26-12-2018, por Agência France-Presse em Kasserine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/26/tunisia-protests-spread-after-journalist-sets-himself-on-fire
Tunisia protests spread after journalist sets himself on fire
Clashes with security forces in further towns as anger grows at self-immolation in Kasserine and unfulfilled pledges of 2011
(..) In a video before his death Zorgui said “for the sons of Kasserine who have no means of subsistence, today I start a revolution”.
The self-immolation of a street vendor in Tunisia, late 2010, in protest at police harassment sparked Tunisia’s revolution and the Arab Spring uprisings across the rest of the region the next year.
Kasserine was one of the first cities to rise up after the death of the vendor – Mohammed Bouazizi – in protests where police killed demonstrators. The unrest spread across the country and led to the overthrow of the long-time dictator, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Despite the country’s democratic transition since then, authorities are still struggling to improve poor living conditions in the face of rampant inflation and persistent unemployment. (Continua)
2018-12-27
