The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet has won the Nobel Peace Prize for its contribution to democracy in the wake of the country’s “Jasmine Revolution” in 2011, the Nobel Committee in Oslo announced Friday.
“The Norwegian Nobel Committee hopes this year’s prize will contribute towards safeguarding democracy in Tunisia,” said Kaci Fullmann Five, who chairs the Nobel committee.
The committee said the Quartet, founded in the summer of 2013 when the country was on the brink of civil war, managed to set up a peaceful political process that eventually guaranteed fundamental rights for the entire population of Tunisia.
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Source: European Voice
