Mushure mekusununguka muna 1956 kusvika muna 2011, hurumende neConstitutional Democratic Rally (RCD), yaimbova Neo Destour neSocialist Destourian Party, vaive chinhu chimwe chete. Kutevera mushumo weAmnesty International, The Guardian yakadana Tunisia "imwe yenyika dzazvino asi dzinodzvinyirira munyika yeArabhu". MunaNovember 1987, vanachiremba vakazivisa Bourguiba kuti haakodzeri kutonga uye, mukushungurudzwa kweropa, Mutungamiri wehurumende El Zine Ali Ben Abidine akatora hutungamiri maererano neChinyorwa 57 chebumbiro.
Kurume 20, 1956