One year on, Tunisians still waiting for human rights overhaul

Headline Title: Tunisians still waiting for human rights overhaul 13 January 2012 Tunisia's interim government is yet to deliver the comprehensive human rights reform that protesters were calling for a year ago, Amnesty International said today. A year after former President Zine al Abidine Ben Ali fled the country, the authorities have taken some positive initial steps, including signing up to key human rights treaties and allowing greater freedom for media and human rights organizations. But Amnesty International said that the country's security forces remain largely unaccountable…

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