| 5,899,418 |
31.938 |
10.617 |
Tunisia |
|
A patrol of Tunisian gendarmes exchanged fire with a Libyan armed group that tried to penetrate Tunisian territory. The assailants were forced to pull back. The event corresponded with the date of President Moncef Marzouki's first diplomatic visit to Libya. |
| 5,899,422 |
36.80803 |
10.09721 |
Tunisia |
|
Salafist-inspired protesters comprised mostly of unenrolled students staged a sit-in to demonstrate against a law preventing women from attending Manouba University--a secular, public school--wearing the niqab. The salafist protesters also demanded a place for prayer. |
| 5,899,426 |
36.80803 |
10.09721 |
Tunisia |
|
Salafist-inspired protesters comprised mostly of unenrolled students staged a sit-in to demonstrate against a law preventing women from attending Manouba University--a secular, public school--wearing the niqab. The salafist protesters also demanded a place for prayer. |
| 5,899,430 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
|
Hundreds of teachers and students from the Manouba University in Tunis demonstrated for the resumption of classes at the Ministry of Higher Education. Classes have been stalled due to protests asserting women's right to wear the niqab to class; counter-protesters demand government intervention in the Salafist sit-ins. |
| 5,899,433 |
36.80803 |
10.09721 |
Tunisia |
|
Salafist-inspired protesters comprised mostly of unenrolled students staged a sit-in to demonstrate against a law preventing women from attending Manouba University--a secular, public school--wearing the niqab. The salafist protesters also demanded a place for prayer. |
| 5,899,438 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
|
Two journalists covering a protest at the Ministry of Higher Education were assaulted by plainclothes police officers. protesters were teachers from Manouba University in Tunis demanding the resumption of classes, which have been stopped all month due to protests against a law preventing women from attending school wearing the niqab. |
| 5,899,444 |
34.425 |
8.7417 |
Tunisia |
|
200 young people staged a sit-in and began throwing stones at security forces in front of the Governate Headquarters to demand jobs as three ministers from Tunisia's social affairs, industry and employment ministries visited Gafsa to discuss unemployment. Police responded with tear gas. The riot, which spread to police outposts throughout the city, was sparked by the self-immolation of a 42-year-old unemployed father at the demonstration, who set himself on fire after being refused audience with the ministers . He was airlifted via military helicopter to the Trauma and Burn Center of Ben Arous and succumbed to his wounds January 9. |
| 5,899,448 |
36.80803 |
10.09721 |
Tunisia |
|
Salafist-inspired protesters comprised mostly of unenrolled students ended or changed the location of a weeks-long sit-in that they had staged to demonstrate against a law preventing women from attending Manouba University--a secular, public school--wearing the niqab. The sit-in at the Dean's office lasted from November 28 to January 5 before moving locations in Manouba. |
| 5,899,452 |
36.80803 |
10.09721 |
Tunisia |
|
Salafist-inspired protesters comprised mostly of unenrolled students staged a sit-in to demonstrate against a law preventing women from attending Manouba University--a secular, public school--wearing the niqab. The salafist protesters also demanded a place for prayer. |
| 5,899,456 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
|
A group of bearded men protested in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, calling upon the government to push for the release of more than 100 Tunisian prisoners detained in Iraq since 2003. |
