Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

‘If we burn … then what?’ A new book asks why a decade of mass protest has done so little to change things

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Christopher Pollard, Tutor in Sociology and Philosophy, Deakin University

In 2010, in response to ongoing ill-treatment by police, a fruit vendor performed an act of self-immolation in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. This set off an uprising that led to the removal of dictator Ben Ali and a process to rewrite the constitution in a democratic direction.

Inspired by this, huge demonstrations against police brutality erupted in Egypt, centred in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the protesters calling for the removal of the country’s president,

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