Tunisians Urged to ‘Reclaim’ Their Revolution as Protests Rage
- Demonstrations called for on 7th anniversary of 2011 uprising
- Government unable to calm unrest that’s run for 3 nights
Tunisian protesters clash with security forces in the town of Tebourba.
Photographer: Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images
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Opposition groups urged Tunisians to “reclaim their revolution” as days of sometimes violent protests over economic hardship threaten to spin out of control.
The call for major demonstrations on Jan. 14, the seventh anniversary of the fall of autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in the first of the Arab Spring revolts, came ahead of another night of violence into Thursday. Demonstrators in several cities looted shops and clashed with police, who responded with tear gas and detained nearly 330 people. The opposition bloc accused the government of presiding over a deterioration in Tunisia’s society, economy and politics.