| 5,899,671 |
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. |
| 5,899,675 |
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. |
| 5,899,679 |
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. |
| 5,899,683 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
|
A group of salafists protested against the ban of niqab (full-face veil) in France. They gathered at the French Embassy in Tunis to defend Hind Ahmas, a Moroccan-French national who was arrested for sporting the full-face veil in public in Meaux (east of Paris) and refusing to remove it. |
| 5,899,687 |
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. |
| 5,899,693 |
34.60433 |
9.60815 |
Tunisia |
|
Three men affiliated with the Young Democratic Progressive movement were kidnapped and robbed by a group of thirty armed men before escaping. The attackers have not been detained but several were identified as prisoners recently granted general amnesty by Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki. |
| 5,899,699 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
|
A group of supporters for the Syrian revolt against Bashar Al-Assad held a demonstration to spread awareness and urge the government to recognize the Syrian National Committee. The supporters were allied with the Association of the Syrian Diaspora in Tunisia and the Tunisian Association for Defending the Syrian Revolution. |
| 5,899,703 |
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. |
| 5,899,713 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
|
A group of Salafists protested against Nessma TV executive Nabil Karoui on the date of his January 23 trial for "libeling a religion" and "distributing or displaying information 'that can harm public order or good morals.'" They assembled outside the courthouse where Karoui was being tried chanting anti-Secularist slogans. Another group of pro-Nessma demonstrators assembled in counter-protest. The trial was subsequently delayed to April 19. |
| 5,899,717 |
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. |
