Tunisia: Ex-President Ben Ali Dies At 83 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 19, 2019
Tunisia’sformer President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali has died in exile aged 83, his familysays.
BenAli led the country for 23 years and was credited with delivering stability andsome economic prosperity.
Buthe received widespread criticism for suppressing political freedoms andcorruption. In 2011, he was forced from office following mass street protests.
Hisousting triggered a wave of similar uprisings across the Arab world that becameknown as the Arab Spring.
Atleast half a dozen countries in the region saw their president fall orconflicts break out in the wake of the former Tunisian leader’s downfall.
BenAli fled to Saudi Arabia when he left office and was living there when he diedon Thursday.
In2012, he was sentenced to life in absentia over the killing of protesters inthe revolution in 2011. A separate court also jailed him for 20 years for incitingviolence and murder.
BenAli’s death comes just days after Tunisia held the second free presidentialelection since he was ousted.