| 5,899,185 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
|
Police demonstrate to call for resignation of interim prime minister |
| 5,899,189 |
36.07579 |
10.43859 |
Tunisia |
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Former member of Ghadaffi's government arrested in Tunisia |
| 5,899,193 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
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Police demonstrate to call for resignation of interim prime minister |
| 5,899,819 |
36.41742 |
8.75463 |
Tunisia |
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A Salafist mob set fire to the local police station and the branch office of the Congress for the Republic (CPR) political party. Rioters then threw stones at firefighters trying to douse the flames, and police responded with tear gas. An associated group attacked a second police station armed with knives, stones, sticks and Molotov cocktails. Salafists occupied a number of the city's mosques and broadcasted messages calling for an Islamic holy war .The town has lately seen an increase in Salafist rioting and organized attack. |
| 5,899,824 |
36.41742 |
8.75463 |
Tunisia |
|
200 or so men occupyied a mosque in downtown Jendouba, using the mosque as a base from which they launched pro-Islamist riots downtown. Bouts of confrontation between rioters and police took place, with police firing teargas canisters and protesters taking refuge intermittently in the mosque. |
| 5,899,829 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
|
Police used batons to repel around 300 Protesters as they attempted to storm the venue of the inaugural summit of the "Friends of Syria," an international meeting of 67 countries convened in Tunis to promote humanitarian relief in Syria and support opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Protesters opposed Western intervention in Syria and Tunisia's complicity in the conference. |
| 5,899,835 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
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More than 3,000 demonstraters marched toward the Interior Ministry headquarters to express outrage against recent, coordinated acts of vandalism on UGTT offices. The protests condemned Ennadha, the Islamist majority coalition party, for organizing the attacks in order to silence governmental opposition. Security forces attempted to usher the protesters away from the Ministry. After several isolated clashes occurred between police officers and the crowd, the police used to tear gas to disperse the gathering. The Tunisian Communist Workers' Party (POCT ) and centre-left "Ettajid" party were also present. |
| 5,899,841 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
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Seven attacks on journalists by policeman occurred during a February 25 protest-turned-riot by members of the UGTT, who had assembled at the Ministry of the Interior to demonstrate against recent ransacking of UGTT offices. Police used tear gas to disperse the gathering and assaulted journalists covering the event. |
| 5,899,846 |
36.61691 |
8.96685 |
Tunisia |
|
Angry crowds burned a police station in the district of Bousalem during the nighttime. The rioters allegedly condemned government inaction in assisting Bousalem residents after severe floods in the district in recent weeks, claiming they were isolated from assistance by road closures. Interior Minister Ali Laarayedh and Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali visited the region. |
| 5,900,116 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
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Ministry of the Interior lifts ban on demonstrations in Habib Bourguiba Avenue, Tunis ahead of an inquiry into police crackdown on 9 April rally. |
