FNSI: "shocked" Congress FNSI, in a motion approved unanimously expressed "outrage at the attack suffered today by the TG3 journalists who were doing their jobs in Tunis to document the ongoing protests throughout the country" . "Congress - continues in motion - expresses closeness, solidarity and support for the Union ... Tunisian journalists loudly at this time claiming their right and duty to inform the social protest that has ravaged the country for weeks and the harsh repression that has already caused dozens of deaths .... '... For Press Freedom in Tunisia: with this slogan and pictures of those killed in the troubles, the Tunisian colleagues have attempted to take to the streets but were blocked by police at the headquarters of their union. We are, and we will always side with the IFJ, the Tunisian Journalists in their fight against censorship and for freedom of information ... "
WITNESS: A 27 year old DEAD" in Hammamet was killed, hit by fire police, a twenty-seven protesters. The ANSA reported a witness who said he witnessed the clashes. This is the first victim in the area.
ESCALATION OF FIGHTING The spark that triggered the revolt of young Tunisians came on a little over three weeks ago in Sidi Bouzid, in central Tunisia, with the desperate act of a peddler who set himself on fire. Then the protest against high prices and unemployment has spread to the rest of the country, to the streets of Tunis.
December 18, 2010 - Mohamed Bouaziz sets himself on fire outside the building of the government of Sidi Bouzid to protest against the confiscation by police of his abusive feast of fruits and vegetables. He died Jan. 5.
December 24, 2010 - In the wake of the desperate act of Bouaziz, the entire region becomes the scene of events that degenerate into clashes with police. A Menzel Bouzayane a boy aged 18 was killed by a blow of a firearm. Another protester died Jan. 1 from his injuries.
December 27, 2010 - The protest comes in the capital, a dozen people will be injured during a demonstration.
December 29 - Two more young unemployed people attempt suicide in Gafsa and Sidi Bouzid Zar. In a government reshuffle, decided after the protests, President Ben Ali appoints new Minister of Youth, Trade, Communication and Religious Affairs.
January 4, 2011 - After several days of relative calm you turn the protests of students and unemployed at different sites in Tunisia.
January 7, 2011 - The United States expressed "concern" for what happens in the North African country and summoned the Tunisian ambassador in Washington. Meanwhile, there are five wounded among the demonstrators near Sidi Bouzid.
January 8, 2011 - Another vendor sets himself on fire in Sidi Bouzid. In Tunis, held a large demonstration organized by the Tunisian General Workers ask for "bread and dignity." The Italian foreign minister, Franco Frattini, says 'worried' and supports the government "to intervene on the prices of 'food and' to restore calm."
January 9, 2011 - During the night between 8 and 9 January, they ignite protests and Thala Kasserine. At the end of the day, the budget will be 14 dead according to government sources, 28 according to other testimony. The historical leader of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, Ben Ali calls for "an end to fire" against innocent citizens.
January 10, 2011 - According to radio Kalima, the death toll from clashes the previous days amount to 50 deaths. In a speech to the nation President Ben Ali accused the perpetrators of the riots of 'acts of terrorism "and denounced" foreign interference. " The government announced the closure of schools and universities, until further notice. The EU condemns the violence and the arrest of dissidents.
January 11, 2011 - The official death toll of the clashes at the weekend rose to 21. Revolt broke out in the suburbs of Tunis, is mobilizing the army. Also from France comes the condemnation of the violence.
January 12, 2011 - Violent clashes between demonstrators and police there are in the center of Tunis. New victims. Ben Ali appoints new interior minister, and order the release of those arrested who are not "involved in serious acts of violence." The EU High Representative for foreign policy, Catherine Ashton, condemns the disproportionate use of force by the Tunisian police.
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