The Tunisian revolution of January 14, 2011, was started by a series of protests against the regime of deposed President Zinelabidine Ben Ali
Mohammed Bouazizi, who committed suicide on December 17, 2010, by self-immolation in the province of Sidi Bouzid, in central Tunisia, is at the origin of the protests which resulted in the fall of the regime of Zinelabidine Ben Ali, on 14 January 2011, with his flight to Saudi Arabia.
Bouazizi, a 26-year-old Tunisian street vendor, sparked the Tunisian revolution after police confiscated his goods and he was insulted by authorities.
The Tunisian revolution of January 14, 2011, was started by a series of protests against the regime of deposed President Zinelabidine Ben Ali, who had been in power for 23 years, and calling for social justice, development and dignity.
January 14 each year is a national holiday in Tunisia when Tunisians come out to commemorate the revolution, known as the “Jasmine Revolution” and the “Arab Spring” in some countries.
Thus, the Tunisian people have witnessed many crises in the new democratic process after the revolution. The decisions of President Kaïs Saïed in 2021 have aggravated the political crisis in the country.
The anniversary date of this revolution, which is January 14, has been postponed to December 17, the day Bouazizi died, following Saïed’s decision to stop work in the Assembly.
Describing Saïed’s decisions as a “coup”, the opposition called on the people to take to the streets on the occasion of the 12th anniversary of the Tunisian revolution to “oppose Saïed’s anti-democratic position”.
The Nobel Prize for the “Jasmine Revolution” has become a beacon of hope for the country
The National Dialogue Quartet, made up of the Tunisian General Labor Union, the Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts, the Council of the National Order of Lawyers of Tunisia, and the Tunisian League of human rights, was awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for his post-revolution efforts.
This prize, which is the first Nobel awarded to a national organization of Tunisia after its independence, has been a beacon of hope in the country.
