19-11-2016 05:43 via news.yahoo.com

Emotional scenes as Tunisian dictatorship victims testify

Victims of Tunisia's authoritarian rulers gave emotional testimony, recounting horrific stories of torture and rape and moving many to tears on the second day of public hearings. In a rare move for the Arab world, the Truth and Dignity Commission (IVD) is trying to deal with decades of abuse under successive dictatorships in an attempt to get Tunisians to confront the demons of their past, as well as to provide justice to those who endured the worst. The hearings, which come nearly six years aft
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