Arab Spring: Update On The Middle East | DrJays.com Live | Fashion. Music. Lifestyle: "TUNISIA
The Tunisian Revolution (or Jasmine Revolution) began on December 17 last year after Mohammed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old Tunisian man, set himself on fire in front of a local municipal office after being beat by police for not having a permit for his street cart. The incident triggered protests across the country from citizens fed up with not only their living standards, but police violence, rampant unemployment and a basic lack of human rights. Tunisia’s President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali has been in power since 1987 but was ousted as leader earlier this month and replaced with interim Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi, who just announced officials who served in Ben Ali’s party are barred from running or voting in the country’s upcoming July elections; elections that will decide a council responsible for rewriting the constitution and chart the country’s post-revolution transition. According to TV network Al Jazeera, at least 219 people were killed in the uprising against Ben Ali, with another 500 injured."
Sept 21, 2015 International Day of Peace Celebration at Lyceum University Cavite, Philippines
Ambassador Zara Bayla Juan, Sailing for Peace #PeaceDay
