Ben Ali Under Law

Hello Again,
Right after the activists’ arrests, on Jan13, the Paris based International Federation of Human Rights announces that there have been 63 deaths since the protests started announced. It was a grave day for everyone. Fire was burning in everyone’s eyes, we wanted the blood of the one who had caused these deaths. Ben Ali sensed that his life was in danger and he tried to reconcile with us by announcing on a national broadcast that he would not run in 2014 and also promising us our freedoms. We did not want to reconcile all we thought about was our dead relatives who had died because of him. We wanted him out. The next day January 14 the televisions announced that Ben Ali escaped to Saudi Arabia where he would be protected from us his very own people. Such a traitor he was!! In power he had left the Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi.On the 15th it was announced that Prime Minister gave up his power to speaker Fouad Mebazaa however it was more like the leaders were sharing power and we didn’t trust them. They proposed a new coalition government but we would have been fools to listen to men who still belonged to the RCD(Ben Ali’s ruling party). On Jan 21-23 we took a break from protesting had a national mourning days to commemorate those whose lives had ended in the Jasmine Revolution. In the crowds of people sniffled, they screamed, and I felt my very own warm tears slide down my cheeks. On the day the protests ended the police force finally decided to break away from Ben Ali's government and they joined us. At first we were a little hesitant of them but then we saw that since now we had the police we were even more powerful. We continued to gain support and this time because the police were on our side it there was less violence and our protests were more like civil disobedience. Eventually on march 9 the court of Tunis abolished the RCD. Then on April 14, the happiest day of our lives because Ben Ali, his family and his ministers were charged of crimes against humanity. We finally got justice.