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Riots in Tunisia (20 photos)
14 January in the capital Tunis, there were clashes with the police. Over twenty years of the presidency of the current president Zine al-Abedin Ben Ali is the most terrible riots, and he is willing to take extreme measures to end the chaos. On Thursday, the government declared a state of emergency and stated that the protesters will open shooting to kill.
Women flee in panic.
Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi (center) read out his address to the nation on the state television channel. He said that currently the acting president because Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country.
Smoke over one of the buildings in the center of Tunisia during the riots on Friday. According to the latest reports, the president escaped resigned.
Plainclothes police and special police units dispersed the demonstrators in Tunisia. President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country, usually just to calm the capital African state heard the first shots.
The protesters gathered on Friday in front of the Ministry of the Interior demanding the resignation of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Thousands of angry people took to the streets in Tunisia after the authoritarian leader of state delivered a televised speech, trying to threats against the protesters to stop the riots that swept the North African country.
"No Ben Ali - a rebellion going on!" - Shouted by hundreds of people gathered at the parade on the main boulevard center of Tunis.
The demonstrators threw stones at police during clashes in Tunis on Friday.
Police dragged by the feet of one of the protesters.
The protest brought together thousands of people. In the photo we see them close ranks, waving placards with slogans and national flags.
The Secretary-General of the opposition Progressive Democratic Party in May GERD (center) shouts slogans in front of the Interior Ministry on Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis on Friday.
People are waiting for news at the gates of the airport in Tunis on Friday. Army took the main airport of the country under its control 14 of January and all the air had been suspended. The reason for such action by the authorities was the strengthening of mass riots at the end of the week.
President Zine al-Abedin Ben Ali during his address to the nation on Thursday. In his speech, he promised not to make the planned changes to the constitution that would allow him to run again for the presidency after 2014 will expire soon his powers.
Thursday also passed and demonstrations in support of the current president.
The rescue team pulls on a stretcher victim of brutal performances in Tunis on Thursday. The identity of the victim has not been established.
Newly appointed Minister of the Interior Ahmed Fria attended an emergency meeting of the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday in Tunis.
Tunisian security forces are ready to meet the demonstrators. The photo was shot on Monday in Reguebe, near Sidi Bouzid.
In the picture we see one of the demonstrators were injured in a clash with security forces on Sunday in Reguebe. Protesters angered by high rates of unemployment among young people, arrange meetings, not only in urban centers but also in small small towns.
This photo was taken more 8 January. A child at the next demonstration holds a placard with a request to release the people detained by the police after the recent protests.
Abderrahmane Ayed's lawyer Radhia removes the river (the second Sparv) marks on his body. Abderrahmane claims that tortured the day after his arrest by the police.
President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (second from left) meets with a patient of the hospital, Ben Aruz near the Tunisian Mohammed Bouazizi on 28 December. Twenty-six Bouazizi - University graduate - set fire to himself in protest against unemployment, triggering a wave of riots and performances.
Women flee in panic.
Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi (center) read out his address to the nation on the state television channel. He said that currently the acting president because Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country.
Smoke over one of the buildings in the center of Tunisia during the riots on Friday. According to the latest reports, the president escaped resigned.
Plainclothes police and special police units dispersed the demonstrators in Tunisia. President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country, usually just to calm the capital African state heard the first shots.
The protesters gathered on Friday in front of the Ministry of the Interior demanding the resignation of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Thousands of angry people took to the streets in Tunisia after the authoritarian leader of state delivered a televised speech, trying to threats against the protesters to stop the riots that swept the North African country.
"No Ben Ali - a rebellion going on!" - Shouted by hundreds of people gathered at the parade on the main boulevard center of Tunis.
The demonstrators threw stones at police during clashes in Tunis on Friday.
Police dragged by the feet of one of the protesters.
The protest brought together thousands of people. In the photo we see them close ranks, waving placards with slogans and national flags.
The Secretary-General of the opposition Progressive Democratic Party in May GERD (center) shouts slogans in front of the Interior Ministry on Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis on Friday.
People are waiting for news at the gates of the airport in Tunis on Friday. Army took the main airport of the country under its control 14 of January and all the air had been suspended. The reason for such action by the authorities was the strengthening of mass riots at the end of the week.
President Zine al-Abedin Ben Ali during his address to the nation on Thursday. In his speech, he promised not to make the planned changes to the constitution that would allow him to run again for the presidency after 2014 will expire soon his powers.
Thursday also passed and demonstrations in support of the current president.
The rescue team pulls on a stretcher victim of brutal performances in Tunis on Thursday. The identity of the victim has not been established.
Newly appointed Minister of the Interior Ahmed Fria attended an emergency meeting of the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday in Tunis.
Tunisian security forces are ready to meet the demonstrators. The photo was shot on Monday in Reguebe, near Sidi Bouzid.
In the picture we see one of the demonstrators were injured in a clash with security forces on Sunday in Reguebe. Protesters angered by high rates of unemployment among young people, arrange meetings, not only in urban centers but also in small small towns.
This photo was taken more 8 January. A child at the next demonstration holds a placard with a request to release the people detained by the police after the recent protests.
Abderrahmane Ayed's lawyer Radhia removes the river (the second Sparv) marks on his body. Abderrahmane claims that tortured the day after his arrest by the police.
President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (second from left) meets with a patient of the hospital, Ben Aruz near the Tunisian Mohammed Bouazizi on 28 December. Twenty-six Bouazizi - University graduate - set fire to himself in protest against unemployment, triggering a wave of riots and performances.