Protests Resume In Tunisia

By: PIBtech on 17:00 / comment : 0 tunisia

Reuters: Violent protests resume in Tunisia after two days of calm

TUNIS (Reuters) - Violent protests erupted again on Sunday in two areas of the capital Tunis and another town after a relatively calm two days, the latest protests in the country against austerity measures.

After nearly a week of at times violent protests, police used tear gas against dozens of young protesters in the Ettadamen district of Tunis in renewed demonstrations over a tax hike.

A Reuters witness saw youths around 20 years old throwing stones at police cars and setting fire to tires before security forces drove them back with tear gas.

Witnesses told Reuters that violent protests were also taking place in Kram district in the capital.

Protesters in Feriana city near the Algerian border tried to cut off roads and police were chasing protesters in the streets of the city and firing gas bombs.

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By: PIBtech on 07:00 / comment : 0 tunisia

DW: Tunisia hit by third night of violent protests

Tunisians have taken to the streets of several cities including the capital in a third night of violent protests. The government has vowed to crack down.

More than 300 people were arrested and nearly 50 police officers wounded overnight on Wednesday in continued unrest in Tunisia over price hikes and austerity measures, the interior ministry said.

In the town of Thala, located near the border with Algeria, protestors torched the region's national security headquarters, prompting police forces to retreat and authorities to deploy soldiers.

Peaceful demonstrations erupted last week, but turned violent on Monday and Tuesday as they spread to more than 20 towns including in the suburbs of the capital, Tunis. Fresh clashes were reported across several towns for a third night on Wednesday.

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Tunisia unrest: Arrests, clashes persist amid price rises -- AP
Tunisia hit by new anti-austerity protests -- BBC
Tunisia deploys army, makes 300 arrests as violent unrest persists -- Reuters
Protests hit Tunisia for third night as PM warns of clampdown -- Reuters
Tunisia protests: Hundreds arrested after fourth night of unrest -- CNN
Third night of unrest in Tunisia as hundreds arrested -- AFP
Tunisia deploys troops countrywide following protests -- Anadolu Agency
'You Can't Survive Anymore': Tunisia Protests Rising Prices and Taxes -- New York Times
Tunisia protests: authorities accused of indiscriminate crackdown -- The Guardian
Tunisia protests: What's at stake? -- Euronews