May 25, 2013
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Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is a Tunisian political figure who was the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. Ben Ali was appointed Prime Minister in October 1987, and he assumed the Presidency on 7 November 1987 in a bloodless coup d'état that ousted President Habib Bourguiba, who was declared incompetent. Ben Ali was subsequently reelected with enormous majorities, each time exceeding 90% of the vote; the final reelection was on 25 October 2009.
On 14 January 2011, following a month of protests against his rule, he was forced to flee to Saudi Arabia along with his wife Leïla Ben Ali and their three children. The interim Tunisian government asked for Interpol to issue an international arrest warrant, charging him for money laundering and drugs trafficking. A Tunisian court sentenced Ben Ali and his wife in absentia to 35 years in prison on 20 June 2011 on charges of theft and unlawful possession of cash and jewellery. In June 2012, a Tunisian court sentenced him in absentia to life imprisonment for inciting violence and murder.
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![Tunisians take to the streets to denounce the transitional government [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-311000/311469/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=6c308c4880974e304479969280148292)
![Ben Ali and relatives accused of illegally acquiring public land [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-311000/311147/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=8896f306fe37e4412ff99e2b5e2a3d8c)
![Tunisians call for a 'second revolution' [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-304000/304461/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=68bdc8ed25f84d9bbc12fa7256c8aa7a)
![Six months after the revolution, anger persists in Tunisia [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-209000/209913/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=6e581cdf605c62a244f3cb1a7c365ec8)
![Tunisia's Ben Ali stands trial [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-68000/68423/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=6a34fef59a14bea76cc3de9ba53bc817)
![Is Saudi Arabia trying to suppress the Arab Spring? [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-43000/43919/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=69aa3815fd035a3afbafffe8f7a0aea2)
![Journalists risk their lives for Arab Spring coverage [Al Jazeera, Qatar]](/images/image_cache/base-9000/9682/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=1709a1f74993d96336ea9359c03b37b1)