Today marks the seventh death anniversary of Zouhair Yahyaoui, the first Tunisian cyber activist, to be detained during the regime of Zeine El Abidin Ben Ali.

in reference to Zein El Abidine Ben Ali's escape from Tunisia, after its people's uprising.

Ben Aicha was referring to a counter terrorism draft law set to replace the 2003 law enacted by the former regime of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.

It started in Tunisia, where the revolution swept President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali s repressive regime out of power.

Aged 69, Moncef Marzouki was a human rights activist and a political opponent to the regime of Zine el Abidin Ben Ali.

He had been ousted in the dead of night in a bloodless coup staged by his prime minister, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

The Popular Petition won the majority of the votes in Sidi Bouzid, where the protests movement which overthrew ousted President Zeine El Abidine Ben Ali kicked off.

Hand kissing was popular during the rule of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and is viewed as against the values of post uprising Tunisia.

Essebsi also served as the head of the chamber of deputies between 1990 to 1991 under the rule of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.

The fruitful and wide ranging deliberations of all the participants in the Forum and the solid support of His Excellency Zine Mr. El Abidine BEN ALI, President of the Republic of Tunisia, and of his Government

Former Tunisian President Zeine El Abidine Ben Ali was an enemy to freedom of speech.

Once the army s refusal to support his regime became clear, Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia, after France refused to welcome him into exile.

The immediate cause of the protests against President Zine al Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia was WikiLeaks revelations of US diplomatic cables detailing the regime s corruption.

On January, 14, 2011 thousands of protesters gathered near the Interior Ministry building in Tunis calling for the fall of the regime of dictator Zeine El Abidine Ben Ali.

Among Sarkozy s main interlocutors at the birth of the UfM in 2008 were Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

The so called economic reconciliation law has triggered criticism, as it would grant amnesty to business people and officials accused of corruption during the regime of former dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, provided that they return any unlawfully obtained funds.

His interior minister, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, having been named Prime Minister, soon managed to certify Bourguiba as medically unfit and ousted him from the presidency.

MADRID Just five months ago, Osama bin Laden was alive, Hosni Mubarak was firmly in control in Egypt, and Zine el Abidine Ben Ali ruled Tunisia with an iron hand.

It should be acknowledged that Ben Ali strengthened the foundations of Tunisian exceptionalism, furthering gender equality and separation of religion and state.

(d) The International Conference on Sport and Health was held in Hammamet, Tunisia, from 21 to 24 March 2005 under the sponsorship of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and the Government of Tunisia.

By opening itself to the world through tourism, and with its emphasis on education and women s rights, Ben Ali s regime created something unique in the Middle East a vibrant middle class.

Mubarak and Qaddafi, along with Tunisia s Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria, are among the world s oldest and longest serving heads of state.

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali s ouster in Tunisia signalled the collapse of the Arab stability model, praised by many Western leaders, consisting of authoritarianism and overrated economic performance.

Five years after the protests that brought down the 23 year rule of dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisians are once again taking to the streets demanding jobs, freedom and dignity .

In keeping with its commitment, and that of its President, His Excellency President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, to peace as a strategic choice, Tunisia has contributed to all efforts and initiatives aimed at reaching a just, comprehensive and durable settlement to the Palestinian question.

The deposed authoritarian rulers Tunisia s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Mubarak, and soon Libya s Col. Muammar el Qaddafi stashed away billions of dollars stolen from the public treasury.

President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali s aides had started worrying more about being caught on the wrong side of Tunisian history than about facing the wrath of their beleaguered boss.

The Co Chairperson (Sweden) The Assembly will now hear an address by His Excellency President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, President of the Republic of Tunisia, delivered on his behalf by His Excellency Mr. Abdelwaheb Abdallah, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Tunisia.

Yet, while most Arab regimes now appear threatened, only two authoritarian rulers Zine el Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt have been actually deposed so far.

The 21 December run off will put an end to a four year democratic transition that started after the ousting of former President Zine el Abidin Ben Ali on January 14, 2011.

In making its modest contribution as a symbol of compassion and solidarity with the victims, the Tunisian authorities, at the behest of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, have equipped four planes to carry humanitarian assistance in the form of food, blankets, tents and medicine.

His caricatures which did not please former autocratic ruler Zeine el Abidin Ben Ali, do not seem to please Tunisia s Islamists either.

Mr. Abdallah (Tunisia) (spoke in Arabic) I have the honour to convey the sincere greetings of His Excellency President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, President of the Republic of Tunisia, and to deliver His Excellency's address to this United Nations High level Meeting.

Unfortunately, however, Ben Ali succumbed to the temptations of corruption and repression, described in great detail by the former United States ambassador to Tunisia, Robert F. Godec, in cables released last month by WikiLeaks.

After the popular upheaval that ousted President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali from power, the peril of supporting Arab autocrats in exchange for flimsy stability should have once again become apparent to Western powers.

Saddam Hussein and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali preceded Mubarak in the dock.

Zeine Al Abedeen Ben Ali of Tunisia was the first to fall in January followed by Hosni Mubarak of Egypt in February and then Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who ruled Libya for 42 years, was toppled and killed in October.

But at the same time, this mockery reflects the popular dissatisfaction with the political class in Tunisia, which nearly four years after the ousting of the Ben Ali regime, has done little to respond to the urgent socio economic aspirations of Tunisians.

Ben Ali s regime ultimately became a pure dictatorship.

Expresses its pride that His Eminence Sheikh Muhammad Al Habib Ben El Khojah, the Secretary General of the Islamic Fiqh Academy, received President Zeine El Abidine Ben Ali's 2004 International Prize for Islamic Studies and commends this leading initiative in support of academic research and Islamic Studies.

On his website TUNeZINE , Yahyaoui had criticized Ben Ali's corrupt and autocratic regime.

Since the beginning, it was obvious to me that my target would be the regime of Ben Ali.

In 1987, the aged Bourguiba became too debilitated to continue in office. His interior minister, Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, having been named Prime Minister, soon managed to certify Bourguiba as medically unfit and ousted him from the presidency.

A third person, Ali Zein al Abideen Mej an, arrested for posting online comments attacking Saudi Arabia, was sentenced by the Supreme State Security Court to two years in prison.

The overthrow of Tunisia s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is the first such spontaneous democratic uprising in the Arabic world, showing that in an age of satellite television and the Internet, suppression of information and free expression by individual governments doesn t really work anymore.