In Tunisia there ruled a president by the name of Ben Ali. He ruled an authoritarian regime and in Tunisia there was an illiberal democracy. After many years of Ben Alis´ dictatorship people got fed up and all hell broke loose after a young man set himself on fire, protesting the situation in the country. Unemployment and corruption in the government were the main thing people got fed up with. People used the websites Facebook and Twitter to organize their protests against president Ben Ali and even though the protests weren´t being broadcast on television, footages of them could be seen on the internet. All though there were some internet restrictions in the country, people found a way to get the world to see and hear what was going on. In the end president Ben Ali fled the country with his family. The fight isn´t over for the pople of Tunisia yet for a better society but at least there´s one big obstacle out of the way.
Here´s a news clip from the protests in Tunisia.
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