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The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet was awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for "its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Tunisian Revolution of 2011". [24] The protests inspired similar actions throughout the Arab world, in a chain reaction which became known as the Arab Spring movement.
The Tunisian Revolution overthrew President Ben Ali in 2011—marking the beginning of the Arab Spring. On 14 January 2011, president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali officially resigned after fleeing to Saudi Arabia, ending 23 years in power, [29] [30] following the most dramatic wave of social and political unrest in Tunisia in three decades.
An election for a constituent assembly in Tunisia was announced on 3 March 2011 [2] and held on 23 October 2011, [3] following the Tunisian revolution. The Assembly had 217 members. [ 4 ] It was the first free election held in Tunisia since the country's independence in 1956, as well as the first election in the Arab world held after the start ...
The 2011–2012 Tunisia protests was a series of increasingly violent street demonstrations characterised by popular unrest and civil riots against economic grievances and deteriorating conditions in Tunisia. Inequality and unemployment has also been a trigger of nationwide civil disorder and massive disobedience. The fresh protests first began ...
“These rulings bring Tunisia back to a period the people sought to leave behind through their revolution,” an Ennahda statement on Thursday said, referring to the 2011 ouster of Zine El ...
The international reactions to the Tunisian revolution were generally supportive of the Tunisian people's right to protest, though several governments continued to voice support for President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali up to and even after his government's largely peaceful overthrow in January 2011.
Tunis on 14 January 2011 during the Tunisian Revolution. The Tunisian Revolution [91] [92] was an intensive campaign of civil resistance that was precipitated by high unemployment, food inflation, corruption, [93] a lack of freedom of speech and other political freedoms [94] and poor living conditions.
The culture of Tunisia is thousands of years old, but the 2011 Tunisian revolution brought about important changes to the way art and politics interact in Tunisia. Censorship under the dictatorship of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was replaced with unprecedented freedom of expression and questions on how to use it. [1]