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When Ayadi Anri was 19 years old, he and his friends poured on to the streets of their home town of Sfax, risking their lives to overthrow the government of president Zine el-Abedine Ben Ali. They won, and Tunisia became the success story of the Arab Spring: a triumph of freedom over autocracy. Elev

‘Our dreams have been stolen’: Tunisia’s youth lead chaotic protests against a battered economy and police brutality Borzou Daragahi © Provided by The Independent The north African nation of Tunisia has been rocked by days of raucous protests by young people frustrated over years of economic stagnation, police brutality and months of lockdowns to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The unrest has led to at least 632 arrests and days of confrontations between pol...