Tunisia And Liberation Movements
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Features How Tunisia's revolution began
From day one, the people of Sidi Bouzid broke through the media blackout to spread word of their uprising.
Yasmine Ryan Last Modified: 26 Jan 2011 14:39
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Regions like Sidi Bouzid - where the uprisings began - were neglected by former Tunisian president Ben Ali, who tended to focus on developing the northern, tourist-rich regions of the country [Getty]
Sidi Bouazid, Tunisia - The people of Sidi Bouzid overcame heavy censorship and police repression to ensure that their uprising did not gounnoticed in silence. Protesters took to the streets with "a rock in one hand, a cell phone in the other," according to Rochdi Horchani - a relative of Mohamed Bouazizi - who helped break through the media blackout.
relative of Mohamed Bouazizi - who helped break through the media blackout. Since the same day of the self-immolation of the 26-year-old street vendor that triggered riots causingthe Tunisian leadership to flee the country, family members and friends used social media to share the news of what was happening in Sidi Bouzid with international media. Breaking through the media blackout Mohamed Bouazizi was not the first Tunisian to set himself alight in an act of public protest. Abdesslem Trimech, to name one of many cases occurred without any significant media attention,set himself ablaze in the town of Monastir on March 3 after facing bureaucratic hindrance in his own work as a street vendor. Neither was it evident that the protests that begin in Sidi Bouzid would spread to other towns. There had been similar clashes between police and protesters in the town of Ben Guerdane, near the border with Libya, in August. The key difference in Sidi Bouzid was that localsfought to get news of what was happening out, and succeeded. "We could protest for two years here, but without videos no one would take any notice of us," Horchani said. On December 17, he and Ali Bouazizi, a cousin of Mohamed Bouazizi, posted a video of a peaceful protest led by the young man's mother outside the municipality building. That evening, the video was aired on Al Jazeera's Mubasherchannel. Al Jazeera's new media team, which trawls the web looking for video from across the Arab world, had picked up the footage via Facebook. Tunisian media, in contrast, ignored the growing uprising until Nessma TV broke the silence on December 29. And aside from a solid core of activists, most Tunisians did not dare repost the videos on Facebook or even to "like" them, until president Zine ElAbidine Ben Ali's final hours. Yet even if a muted majority did not actively share news of the protests online until mid-January, Tunisia's 3.6 million internet users - a third of the population, one of the highest penetration rates on the African continent, according to Internet World Stats - were able to follow news of the uprising on social media thanks to a solid core of activists. Throughout...
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Features How Tunisia's revolution began
From day one, the people of Sidi Bouzid broke through the media blackout to spread word of their uprising.
Yasmine Ryan Last Modified: 26 Jan 2011 14:39
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Fighting on Libyanborder crossing Storms leave hundreds dead in southern US Deadly blast devastates Marrakesh cafe Syrian army units 'clash over crackdown' Israeli leaders reject Palestinian unity deal
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Uganda walk-to-work protests kick up dust Deraa: A city under a dark siege Syrian doctors face government wrath What the Guantanamo leaks won'treveal UN won't hide Sri Lanka war crimes report
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Viewed Emailed 7 Days
Syrian army units 'clash over crackdown' Fighting on Libyan border crossing Deadly blast devastates Marrakesh cafe War and truth in Libya and Palestine Israeli leaders reject Palestinian unity deal Washington fumbles Palestinian unity The African 'Star Wars' Mutiny in the Syrian army? Bahrain sentences protestersto death Malcolm X: Who was the man behind the legend?
Regions like Sidi Bouzid - where the uprisings began - were neglected by former Tunisian president Ben Ali, who tended to focus on developing the northern, tourist-rich regions of the country [Getty]
Sidi Bouazid, Tunisia - The people of Sidi Bouzid overcame heavy censorship and police repression to ensure that their uprising did not gounnoticed in silence. Protesters took to the streets with "a rock in one hand, a cell phone in the other," according to Rochdi Horchani - a relative of Mohamed Bouazizi - who helped break through the media blackout.
relative of Mohamed Bouazizi - who helped break through the media blackout. Since the same day of the self-immolation of the 26-year-old street vendor that triggered riots causingthe Tunisian leadership to flee the country, family members and friends used social media to share the news of what was happening in Sidi Bouzid with international media. Breaking through the media blackout Mohamed Bouazizi was not the first Tunisian to set himself alight in an act of public protest. Abdesslem Trimech, to name one of many cases occurred without any significant media attention,set himself ablaze in the town of Monastir on March 3 after facing bureaucratic hindrance in his own work as a street vendor. Neither was it evident that the protests that begin in Sidi Bouzid would spread to other towns. There had been similar clashes between police and protesters in the town of Ben Guerdane, near the border with Libya, in August. The key difference in Sidi Bouzid was that localsfought to get news of what was happening out, and succeeded. "We could protest for two years here, but without videos no one would take any notice of us," Horchani said. On December 17, he and Ali Bouazizi, a cousin of Mohamed Bouazizi, posted a video of a peaceful protest led by the young man's mother outside the municipality building. That evening, the video was aired on Al Jazeera's Mubasherchannel. Al Jazeera's new media team, which trawls the web looking for video from across the Arab world, had picked up the footage via Facebook. Tunisian media, in contrast, ignored the growing uprising until Nessma TV broke the silence on December 29. And aside from a solid core of activists, most Tunisians did not dare repost the videos on Facebook or even to "like" them, until president Zine ElAbidine Ben Ali's final hours. Yet even if a muted majority did not actively share news of the protests online until mid-January, Tunisia's 3.6 million internet users - a third of the population, one of the highest penetration rates on the African continent, according to Internet World Stats - were able to follow news of the uprising on social media thanks to a solid core of activists. Throughout...
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