Tunisia: six months later
Six months after Tunisian protestors deposed President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, inspired by a young fruit and vegetable seller called Mohammed Bouazzi who burnt himself to death.The BBC’s Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen has been to speak to some of those enjoying the new freedom and also the inspector who’s treatment of Bouazzi sparked the revolution.
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