Biography:Achref Aouadi
Achref Aouadi | |
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| President of I Watch Organization | |
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| Born | 27 May 1986 Sers, Tunisia |
| Education | University of Tunis, Birmingham University, Harvard University |
Achref Aouadi (Arabic: أشرف العوادي) is a Tunisian civil society activist [1] and founder and former president of the Tunisian watchdog organisation I-Watch working on transparency and anti-corruption.[2] He was born on May 27, 1986, in Sers in El Kef. Aouadi belongs to a family of militants and members of the opposition to the Bourguiba and Ben Ali regimes; his father and uncle were sentenced by the State Security Court in 1975 along with Hamma Hammami, Sedek Mhenni, Mohamed Kilani, Nejib Chebbi, and other militants.[3]
Education
Aouadi has a research master's degree in English Literature - Cross-Cultural Studies from the Tunisian Higher Institute of Languages, University of Tunis, Tunisia and another master's degree in International Political Economy from Birmingham University, the United Kingdom. He taught International Political Economy at Ibn Charaf Institute in Tunis.
He enrolled in the International Anti-Corruption Academy in 2011, before engaging in fighting corruption.[4]
Career and achievements
As a student, in 2009, Aouadi founded the “Student-To-Student university club” [5]
In 2011, Achref started a voting campaign called Go Vote [6] then came the idea of I-Watch, which later became an established yet young non-governmental organisation.[7] He also observed the 2011 elections.
Aouadi represents the Tunisian Civil Society in the United Nations Convention Anti-Corruption yearly. He was chosen by the United Nations in 2011.
Achref Aouadi, on behalf of the I-Watch organisation, won the TI Amalia Award in September 2017.[8] He was nominated as well for the Buffett Award for Emerging Global Leaders.[9]
Aouadi was appointed as an Ashoka fellow in 2019.[10]
Nessma affair
In July 2016, the I-Watch organisation published an investigative report that showed the taxes invasion of the company Karoui & Karoui owned by Nabil Karoui and his brother. After his withdrawal from I-Watch, Aouadi came back into presidency to assume his responsibilities in the Nessma Investigation.[11]
After the audio leak of Nabil Karoui,[12][13] owner of Nessma TV in April 2017, that included defamation and threats,[14]Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Different organisations released statements in support of Achref Aouadi and the I-Watch Organisation and its members.[15] The Financial Judicial Center convened an invitation to hear what Aouadi had in the presented case of tax evasion of Nessma.[16] The Minister of Civil Society and Human Rights Mehdi Ben Gharbia reacted to the issue and met with Aouadi to discuss it.[17]
References
- ↑ "Achraf Aouadi". Front Line Defenders. 11 November 2017. https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/profile/achraf-aouadi.
- ↑ "I WATCH ORGANISATION - أنا يقظ - الهيئة المديرة". https://www.iwatch.tn/ar/board.
- ↑ المناعي. "من تاريخ اليسار التونسي : قائمة في المعروضين على أنظار محكمة أمن الدولة أكتوبر 1975 - الفكر العقلاني". http://manai.over-blog.com/2017/12/1975.html.
- ↑ "Archived copy". https://www.iaca.int/images/news/2016/Summer_Academy_extended.pdf.
- ↑ "Achref Aouadi - UNAOC Fellowship". Unaoc Fellowship. https://fellowship.unaoc.org/fellows/achref-aouadi/.
- ↑ "Achref Aouadi". 18 September 2014. http://live.worldbank.org/experts/achref-aouadi.
- ↑ "Get out to vote: Tunisian youth watchdog connects the election with World Cup finale". 13 July 2014. http://www.yourmiddleeast.com/news/get-out-to-vote-tunisian-youth-watchdog-connects-the-election-with-world-cup-finale_25122.
- ↑ "أنا يقظ تعود بجائزة Amalia للنزاهة من برلين". 17 October 2017. https://www.iwatch.tn/ar/article/435.
- ↑ "2018 nominee: Achraf Aouadi: Buffett Institute - Northwestern University". http://buffett.northwestern.edu/global-engagement/professional-development/buffett-award/2018-achraf-aouadi.html.
- ↑ "Achraf Aouadi". https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/fellow/achraf-aouadi.
- ↑ "Achraf Aouadi : je me suis retiré d'I Watch ces 4 derniers mois" (in fr). Business News. 13 July 2016. https://www.businessnews.com.tn/araf-aouadi--je-me-suis-retire-di-wat-ces-4-derniers-mois,520,65783,3.
- ↑ Arab, The New (23 April 2017). "Leaked recording highlights Tunisian establishment 'bullying tactics' against activists". The New Arab. https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/indepth/2017/4/23/leaked-recording-highlights-tunisian-establishment-bullying-tactics-against-activists.
- ↑ "I watch met à nu les pratiques de Nessma". 18 April 2017. http://www.webdo.tn/2017/04/18/i-watch-met-a-nu-les-pratiques-de-nessma/.
- ↑ tunivisions.net. "Media : Enregistrement audio fuité attribué à Nabil Karoui : Le Syndicat général de l'information sort de son silence". http://www.tunivisions.net/71768/article/enregistrement-audio-fuite-attribue-a-nabil-karoui-le-syndicat-general-de-l-information-sort-de-son-silence.tnv.
- ↑ Aliriza, Fadil (20 April 2017). "Opinion - In Tunisia, activists finally catch a break against a powerful tycoon". https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/04/20/in-tunisia-activists-finally-catch-a-break-against-a-powerful-tycoon/.
- ↑ "Tunisie: Le président de l'organisation " I Watch " devant le pôle judicaire financier - Directinfo". 18 April 2017. https://directinfo.webmanagercenter.com/2017/04/18/tunisie-le-president-de-lorganisation-i-watch-devant-le-pole-judicaire-financier/.
- ↑ "Tunisia's Corruption Intrigue". 20 July 2017. https://magazine.zenith.me/en/politics/corruption-spotlight-tunisia.
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