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This document summarizes major protests in several countries in 2011, including their goals, precipitating events, government reactions, and outcomes. The protests in Tunisia, Egypt, Iran, Bahrain, and Gabon were driven by issues like unemployment, corruption, censorship, and calls for greater political freedoms and fair elections. Government responses ranged from increased police presence and internet shutdowns to violent clashes between security forces and protesters. The leaders of Tunisia and Egypt ultimately stepped down in the face of widespread demonstrations.
This document summarizes major protests in several countries in 2011, including their goals, precipitating events, government reactions, and outcomes. The protests in Tunisia, Egypt, Iran, Bahrain, and Gabon were driven by issues like unemployment, corruption, censorship, and calls for greater political freedoms and fair elections. Government responses ranged from increased police presence and internet shutdowns to violent clashes between security forces and protesters. The leaders of Tunisia and Egypt ultimately stepped down in the face of widespread demonstrations.
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This document summarizes major protests in several countries in 2011, including their goals, precipitating events, government reactions, and outcomes. The protests in Tunisia, Egypt, Iran, Bahrain, and Gabon were driven by issues like unemployment, corruption, censorship, and calls for greater political freedoms and fair elections. Government responses ranged from increased police presence and internet shutdowns to violent clashes between security forces and protesters. The leaders of Tunisia and Egypt ultimately stepped down in the face of widespread demonstrations.
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Major Precipitating Government Outcome Miscellaneous
Protest Events Reactions Info
Goals Tunisi Removal of Unemployment, food Increased police President President had been a President Ben inflation, corruption, presence, some stepped down in power for 23 Ali and party denial of free speech, breakups of protest and new years; 95% of associated with poor living conditions, groups, curfews government lawyers went on him censorship formed strike to protest attacks on lawyers Egypt Removal of Police brutality, denial Clashes between President President had been President of free speech and fair police and stepped down; in power for 30 Mubarak (also a elections, food protesters and constitution years. group of pro- inflation, low minimum between protest suspended; Government wages, unemployment, groups, internet country under protesters) corruption and military rule for communications six months until shutdown, new elections unconfirmed held reports that gov. ordered military to use live ammunition against protesters Iran Political Denial of fair elections, Protest leaders Unknown reforms, human rights violations placed under house general arrest, violent demonstrations police response, against executions of authoritarian protesters ordered, government media and some internet censorship, Bahrai Political Treatment disparity Strong police Unknown King in power for n reforms, between Shia and presence in Shia 11 years. equality for the Sunni populations in villages, police use Shia population, employment, housing, of live fire, internet end to the etc., denial of fair censorship monarchy elections Gabon Removal of Denial of fair elections Violent police Unknown President response, TV Bongo; conflicts censorship, over official and unconfirmed unofficial kidnapping of governments opposition members, dissolution of opposition party