May 24, 2013
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The Tunisian Revolution was an intensive campaign of civil resistance, including a series of street demonstrations taking place in Tunisia. The events began on 18 December 2010 and led to the ousting of longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011 eventually, leading to a thorough democratization of the country and to free and democratic elections which saw the victory of a coalition of the Islamist Ennahda Movement with the centre-left Congress for the Republic and the left-leaning Ettakatol as junior partners.
The demonstrations were precipitated by high unemployment, food inflation, corruption, a lack of freedom of speech and other political freedoms and poor living conditions. The protests constituted the most dramatic wave of social and political unrest in Tunisia in three decades and have resulted in scores of deaths and injuries, most of which were the result of action by police and security forces against demonstrators. The protests were sparked by the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi on 17 December 2010 and led to the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 28 days later on 14 January 2011, when he officially resigned after fleeing to Saudi Arabia, ending 23 years in power. Labour unions were said to be an integral part of the protests. The protests inspired similar actions throughout the Arab world.
(via Freebase)
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![Mock trial in Tunisia sentences Ben Ali to death [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-312000/312764/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=d524c9526476dd4e9b8398feadd847e2)
![Anger erupts in Tunisia's disenfranchised Sidi Bouzid [Future TV, Lebanon]](/images/image_cache/base-312000/312584/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=b43a272aeca9424ffa3046e38eae8744)
![Tunisia's Ennahda to form wide-based coalition [Dubai TV, UAE]](/images/image_cache/base-312000/312551/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=a2dd4246f205d25500b3ab317f9da7b1)
![Profile: Tunisia's victorious Ennahda party [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-312000/312508/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=3ca1b7fe14edd314507d7b49070301b4)
![Tunisian revolution bears its first fruit with historic election [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-312000/312478/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=04dfa1e6b505fed3c1f9309d822fe3c6)
![Tunisia vows no poll rigging, calls on people to vote [Oman TV, Oman]](/images/image_cache/base-312000/312458/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=4d79ee4940519cb22ab151078652b9b6)