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Revolution may end repression of academic freedom in Tunisia

Hamed Ben Dhia, vice-chancellor of Sfax University, recalls life under the ousted dictator.

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Butler, D. Revolution may end repression of academic freedom in Tunisia. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.44

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