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North Africa: 'Arab Spring' Five-Year Anniversary - Region Remains Mired in Repression
AI London, 16 December 2015
New factsheet on human rights situation half a decade since Tunisian fruit-seller's death led to mass protests Read more »
Five Years After Arab Spring, Repression Still Rife - NGO
Five years ago an impoverished young street trader, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself alight in a desperate act of protest against the repressive government of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia. His action led to an unprecedented outburst of popular protests and demands for reform across the region.
A picture of Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian man who set himself alight to protest against harassment by local officials in his country, hangs in a street corner (file photo).
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