SocialConflictLocation List

Id Latitude Longitude Country Geo Name Id Description
6,086,052 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Salafists attack the offices of a private TV station that aired Persepolis, a French-Iranian animation film in which God is portrayed as an old bearded man.
6,086,058 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Salafists protest in front of a TV station that they accuse of blasphemy for airing a film with an image of God. Police use tear gas. Several hours later, about a hundred men fire bomb the TV station. Thousands of marchers then gather to denounce the station.
6,086,064 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Women protest to protect their rights after the election victory of an Islamist party.
6,086,070 35.167599 8.8365097 Tunisia Thousands protest over the exclusion of local residents from a list of those killed in the 2010 uprising. Demonstrators set fire to a prison, rob a bank, and loot a government agency. Police use tear gas.
6,086,076 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia A sit-in by ultraconservative Muslims, who are not university students, demanding students be allowed to attend classes in the conservatve face veil
6,086,084 33.166672 11.56667 Tunisia Border guards stop work, complaining of a lack of protection against armed fighters on the Libyan side of the border.
6,086,091 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Liberal demonstrators rally in front of parliament to protest against extremism during the drafting of a new constitution. Thousands of Islamists descend on the liberals, prompting a riot. Police use tear gas.
6,086,098 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia A protest was held against the Tunis Military Tribunal
6,086,105 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Students and faculty condemning the interruption of classes at a nearby university where Salafists are having a sit-in to demand the niqab can be worn in classes.
6,086,113 34.424999 8.7841997 Tunisia Four separate instances of self-immolation. This act has become a symbolic protest for unemployed people who have lost all hope.
6,086,116 36.088722 9.3645334 Tunisia Four separate instances of self-immolation. This act has become a symbolic protest for unemployed people who have lost all hope.
6,086,119 37.274399 9.87391 Tunisia Four separate instances of self-immolation. This act has become a symbolic protest for unemployed people who have lost all hope.
6,086,124 35.167599 8.8365097 Tunisia Youths protested unemployment and the price of basic goods by heckling the visiting president and prime minister
6,086,133 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Ultraconservatives chanted anti-Semitic slogans during the arrival of a top Hamas official
6,086,140 35.8606 9.2058001 Tunisia A protest and general strike against the lack of progress since Ben Ali fled. Locals say there are no jobs, no running water, no gas, and corrupt officials and investors.
6,086,148 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Protests marking the one year anniversary of the ex-president's departure. Some protesters demanded jobs and dignity from the new government. Others called for recognition of those killed during the uprising. Certain groups called for an Islamic Tunisia or shouted anti-American slogans
6,086,153 36.088722 9.3645334 Tunisia Demonstrations and general strikes demanding jobs, housing, and regional development
6,086,159 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia A march to denounce the violence committed by ultraconservative Islamist groups in recent months. Islamists held a counter-protest nearby.
6,086,169 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia The ultraconservative Muslims protested the IMF visit, claiming IMF measures have only increased unemployment and impoverished the country
6,086,175 31.0282 9.8712196 Tunisia Border guards stopped a car at a checkpoint and the men inside opened fire with assault rifles.
6,086,181 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia A protest against the president's comments that they were an insignificant minority. Protesters called for Islamic law.
6,086,187 33.594799 9.2448597 Tunisia Municipal workers went on strike
6,086,194 36.501099 8.7793999 Tunisia Salafists, protesting the arrest of a man, threw petrol bombs and stones and tried to break into police stations. They also took control of many of the cities mosques and were broadcasting calls for a holy war.
6,086,200 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Demonstrators tried to storm a conference being held by Arab and Western officials over the crisis in Syria. Protesters carried signs criticizing Clinton and Obama. The conference was working towards putting pressure on the Syrian president to step down and allow humanitarian aid
6,086,209 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Trade members marched to denounce the Islamist-led government, which has growing tensions with the leftist opposition. The opposition has a strong presence in the union.
6,086,215 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Students from the leftist student union and Salafis on the campus got into a fight
6,086,227 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Protesters called for a clean up of the state television output, particularly Wataniyam whose directors were close with the ex-president. After approximately 50 days of protesting, Islamists clashed with the stations employees. The government then asked the protesters to leave and they did.
6,086,235 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Eggs were thrown at the walls of mosques in Ben Guerdane and torn up pages of the Koran were found inside. In Tunis, stars of David were drawn on the walls of a mosque.
6,086,238 33.133301 11.2167 Tunisia Eggs were thrown at the walls of mosques in Ben Guerdane and torn up pages of the Koran were found inside. In Tunis, stars of David were drawn on the walls of a mosque.
6,086,243 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia A demonstration calling for the assembly writing Tunisia's new constitution to apply Islamic law
6,086,249 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia People gathered to celebrate the state's anniversary of winning its independence from France and chanted slogans against the Salafists' campaign for an Islamist state
6,086,254 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia A rally demanding Islamic law become the main source of legislation. Anti-semitic slogans were chanted at the rally
6,086,261 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia A rally outside the national assembly building to protest normalisation of ties with Israel
6,086,266 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Protesters chanted slogans against the government because they claimed nothing had changed since the revolution
6,086,272 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Protesters gathered to denounce the protest ban on the main avenue and the power the Ennahda party has gained since the revolution. In tunis, police brutally clamped down on the event with tear gas and batons. Protesters clashed with police and threw objects at them, including a firebomb
6,086,275 35.783298 10.8333 Tunisia Protesters gathered to denounce the protest ban on the main avenue and the power the Ennahda party has gained since the revolution. In tunis, police brutally clamped down on the event with tear gas and batons. Protesters clashed with police and threw objects at them, including a firebomb
6,086,280 32.051399 9.2395 Tunisia A town exploded in protest in desperation for work when CPG could only take a fraction of those who applied. Protesters set a police station on fire and threw stones at police. They also set fire to the company's administrative buildings.
6,086,288 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Weeks of camping outside of the jobs industry ended with a march condemning the new government's lack of action on the unemploymant issue. Some protesters threatened mass suicide if things were not changed.
6,086,297 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia The trial for a television station that screen a film insulting sacred values reopened, with protests in support and opposition of the defendant outside of the court house
6,086,307 33.920601 8.1332998 Tunisia A Tunisian taxi driver set himself on fire to call attention to his right to a plot of state-owned land
6,086,313 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia The ex-Prime Minister of Libya went on a hunger strike to resist a possible extradition and protest Tunisia's PM's comments denouncing refuge to those who threaten Libya's security.
6,086,321 35.678101 10.0963 Tunisia Hardline Islamists gathered for their second annual meeting, waving black flags and chanting. The movement's objective is to apply Islamic law in Tunisia.
6,086,326 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Unemployed people with university degrees protested that the government has taken no action to solve the unemployment problem
6,086,331 36.501099 8.7793999 Tunisia Salafists torched police stations and attacked bars selling alcohol
6,086,337 34.094799 9.7448597 Tunisia Judges went on strike to protest government removal of 82 judges for corruption and ties to the previous regime
6,086,343 34.094799 9.7448597 Tunisia Teachers and health workers went on strike calling for higher wages
6,086,351 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Ennahda Party supporters protested against Tunisia's Central Court
6,086,359 36.819 10.1658 Tunisia Salafists demanded four works of art be taken down because they were offensive to sacred values. Supporters of the exhibit faced off with the men outside the gallery. That night, the salafists broke into the gallery and slashed multiple canvases and dismantled an installation. The following day, rioters tried to force their way into the gallery. In Tunis, police fired tear gas at salafists who torched and pillaged a courthouse and multiple police stations. In Jendouba, a Salafist attacked a security guard.
6,086,365 36.501099 8.7793999 Tunisia Salafists demanded four works of art be taken down because they were offensive to sacred values. Supporters of the exhibit faced off with the men outside the gallery. That night, the salafists broke into the gallery and slashed multiple canvases and dismantled an installation. The following day, rioters tried to force their way into the gallery. In Tunis, police fired tear gas at salafists who torched and pillaged a courthouse and multiple police stations. In Jendouba, a Salafist attacked a security guard.
6,086,369 35.8256 10.6411 Tunisia Salafists demanded four works of art be taken down because they were offensive to sacred values. Supporters of the exhibit faced off with the men outside the gallery. That night, the salafists broke into the gallery and slashed multiple canvases and dismantled an installation. The following day, rioters tried to force their way into the gallery. In Tunis, police fired tear gas at salafists who torched and pillaged a courthouse and multiple police stations. In Jendouba, a Salafist attacked a security guard.