Violent protests erupted once more on the streets of Tunisia’s capital on Saturday night time, growing stress on the federal government of Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi to crack down on police abuses.
Clashes occurred in Tunis’s Sejoumi neighborhood and through protests earlier within the day within the metropolis middle, protesters threw chairs and stones at police, who attacked with sticks and sticks in response.
The launch of a video this week of a youth stripping and thrashing a younger man sparked nationwide outrage and solid doubt on the credibility of police reforms carried out after the 2011 revolution.
Police officers concerned within the incident had been arrested, and the prime minister mentioned the incident was surprising and unacceptable.
Protests erupted in Sejoumi on Tuesday after a person arrested by police on suspicion of drug dealing died in custody. The family have accused the police of lynching. Tunisia’s Interior Ministry has denied the allegation.
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Human rights activists mentioned police abuses threaten to undermine democratic good points because the overthrow of the repressive regime of President Zine al-Abidin Ben Ali a decade in the past.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
