After night clashes

Unrest continues in Tunisia, amid calls for demonstrations

Calls to demonstrate and demand the release of the detainees.

EPA

Unrest continued in regions of Tunisia, and calls for demonstrations and demands for the release of the detainees continued after nightly clashes between security forces and protesters in recent days.

The unrest erupted in Tunisia the day after the tenth anniversary of the fall of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's regime on January 14, 2011, and continued until Tuesday-Wednesday night.

Since the 2011 revolution, the country usually witnesses protests during January, asking governments to provide job opportunities and development, and this year the repercussions of the "Covid-19" epidemic have further exacerbated the economic crisis in the country.

On Tuesday evening, the Prime Minister, Hisham Al-Meshishi, said in a televised speech: "The crisis is real, the anger is legitimate, and the protest is legitimate, but chaos is rejected and we will face it with the force of law."

He continued: "Your voice is heard, your anger is legitimate, and my role and the government's role is to make your demands a reality, and the dream is possible."

The frequency and intensity of the protests decreased in the states of Sidi Bouzid and Gafsa (West), as well as in the Tadamon neighborhood in the capital.

The spokesman for the National Guard, Hosam El Din Al-Jabbali, said yesterday that "41 people were arrested" the day before yesterday.

Al-Jabbali explained that the majority of those arrested were between 15 and 17 years old, while 21 security personnel had "third-degree burns and fractures" since January 16.

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