[Tunisia] Riots: Violent demonstration
Country
AI Brief
On 7 April 2025, between hundreds and thousands of people, including students, demonstrated with slogans, banners and Palestine and Hamas flags at the invitation of the UGTT and as part of a general strike called by the student unions (including UGTE) in Tunis (El Omrane, Tunis) in solidarity with the Palestinian people and to denounce the resumption of the Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip. The demonstrators clashed with law enforcement (likely police based on location because it's the capital), who intervened with tear gas. 1 student suffocated and 1 law enforcement officer was injured. No further detail on the clashes were given.
- Severity
- LOW
- Occurred
- 2025-04-07
- Country
- Tunisia
- Event type
- riot
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