'Six months after the start of Tunisia's revolution, there are few signs of optimism on the streets of the capital'

from from the guardian.................

"It is six months since the rural fruitseller Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight in despair at the humiliations of the regime, sparking a people's revolution that ousted Tunisia's dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and inspired uprisings across the region. But Tunisia has yet to properly celebrate its revolution.

The fragile interim government has not inspired confidence, elections have been postponed until October and trust in politicians is low. The same police who once dominated one of the region's most feared and ruthless police states still largely hold their jobs – beating more than a dozen journalists who tried to cover renewed anti-government demonstrations last month.

Bloggers and activists still fear phones tapped. Lawyers say the corruption and dodgy business deals of the old regime continue. The justice system is still compromised. Crucially, the vestiges of Ben Ali's banned former party, the RCD, lurk in the shadows, some regrouping as new parties, others accused of stoking violence and disruption"...............LINK