2011 The jasmin revolution (26 images)

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis the 14 january 2011 - Tunisian demonstrator hide from the police and try to take refuge from the teargaz..Tunisia riots continued as President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali decided to dismiss his government following massive riots. The country's state news agency TAP says the president plans to call for new election in the next six months. Thousands of protestors took to the streets. The riots were sparked by high unemployment rates and a sagging economy as well as anger over government corruption. Tunisians enjoy little freedoms under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who has ruled a repressive regime for 23 years. Protestors ransacked buildings and threw rocks. Police used tear gas and gunshots to quell the crowd as protests got increasingly violent.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis the 17 january 2011 - Shadows of protestors demonstrating close to Bourguiba avenue..Tunisia took a step toward democracy and reconciliation Monday, promising to free political prisoners and opening its government to opposition forces long shut out of power -- but the old guard held onto the key posts, angering protesters..Demonstrators carrying signs reading "GET OUT! demanded that the former ruling party be banished altogether -- a sign more troubles lie ahead for the new unity government as security forces struggle to contain violent reprisals, shootings and looting three days after the country's longtime president fled under pressure from the streets.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis the 14 january 2011 - Tunisian anti riot policemen fire teargas against the demonstrators in a little street near Bourguiba avenue..Tunisia riots continued as President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali decided to dismiss his government following massive riots. The country's state news agency TAP says the president plans to call for new election in the next six months. Thousands of protestors took to the streets. The riots were sparked by high unemployment rates and a sagging economy as well as anger over government corruption. Tunisians enjoy little freedoms under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who has ruled a repressive regime for 23 years. Protestors ransacked buildings and threw rocks. Police used tear gas and gunshots to quell the crowd as protests got increasingly violent.


  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis the 17 january 2011 - Protestors demonstrate in the street of Tunis..Tunisia took a step toward democracy and reconciliation Monday, promising to free political prisoners and opening its government to opposition forces long shut out of power -- but the old guard held onto the key posts, angering protesters..Demonstrators carrying signs reading "GET OUT! demanded that the former ruling party be banished altogether -- a sign more troubles lie ahead for the new unity government as security forces struggle to contain violent reprisals, shootings and looting three days after the country's longtime president fled under pressure from the streets.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis Tunisia - Friday 22 January Thousands of Tunisian police, national guard, firemen and street cleaners thronged central Tunis on Saturday, distancing themselves from deposed president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in the largest demonstration for days..The protest marks a turning point in the Tunisian uprising, throughout which Ben Ali loyalists in the police force fired on crowds, beat protesters with batons and shot teargas even at relatively small and peaceful gatherings.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Sidi Bouzid Tunisia the 20 january 2011 - Sidi Bouzid resdidents demonstrate in front of In front of government building where Mohamed set him on fire ...When Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight on Dec. 17, he sparked flames far greater than the ones that would ultimately kill him. The Tunisian man, an unemployed college graduate with children to feed, had tried finding work hawking vegetables, but was thwarted by police, who confiscated his cart. So in a grisly act of protest and anguish, Bouazizi doused himself in gasoline and set himself ablaze...The act of self-immolation not only triggered the current political crisis in Tunisia, which ousted the president Jan. 14 and has led to a complicated political impasse. It also inspired copycat self-immolations across North Africa, who attempted this very sensational form of suicide as statements of their own desperation and frustration with the authoritarian regimes in their countries. The latest count of protesters who have set themselves on fire in North Africa is up to eight, with four in Algeria, two in Egypt and one in Mauritania, as well as Bouazizi's act in Tunisia.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis the 14 january 2011 - Thousands of tunisian demonstrators gather in front of the interior ministery yelling for president Ben Ali get out..Tunisia riots continued as President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali decided to dismiss his government following massive riots. The country's state news agency TAP says the president plans to call for new election in the next six months. Thousands of protestors took to the streets. The riots were sparked by high unemployment rates and a sagging economy as well as anger over government corruption. Tunisians enjoy little freedoms under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who has ruled a repressive regime for 23 years. Protestors ransacked buildings and threw rocks. Police used tear gas and gunshots to quell the crowd as protests got increasingly violent.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis the 14 january 2011 - Soldiers from Tunisian army try to hold their position on Bourguiba avenue..Tunisia riots continued as President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali decided to dismiss his government following massive riots. The country's state news agency TAP says the president plans to call for new election in the next six months. Thousands of protestors took to the streets. The riots were sparked by high unemployment rates and a sagging economy as well as anger over government corruption. Tunisians enjoy little freedoms under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who has ruled a repressive regime for 23 years. Protestors ransacked buildings and threw rocks. Police used tear gas and gunshots to quell the crowd as protests got increasingly violent.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis the 14 january 2011 - Thousands of tunisian demonstrators gather in front of the interior ministery yelling for president Ben Ali get out..Tunisia riots continued as President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali decided to dismiss his government following massive riots. The country's state news agency TAP says the president plans to call for new election in the next six months. Thousands of protestors took to the streets. The riots were sparked by high unemployment rates and a sagging economy as well as anger over government corruption. Tunisians enjoy little freedoms under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who has ruled a repressive regime for 23 years. Protestors ransacked buildings and threw rocks. Police used tear gas and gunshots to quell the crowd as protests got increasingly violent.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis the 14 january 2011 - Young Tunisians protestor throw rocks to the anti riot police..Tunisia riots continued as President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali decided to dismiss his government following massive riots. The country's state news agency TAP says the president plans to call for new election in the next six months. Thousands of protestors took to the streets. The riots were sparked by high unemployment rates and a sagging economy as well as anger over government corruption. Tunisians enjoy little freedoms under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who has ruled a repressive regime for 23 years. Protestors ransacked buildings and threw rocks. Police used tear gas and gunshots to quell the crowd as protests got increasingly violent.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis the 18 january 2011 Around Bourguiba avenue, Tunisian protestors try to demonstrate, asking for the Ben Ali party, the RDC be disolve. Anti riots policemen spread tear gaz and beat them with their sticks..Tunisia took a step toward democracy and reconciliation Monday, promising to free political prisoners and opening its government to opposition forces long shut out of power -- but the old guard held onto the key posts, angering protesters..Demonstrators carrying signs reading "GET OUT! demanded that the former ruling party be banished altogether -- a sign more troubles lie ahead for the new unity government as security forces struggle to contain violent reprisals, shootings and looting three days after the country's longtime president fled under pressure from the streets.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis the 14 january 2011 - Young Tunisians protestor throw rocks to the anti riot police..Tunisia riots continued as President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali decided to dismiss his government following massive riots. The country's state news agency TAP says the president plans to call for new election in the next six months. Thousands of protestors took to the streets. The riots were sparked by high unemployment rates and a sagging economy as well as anger over government corruption. Tunisians enjoy little freedoms under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who has ruled a repressive regime for 23 years. Protestors ransacked buildings and threw rocks. Police used tear gas and gunshots to quell the crowd as protests got increasingly violent.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis the 18 january 2011 Around Bourguiba avenue, Tunisian protestors try to demonstrate, asking for the Ben Ali party, the RDC be disolve. Anti riots policemen spread tear gaz and beat them with their sticks..Tunisia took a step toward democracy and reconciliation Monday, promising to free political prisoners and opening its government to opposition forces long shut out of power -- but the old guard held onto the key posts, angering protesters..Demonstrators carrying signs reading "GET OUT! demanded that the former ruling party be banished altogether -- a sign more troubles lie ahead for the new unity government as security forces struggle to contain violent reprisals, shootings and looting three days after the country's longtime president fled under pressure from the streets.


  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis the 14 january 2011 - a young Tunisian protestor cry in front of the interior ministery because secret police tortured and killed his brother five year ago..Tunisia riots continued as President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali decided to dismiss his government following massive riots. The country's state news agency TAP says the president plans to call for new election in the next six months. Thousands of protestors took to the streets. The riots were sparked by high unemployment rates and a sagging economy as well as anger over government corruption. Tunisians enjoy little freedoms under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who has ruled a repressive regime for 23 years. Protestors ransacked buildings and threw rocks. Police used tear gas and gunshots to quell the crowd as protests got increasingly violent.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis the 18 january 2011 Around Bourguiba avenue, Tunisian protestors try to demonstrate, asking for the Ben Ali party, the RDC be disolve. Anti riots policemen spread tear gaz and beat them with their sticks..Tunisia took a step toward democracy and reconciliation Monday, promising to free political prisoners and opening its government to opposition forces long shut out of power -- but the old guard held onto the key posts, angering protesters..Demonstrators carrying signs reading "GET OUT! demanded that the former ruling party be banished altogether -- a sign more troubles lie ahead for the new unity government as security forces struggle to contain violent reprisals, shootings and looting three days after the country's longtime president fled under pressure from the streets.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis the 19 january 2011 Hundreds of protesters marched down a main boulevard of Tunisia's capital on Wednesday, demanding that allies of the ousted president stop clinging to power. The new interim government, already hobbled by defections, was expected to hold its first Cabinet meeting Wednesday afternoon.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis Tunisia - People gather around candles in Tunis, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011. Tunisians began three days of mourning Friday, lowering flags and broadcasting recitations of the Quran to mourn dozens who died in the protests that drove their autocratic leader from power.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Tunis the 18 january 2011 In the tramway, tunisans people try to hide their face to avoid the teargazAround Bourguiba avenue, Tunisian protestors try to demonstrate, asking for the Ben Ali party, the RDC be disolve. Anti riots policemen spread tear gaz and beat them with their sticks..Tunisia took a step toward democracy and reconciliation Monday, promising to free political prisoners and opening its government to opposition forces long shut out of power -- but the old guard held onto the key posts, angering protesters..Demonstrators carrying signs reading "GET OUT! demanded that the former ruling party be banished altogether -- a sign more troubles lie ahead for the new unity government as security forces struggle to contain violent reprisals, shootings and looting three days after the country's longtime president fled under pressure from the streets.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Sidi Bouzid Tunisia the 20 january 2011 - Daily life in the neighbourhood of Mohamed Bouazizi..When Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight on Dec. 17, he sparked flames far greater than the ones that would ultimately kill him. The Tunisian man, an unemployed college graduate with children to feed, had tried finding work hawking vegetables, but was thwarted by police, who confiscated his cart. So in a grisly act of protest and anguish, Bouazizi doused himself in gasoline and set himself ablaze...The act of self-immolation not only triggered the current political crisis in Tunisia, which ousted the president Jan. 14 and has led to a complicated political impasse. It also inspired copycat self-immolations across North Africa, who attempted this very sensational form of suicide as statements of their own desperation and frustration with the authoritarian regimes in their countries. The latest count of protesters who have set themselves on fire in North Africa is up to eight, with four in Algeria, two in Egypt and one in Mauritania, as well as Bouazizi's act in Tunisia.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Kasserine Tunisia - Saturday 24 January - Members of Walid Griri familly mourn their chlid, the 27 years old boy had been killed by a snipper january 10, 2011..The 6 january 2011 a desperate young man unemployed from set himself on fier in front of the rail way station of Kasserine. Next days demonstrations and riots took place in the citie. Policemen and police snipers killed 56 protesters.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Sidi Bouzid Tunisia the 20 january 2011 - Daily life in front of In front of government building where Mohamed set him on fire .When Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight on Dec. 17, he sparked flames far greater than the ones that would ultimately kill him. The Tunisian man, an unemployed college graduate with children to feed, had tried finding work hawking vegetables, but was thwarted by police, who confiscated his cart. So in a grisly act of protest and anguish, Bouazizi doused himself in gasoline and set himself ablaze...The act of self-immolation not only triggered the current political crisis in Tunisia, which ousted the president Jan. 14 and has led to a complicated political impasse. It also inspired copycat self-immolations across North Africa, who attempted this very sensational form of suicide as statements of their own desperation and frustration with the authoritarian regimes in their countries. The latest count of protesters who have set themselves on fire in North Africa is up to eight, with four in Algeria, two in Egypt and one in Mauritania, as well as Bouazizi's act in Tunisia.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Kasserine Tunisia - Saturday 24 January - Members of Mohammed Gedraoui familly mourn their chlid, the 23 years old boy had been killed by a snipper january 10, 2011..The 6 january 2011 a desperate young man unemployed from set himself on fier in front of the rail way station of Kasserine. Next days demonstrations and riots took place in the citie. Policemen and police snipers killed 56 protesters.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Kasserine Tunisia - Saturday 23 January - As her son, Hosni Kaliyia is hosptalized in Tunis, mrs Kaliyla s waiting for news at home..Hosni was an approximatley aged of 30 man, who never figured out to find a job and set himself on fire in Kasserine and was critically burned, the 6 january 2011. His desperate act start up the violence in Kasserine where 56 protestors has been by policemen and sniper.

  • © Remi OCHLIK/IP3 - Sidi Bouzid Tunisia the 20 january 2011 - In the desert, close to Sidi Bouzid Walid, Mohamed Bouazizi 's cousin communes on Mohammed grave ..When Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight on Dec. 17, he sparked flames far greater than the ones that would ultimately kill him. The Tunisian man, an unemployed college graduate with children to feed, had tried finding work hawking vegetables, but was thwarted by police, who confiscated his cart. So in a grisly act of protest and anguish, Bouazizi doused himself in gasoline and set himself ablaze...The act of self-immolation not only triggered the current political crisis in Tunisia, which ousted the president Jan. 14 and has led to a complicated political impasse. It also inspired copycat self-immolations across North Africa, who attempted this very sensational form of suicide as statements of their own desperation and frustration with the authoritarian regimes in their countries. The latest count of protesters who have set themselves on fire in North Africa is up to eight, with four in Algeria, two in Egypt and one in Mauritania, as well as Bouazizi's act in Tunisia.

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