(20 Jan 2021) Protesters gathered in Tunis on Tuesday to rally against police violence and demand the release of those arrested during nationwide demonstrations in recent days.
The demonstrators flocked to Avenue Habib Bourguiba, the centre of the 'Tunisian Revolution' in 2011, where they clashed with police trying to stop them from marching to the Interior Ministry.
"This system has caused the destruction of the country. But all this police abuse will not prevent us from demonstrating," said Jilani Hammami, a member of Tunisia's Workers' Party.
The protests erupted days after the country commemorated the 10th anniversary since the flight into exile of the iron-fisted former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was pushed from power in a popular revolt that later reached other North African and Mideast countries, known as the Arab Spring.
A budding democracy in Tunisia grew out of the aftermath and yet, despite gains, a pall of disenchantment hangs over the country, which has been stressed by extremist attacks, political infighting, a troubled economy and promises unfulfilled, including development of the interior.
Despite guaranteed rights and numerous democratic elections, protests flourish, especially in the central and southern regions where the unemployment rate among youth reaches 30% and the poverty level is above 20%.
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