· November, 2012

Stories about Tunisia from November, 2012

Tunisian Police Use Shotgun Shells Against Protesters

  29 November 2012

Over the last two days, Tunisian security forces fired shotgun shells at protesters in Siliana (north-west of the country), injuring 265 persons. Clashes erupted in this impoverished interior province, when police clashed with protesters calling for the departure of the local governor.

Two Tunisian Graffiti Artists to Face Trial

  20 November 2012

On December 5, graffiti artists Oussama Bouagila and Chahine Berriche, are due to stand trial, after police caught them inscribing "the people want the poor's rights" on a wall in Gabes, in South East Tunisia.