Frederick Douglass

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them..." Frederick Douglass

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Tunisia lifts curfew after mass arrests

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia lifted an overnight curfew in the capital on Wednesday saying security had improved since authorities arrested 1,400 people linked to the latest anti-government protests.

Tunisia has been struggling to restore stability and rebuild its economy after the overthrow of authoritarian leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January in an uprising which provided an inspiration for similar protests across the Arab world.

Tunisian authorities, which used tear gas to disband protests earlier this month, have said old allies of Ben Ali are among those to blame for inciting recent violence.


Aaaaaaaaaah! It's the government who are the revolutionaries, and the protesters the counterrevolutionaries. I had it backwards I guess.

http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE74H0C420110518