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25th August 2011, 12:24
Anti-government protests took place across Tunisia on August 15. Thousands of Tunisians participated, denouncing the interim government. They demanded the resignation of interim Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi and his government because they have failed to prosecute officials of the toppled regime of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who fled the country in January, or improve conditions for the mass of the population.
Hundreds of protesters gathered for a rally in front of the cathedral in Tunis. The state deployed armored vehicles sealing off Habib Bourguiba Avenue, a major thoroughfare, to prevent protesters from marching on the interior ministry building.
They called for the independence of the justice system and the resignation of the interim government. The crowd chanted slogans demanding a new revolution and declaring the people want the system to fall, as well as accusing the interior ministry of terrorism.
One protester told Reuters: We need a new revolution ... Nothing has changed. This government should leave right now.
Read the full article at WSWS: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/aug2011/tuni-a25.shtml
Hundreds of protesters gathered for a rally in front of the cathedral in Tunis. The state deployed armored vehicles sealing off Habib Bourguiba Avenue, a major thoroughfare, to prevent protesters from marching on the interior ministry building.
They called for the independence of the justice system and the resignation of the interim government. The crowd chanted slogans demanding a new revolution and declaring the people want the system to fall, as well as accusing the interior ministry of terrorism.
One protester told Reuters: We need a new revolution ... Nothing has changed. This government should leave right now.
Read the full article at WSWS: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/aug2011/tuni-a25.shtml