisia: A Country that Works,\u201d Washington Report on Middle East Affairs<\/em>, November\/December 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{21 <\/sup>Agence France Press<\/em>, May 25, 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{22<\/sup>Le Monde<\/em>, November 12, 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{23 <\/sup>Ibid., March 18, 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{24<\/sup>Agence France Press<\/em>, August 5, 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{25<\/sup>Le Monde<\/em>, October 21, 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{26<\/sup> Ibid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{27<\/sup>Le Monde<\/em>, October 23, 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{28<\/sup>Jeune Afrique<\/em>, October 29-November 4, 1997, p. 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{29<\/sup> Ibid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{30<\/sup>La Croix<\/em>, October 23, 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{31<\/sup> Ibid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{32<\/sup> Ibid., and Le Monde<\/em>, October 23, 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{33<\/sup> Georgie Anne Geyer, \u201cTunisia: A Country that Works.\u201d The Washington Quarterly<\/em>, Autumn, 1998, p. 105.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{34<\/sup> In 1996, 25 percent of Tunisia\u2019s exports went to France (1,366 millions de dinar) and Tunisia\u2019s imports (1,830 millions de dinar) from France equaled 24 percent of total imports. Private French investment equaled 503 millions de dinars or 11 percent of the total. (Germany was second with 250 millions dinars.) In tourism, 808,000 Germans and 542,000 French visited Tunisia. Jeune Afrique<\/em>, October 15-28, 1997, p. 34.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{35 <\/sup>Jeune Afrique<\/em>, October 15-18, 1997, p. 35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{36<\/sup>Le Monde<\/em>, October 18, 1997 and October 21, 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{37<\/sup>Le Monde<\/em>, October 21, 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{38<\/sup> Nicolas Beau and Jean-Pierre Tuquoi, Notre Ami Ben Ali <\/em>(Paris: La Decouverte, 1999), p. 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{39<\/sup>Le Monde<\/em>, February 8, 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{40<\/sup>Jeune Afrique<\/em>, February 15-21, 2001, p. 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{41<\/sup>Le Monde<\/em>, February 9, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{42<\/sup> Lawless, p. 1119.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{43<\/sup>Middle East International<\/em>, May 5, 2000, p. 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{44 <\/sup>Ibid., May 19, 2000, p. 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{45<\/sup>Le Monde<\/em>, May 6, 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{46 <\/sup>Ibid., April 10, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{47<\/sup>Middle East International<\/em>, January 12, 2001, p. 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{48<\/sup>Agence France Press<\/em>, June 26, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{49<\/sup> Ibid., February 9, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{50<\/sup> Ibid., June 1, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{51<\/sup>Le Monde<\/em>, March 22, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{52<\/sup>La Tribune<\/em>, November 16, 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{53 <\/sup>Le Figaro<\/em>, April 23, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{54<\/sup>International Herald Tribune<\/em>, March 20, 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{55<\/sup>Europolitique<\/em>, June 23, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{56<\/sup>Agence France Press<\/em>, October 1, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{57<\/sup>Le Monde<\/em>, November 10, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{58<\/sup> At the Euro-Mediterranean Forum in October, Bouteflika commented that for the past decade the Algerian government had fought against terrorists. \u201cWe fought alone, finding neither brothers nor friends.\u201d Agence France Press<\/em>, October 23, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{59<\/sup>La Presse de Tunisie<\/em>, December 6, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{60 <\/sup>Ibid., October 31, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{61<\/sup>Le Renouveau <\/em>(Tunisia), December 2, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{62 <\/sup>Agence France Press<\/em>, December 20, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{63<\/sup> The Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Sites claimed responsibility for the attack. Le Figaro<\/em>, April 24, 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

^{64<\/sup>Agence France Press<\/em>, December 7, 1998.<\/p>\n","post_title":"French Foreign Policy and Tunisia: Do Human Rights Matter?","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"french-foreign-policy-and-tunisia-do-human-rights-matter","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-02 08:39:40","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-02 08:39:40","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=3672","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":60},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};}