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June 14, 2021

Tunisian Protesters Call for an End to Police Brutality After Recent Killings of Civilians
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In Tunisia, hundreds of protesters clashed with police in working-class
neighborhoods of the capital Tunis on Saturday, capping days of
demonstrations demanding an end to police brutality. The protests
erupted after video emerged showing police officers in civilian clothes
stripping and viciously beating a young man. That incident came just a
day after the funeral of another man who, his family says, was beaten to
death by police. Protesters say Tunisia has yet to see meaningful police
reform 10 years after the revolution that toppled longtime dictator Zine
El Abidine Ben Ali.


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