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Center for strategic development studies SBZ 17 April 2011

Center for strategic development studies SBZ 17 April 2011. The Tunisian revolution ; Development, Liberty, Citizenship, Dignity. The reasons behind the revolution. For decades, human dignity has been scorned by the ruling powers in Tunisia Liberties were scorned

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Center for strategic development studies SBZ 17 April 2011

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  1. Center for strategic development studies SBZ 17 April 2011 The Tunisian revolution; Development, Liberty, Citizenship, Dignity

  2. The reasonsbehind the revolution For decades, human dignity has been scorned by the ruling powers in Tunisia • Liberties were scorned • Socio-economic rights were confiscated • Corruption was built into the power system • The enrichment of the mafia was generalised • In other words, daily crimes were organised against the citizens

  3. How did the Ben Ali regimehandle the revolution ? Fire, Mohamed Bouazizi was the straw that broke the camel’s back : • His immolation sparked the start of the revolution; • The peaceful protests of young people was launched on • 17 December 2010 ; • The initial reaction of the government was to marginalise the events; • But the demonstrations grew as the number of victims increased; • After 17 days of peaceful protests in the area of Sidi Bouzid, the protests reached the neighbouring provinces.

  4. How did the Ben Ali regimereact in the face of the revolution ? • As usual, the regime intensified its terrorising actions by killing more and more people as was the case in Kasserine and Tala; • The young people’s peaceful revolution intensified; • Barriers ceded, the revolution generalisted and the dictorial regime of General Ben Ali fell on 14 January 2011.

  5. Victims in numbers • During the peaceful revolution: • Amongst civilians, 300 dead and thousands • injured following shootings on crowds; • 0 victims agmonst the authorities; • These results show the contrasting attitudes: • peaceful demonstrators; • brutal authorities.

  6. Conclusions • This revolutionwasled by the Tunisian civil society • - It organises itself, through the Republic, • to carry out itsproject; • - It isdedicated to participate in the reconstruction of the • country by offeringconcrete propositions; • - It offersitspeacefulrevolution to the heritage of humanity. • The Center for StrategicDevelopment • Studies SBZis a NGO • In partnershipwithcitizens, itseeks to: • identify and formulatespecificneeds; • suggest solutions; • offer the implementation and follow-up • of propositions made

  7. Thank you for your attention

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