Violence and Coverage have Stopped, Protests Continue
Unemployed protesters took to the streets again today, January 28, in the governorates of Kasserine, Gafsa, Kebili, Sidi Bouzid, Beja, Tataouine, Sousse and Kairouan.
Tag: Unemployment
Essid at ARP: ‘Nothing ado about Much’
Essid: "Addressing unemployment falls upon all of us,” and "there is need to arrive at consensual solutions" How, what and when were not included in his speech to ARP.
Tunisia: Daytime Protests, Nighttime Curfew
While respecting a nighttime curfew, across Tunisia protesters made use of the day to resume sit-ins and marches throughout the country which was entering a second week protests over unemployment, corruption and government policies. Unemployment [...]
Tunisian and International NGO’s Express Support for Protesters
Forty Tunisian and International NGO's were signatories to a joint statement which expressed their solidarity with the protesters who took to the streets of Tunisia since the death of Ridha Yahyaoui in Kasserine on [...]
Tunisia: Relative Calm After Second Night of Curfew
The second night of a nationwide curfew saw several arrests for curfew violations and for acts of violence or looting committed earlier in the week. Although there were a few reported incidents overnight Saturday [...]
Second Security Agent Dead in Gafsa, Nationwide Curfew to be Extended
The body of a security agent was found dead in Gafsa near the Houcine Bouzaine Regional Hospital on Saturday, bearing signs of violence, the victim who was 40 years old has not been publicly identified [...]
Cleanup in Kasserine, “Security Situation Improving” Nationwide
Kasserine and Tunisia awoke to a relative calm after the first night of a nationwide 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew, after nearly a week of protests following the death of Ridha Yahyaoui, an [...]
Nationwide Curfew in Tunisia as Protests Continue
As protests continued in Tunisia on Friday, with limited rioting in the suburbs of Tunis and governorates throughout Tunisia, the government declared a nationwide 8 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew. Prime Minister Habib Essid cut short [...]