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At Arab Spring commission, Tunisians speak of incomplete revolution

At Tunisia's third Truth and Dignity Commission, many young speakers testified about human rights abuses that occurred during the 2011 revolution and continue to this day.

Sarah Souli
Sarah Souli
Jan 18, 2017
A Tunisian mother of a torture victim carries her son's portrait as she arrives for a hearing before the The Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) in Tunis on November 17, 2016. Victims of murder, rape and torture under successive dictatorships started testifying on live television Thursday as Tunisia -- in a rare move for the Arab world -- tries to deal with decades of abuse. The Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) has tracked human rights violations committed between July 1955, a year before Tunisia gained i
A Tunisian torture victim's mother carries her son's portrait as she arrives for a hearing before the The Truth and Dignity Commission in Tunis, Tunisia, Nov. 17, 2016. — FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images

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