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Tunisian Nobel prize shows hope for the region

Author
Alicia Burrow,
Publish Date
Sat, 10 Oct 2015, 5:10PM
President of the Tunisian Human Rights League Abdessattar Ben Mousa-Getty Images
President of the Tunisian Human Rights League Abdessattar Ben Mousa-Getty Images

Tunisian Nobel prize shows hope for the region

Author
Alicia Burrow,
Publish Date
Sat, 10 Oct 2015, 5:10PM

The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet's Nobel Peace Prize is a beacon of light for its neighbours and shows relationships in the right places work.

The group is made up of bankers, a labour union, a human rights organisation and lawyers.

They've been awarded the title over Pope Francis and German Chancellor Angela Merkel for neutralising civil unrest in the country.

The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet's Nobel Peace Prize is a beacon of light for its neighbours.

The country's surrounded by nations struggling for stability and equality.

University of Otago Professor William Harris says it's part of a series of uprisings becoming more common in the Arab world.

"It's an encouragement to people involved in those uprisings to continue to aspire for more pluralist systems across the Arab world."

Professor Harris says it will encourage neighbouring countries to continue to aspire for more pluralist systems.

"Libya is in a state of turmoil, although there seems to be a bit of progress there and a new interim government has just in the last few days emerged, so who knows Libya might actually go somewhere positive."

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