New nighttime violence in Tunisia
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Night of riots from January 16 to 17 in Siliana (Tunisia).
AP - Hedi Sfar
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For the fourth night in a row and despite the confinement, clashes occurred in many cities across the country.
Unrest against the background of the deterioration of the economic and social situation, a few days after the tenth anniversary of the revolution.
The police made hundreds of arrests, including many minors.
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With our special correspondent at Kram,
Michel Picard
On a doorstep, near the protesters who defy the curfew, Sidi Nouri, 53, understands the anger and anxieties of young people, such as the lack of access to employment:
“
Unemployment!
They ask for things, there is no money, no work, and that's it.
"
A few meters away, young people are waiting for the police vans to put stones on them.
These night outings resemble a desire by very young protesters to attack the police, according to Nouri:
“
There is no police in the morning.
They want the police when they come.
"
Police vehicles are confined to the main street, when plainclothes officers try to get hold of the young people who take refuge in the adjacent alleys.
Without participating in the clashes, Rami, 21, went out despite the ban:
“
We're not rich.
See, it's a normal neighborhood.
Everyone wants to work, the markets, things like that.
But we don't work.
Because of the confinement first, then because of the police.
People who are going to sell oranges, fruits.
When the police come, they take everything.
Even our president, and yet we love him.
But he doesn't speak, he doesn't act.
He says I do, I do, I do.
But then he does nothing.
"
For now, no official reaction from Carthage and the government.
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