Friday, October 9, 2015

National Dialogue Quartet wins Nobel Peace Prize (VIDEO)

It's the Tunisian pro-democracy group that pushed the Arab Spring.

At USA Today, "Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet wins Nobel Peace Prize":

The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet for its efforts to bring democracy to the country, where the political upheaval in 2011 sparked pro-democracy movements throughout the Arab world.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised the group "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011."

“It established an alternative, peaceful political process at a time when the country was on the brink of civil war,” the committee said.

The National Dialogue Quartet is made up of four organizations: the Tunisian General Labour Union; Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts; Tunisian Human Rights League; and Tunisian Order of Lawyers....
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Plus, so far so good, at the Times of Israel, "Tunisia’s elections represent yet another Muslim Brotherhood defeat."

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