Leïla Ben Ali: Difference between revisions

Leïla Ben Ali was the president of the [[Arab International Women%27s Forum|Arab Women Organization]]<ref name=ASLC>{{fr icon}} {{ar icon}} {{cite web |url=http://www.aslc.org.tn/ |title=Mission |date= |work= |publisher=Association Saïda de Lutte contre le Cancer}}</ref><ref name=AWO>{{en icon}} [http://www.awo-presidency.tn/en/arab-women-organization/ Arab Women Organization (AWO)]</ref> and chair of the [[Basma Association]], a charitable organization working to secure employment for the disabled.<ref name=BASMA>{{en icon}} {{cite web |url=http://www.basma-emploi.tn/publish/content/article.asp?ID=321 |title=Who are we? |date= |work= |publisher=Association BASMA pour la Promotion de l'Emploi des Handicapés |accessdate=24 October 2010}}</ref> In July 2010, Mrs. Ben Ali founded [[SAIDA]] to improve care for cancer patients in Tunisia.<ref name=ASLC/> During the [[Tunisian revolution]] in 2010&ndash;11, she fled with her husband and three children into exile in [[Saudi Arabia]]. During her time as [[First Lady of Tunisia]], she is believed to have enriched herself and her family through gross [[corruption]] and [[embezzlement]] of state money to finance a lavish lifestyle,<ref>{{cite news |title=Wife of Tunisian president fled riot-torn country with 1.5 TONNES of gold (that should help feed the son-in-law's pet tiger) |first=David |last=Williams |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1347938/Tunisian-presidents-wife-Leila-Trabelsi-fled-riots-35m-gold-bars.html |newspaper=Daily Mail |date=2011-01-18 |accessdate=June 13, 2011 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=WikiLeaks cables: Tunisia blocks site reporting 'hatred' of first lady |first=Ian |last=Black |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/07/wikileaks-tunisia-first-lady |newspaper=The Guardian |date=2010-12-07 |accessdate=June 13, 2011 |location=London}}</ref> factors which contributed to the protests against the regime of Ben Ali at the end of 2010. She is currently wanted by [[Interpol]] on behest of the Tunisian judiciary for [[high treason]] and [[money laundering]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tunisia asks Interpol to arrest Ben Ali and wife |last=Reuters |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41269804/ns/world_news-africa/ |newspaper=MSNBC |date=2011-01-26 |accessdate=June 13, 2011}}</ref>