| 5,902,115 |
35.03823 |
9.48494 |
Tunisia |
|
Clashes erupt during protests in Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid |
| 5,899,549 |
32.92967 |
10.45177 |
Tunisia |
|
A 27-year-old protester self-immolated at a bus station in the city center of Gebeli, southern Tunisia. He was protesting the continued imprisonment of his brother after the interim government released thousands of prisoners to commemorate the 2011 outster of former-president Ben Ali. The protester was hospitalized. |
| 5,899,554 |
34.3827 |
8.15549 |
Tunisia |
|
Agricultural workers represented by the UGTT staged a hunger strike to protest poor living conditions as well as government nonintervention and neglect in the mining district of Gafsa. The strikers claim that they will close down Gafsa Phosphate Company if their demands are not met. No property was damaged. |
| 5,899,558 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
|
Commemorating the anniversary of Tunisia's 2011 revolution and outster of former-President Ben Ali, thousands of Tunisians, many of them wearing the red and white of the national flag, turned out in central Tunis calling for jobs and reform. A cluster of protesters wore the black flag of Salafist Islamists. |
| 5,899,562 |
35.85798 |
9.20072 |
Tunisia |
|
Local protesters maintained barricades put in place on January 13 in the streets of Makthar, a plateau town suffering from unemployment, no running water or gas, and limited infrastructural investment. |
| 5,899,566 |
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. |
| 5,899,571 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
|
Amnesty or conditional release was granted to 9,000 detainees, including Tunisian and foreign prisoners, in commemoration of the anniversary of Tunisia's 2011 revolution. Death sentences against another 122 detainees were commuted to life imprisonment |
| 5,899,576 |
34.3827 |
8.15549 |
Tunisia |
|
Agricultural workers represented by the UGTT staged a hunger strike to protest poor living conditions as well as government nonintervention and neglect in the mining district of Gafsa. The strikers claim that they will close down Gafsa Phosphate Company if their demands are not met. No property was damaged. |
| 5,899,580 |
35.85798 |
9.20072 |
Tunisia |
|
Local protesters maintained barricades put in place on January 13 in the streets of Makthar, a plateau town suffering from unemployment, no running water or gas, and limited infrastructural investment. |
| 5,899,584 |
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. |
