Fifteen years after revolution took hold, little remains of the hopes that ignited a region.
Fifteen years after revolution took hold, little remains of the hopes that ignited a region.
By Simon Speakman Cordall
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Fifteen years ago, a Tunisian fruit seller, Mohamed Bouazizi, despairing at official corruption and police violence, walked to the centre of his hometown of Sidi Bouzid, set himself on fire, and changed the region forever.
Fifteen years on, repression is deeper, dissent is criminalised, but democracy is still the public demand.
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