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Basma Khalfaoui
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'''Basma Khalfaoui''' () (born [[El Kef]] 20 August 1970),<ref name="Liberation"/><ref name="JA">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> is a Tunisian lawyer, political activist and long-time advocate for the women's movement who rose to national prominence following the assassination of her husband [[Chokri Belaid]] in 2013.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Early life==
Basma Khalfaoui was one of six children born to a father who died when she was very young and an uneducated mother who raised the family alone with very modest means. After finishing school at the [[:fr:Lycée de la rue du Pacha]] in Tunis she studied law at university. Here she became an activist in the [[:fr:Union générale des étudiants de Tunisie]] and joined the [[Tunisian Association of Democratic Women]] in 1995.<ref name="JA"/><ref name="Liberation"/> At university she met Chokri Belaid in 1999, with whom she went to Paris for postgraduate studies. The couple married in Paris in 2002 before returning to Tunisia and beginning their careers as lawyers. She practised civil and property law.<ref name="Liberation"/>
==Campaign for justice==
On 6 February 2013 her husband was assassinated by [[Salafist]] extremists in front of their home in Tunis.<ref name=maj27feb>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Identifying his killers, bringing them to justice, and exposing the alleged political cover-up which has protected them has been the main purpose of her work since that date.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In 2017 Khalfaoui described her husband's murder as a 'state crime'.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In 2018 her office was broken into and documents relating to her husband's case were damaged.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Later she publicly called for the dissolution of the [[Ennahda Movement|Ennahda Party]], which she accused of trafficking weapons into Tunisia.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Politics==
She had long disclaimed any political ambition and had refused to stand in the [[2014 Tunisian parliamentary election]], despite having joined in 2012 the [[Democratic Patriots' Unified Party|Watad Party]] where her late husband had been Secretary General.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> Nevertheless on 21 April 2019 she announced her intention to stand in the forthcoming elections to the Tunisian [[Assembly of the Representatives of the People|Assembly]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Family==
Basma Khalfaoui has two daughters by Chokri Belaid, named Nayrouz and Nada.<ref name="Liberation">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="Liberation"/>
==References==
[[Category:Tunisian women activists]]
[[Category:Tunisian women lawyers]]
'''Basma Khalfaoui''' () (born [[El Kef]] 20 August 1970),<ref name="Liberation"/><ref name="JA">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> is a Tunisian lawyer, political activist and long-time advocate for the women's movement who rose to national prominence following the assassination of her husband [[Chokri Belaid]] in 2013.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Early life==
Basma Khalfaoui was one of six children born to a father who died when she was very young and an uneducated mother who raised the family alone with very modest means. After finishing school at the [[:fr:Lycée de la rue du Pacha]] in Tunis she studied law at university. Here she became an activist in the [[:fr:Union générale des étudiants de Tunisie]] and joined the [[Tunisian Association of Democratic Women]] in 1995.<ref name="JA"/><ref name="Liberation"/> At university she met Chokri Belaid in 1999, with whom she went to Paris for postgraduate studies. The couple married in Paris in 2002 before returning to Tunisia and beginning their careers as lawyers. She practised civil and property law.<ref name="Liberation"/>
==Campaign for justice==
On 6 February 2013 her husband was assassinated by [[Salafist]] extremists in front of their home in Tunis.<ref name=maj27feb>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Identifying his killers, bringing them to justice, and exposing the alleged political cover-up which has protected them has been the main purpose of her work since that date.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
In 2017 Khalfaoui described her husband's murder as a 'state crime'.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> In 2018 her office was broken into and documents relating to her husband's case were damaged.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Later she publicly called for the dissolution of the [[Ennahda Movement|Ennahda Party]], which she accused of trafficking weapons into Tunisia.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Politics==
She had long disclaimed any political ambition and had refused to stand in the [[2014 Tunisian parliamentary election]], despite having joined in 2012 the [[Democratic Patriots' Unified Party|Watad Party]] where her late husband had been Secretary General.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref></ref> Nevertheless on 21 April 2019 she announced her intention to stand in the forthcoming elections to the Tunisian [[Assembly of the Representatives of the People|Assembly]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Family==
Basma Khalfaoui has two daughters by Chokri Belaid, named Nayrouz and Nada.<ref name="Liberation">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref><ref name="Liberation"/>
==References==
[[Category:Tunisian women activists]]
[[Category:Tunisian women lawyers]]
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