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MK_Thala_01 Young, smiley woman runs in Thala hills © Maro Kouri
Mahran Buazisi, 26 lawyer, imprisoned for two years and tortured in water with chorine. He still has pain in his eyes. ‘‘The Islamist were suffering most‘‘ he says. ‘‘They ‘ve raped their wives and daughters in front of them‘‘. During January 2011 riots, three men and three women accused policemen for rape to the Revolution Committee. In Kassrine police of Minister of Interior still hits people”

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Salha Sadeui in front of Martyrs memorial where her son‘s name is written on. 37 were totally the martyrs in Kassrine province, 300 kms from the capital. Her 28 years old  Zalid Saadaow was attending to another martyr‘s funeral. ‘‘It was an opportunity to shoot at the people carrying the coffin‘‘ mother says. The policemen were hidden on the top of the builidings and  in the minareτ of this small square shooting to the crowd
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26-years old Yamina Gazmazi with the photograph of her 6-month daughter who died when a tear gas fall into their house. She is the youngest martyr of the Tunisian Revolution
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In Kassrine police continues to arrest and hit demonstrarors. Om July 2011, Tunisia’s interim prime minister, Beji Caid Essebsi, has spoken about the country’s 700,000 unemployed people, more than 15 percent of the work force, including 170,000 university graduates. Mr. Essebsi has said that new government programs can provide positions for 60,000 people, but he also acknowledged that there was no quick fix, appealing instead to businessmen and investors to focus on Tunisia’s depressed inland areas (source NY Times)
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Young men through Facebook and other net could spread around the world videos and photographs of the police murders during the revolution. Ben Ali left the country on 12, January 2011. “Youth need jobs with the new government and new laws‘‘ they say
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Graffity in Kassrine
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An empty store downtown of Kassrine
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Garbage collectors outside  Kassrine railway st
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Kassrine railway st
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Young, smiley woman runs in Thala hills
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Life on Thala hills. 
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Old woman traditional dressed gathers chamomile. Thala city in the background
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Young men in front of graffity, which referres to the revolution martyrs.

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Woman traditional dressed with suitcase on a donkey
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Funritures rent for wedding -ceremonies, and alcohol sold for drinking. In a store of Thala
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Pushing the broken cars
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