Around 50 protesters in Tunis marched to the Ministry of Commerce to demand food sovereignty and in support of agricultural workers' protests against privatization and deregulation of the farming industry.
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Dozens of Young People in the Tunisian southern city of Tataouine have set up road blocks and marched against promised government action for employment in the marginalized region. The unemployment rate in Tataouine currently stands at around 30%, one of the highest in the country. In July of 2020 already, protesters managed to get into an oil production facility and to close a pipeline, which transported half of the Country's oil. This forced the government to make concessions and promise investments in the region, but nothing serious has been done yet.
Over a thousand protesters gathered in Tunis on the 8th anniversary of the assassination of left-wing political figure Chokri Belaid, demanding the end of police in Tunisia and the release of over 1000 protesters and youth arrested since the beginning of the unrest in the country in mid-January.
Dozens of youth protested at the town hall of the northeastern city of Akouda, waving anarchist flags and dropping banners to demand free and public education for all of Tunisia, using the phrase "You've fucked with the wrong generation" that became famous during the Arab Spring.
Anti-government protesters in Tunis gathered at Human Rights Plaza to demand the release of imprisoned youth and activists during the new spring of demonstrations, marching to the city center and confronting a line of riot cops who blocked them from advancing. Protesters in response threw paint bombs, drenching the police, and smoking marijuana in front of them in defiance of the country's outlawing of the drug.
Dozens of union workers in the city of Kef marched to demand an increase in living conditions and the release of those arrested during recent anti-government demonstrations in Tunisia.
Hundreds of protesters gathered at the funeral of Haykel Rachdi to demand justice for the young activist who died after being shot in the head by a tear gas canister by police in the Kasserine Province city of Sbeitla. Police tear-gassed the funeral and made several arrests of women, children, and young men.
Hundreds of protesters in Tunis gathered to demand the release of jailed activists, an increase in living conditions and employment opportunities for youth and married women, who in recent times have been removed from the public recruitment list. Demonstrators marched from Ettadhamen, the poorest city in the capital, waving signs with socialist slogans, red stars, and anarchist symbols.
Riots broke out in the Kasserine province city of Sbeitla, following the death of a protester of injuries sustained when a police officer shot at his head with a tear gas canister. Demonstrators set the police station on fire and launched firecrackers at police, demanding justice for their murdered comrade-in-arms.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Tunis to demand the release of all prisoners of the recent uprising in the country, as well as to demand economic sovereignty from European neocolonialism and the ruling class. Police attacked the demonstration, injuring and arresting several peaceful protesters in the crowd.
Family members of activists & youth arrested during recent riots in Siliana protested outside of the local Court of First Instance to demand that the government of Tunisia release them immediately.
Sporadic protests occurred across Tunisia, centered around Sbeitla, Sidi Bouzid, and Tunis. Demonstrators in a town near Sidi Bouzid placed barricades and protested to demand a betterment of living conditions, clashing with police. In Sbeitla, near the city of Kasserine, youth clashed with police who deployed tear gas in the streets, dispersing the crowd. Family members of arrested protesters & activists demonstrated in Tunis, condemning the degeneration of the Arab Spring revolution and calling for the downfall of the regime.
Hundreds of protesters returned to the streets of Tunis, even in spite of heavy repression by riot police and the National Guard, who repeatedly used tear gas on youth and families of arrested or killed activists, who demanded a complete reconstruction of the Tunisian government.
Thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Tunisia during a 5th day of demonstrations against the classist & police state, demanding a radical redistribution of wealth from the rich and police to social programs. Significant clashes with the National Guard occurred in Tunis, more specifically the illegally built neighborhood of Ettadhamen, where the poverty rate is near 70% and the average monthly salary is $100.
Thousands of Tunisians returned to the streets 10 years after the Arab Spring, demanding change to the country's endemic corruption and lack of social services to fit the needs of the people and those in renewed poverty as a result of the COVID pandemic. Despite widespread police repression with tear gas and beatings, protesters held strong in many cities across the country.