Youth in Tunisia are protesting for basic human rights, including freedom of speech, their right to life, fair voting rights, and also the right to employment. Protests began on December of 2010; people are angry at the existing living conditions, unemployment and corruption. What is happening in Tunisia is not yet considered to be a revolution because a revolution is based on the fundamental change of power structures. In Tunisia, what was done was an instant removal of the power in the government. People in Tunisia are making additional efforts to make the change. This so called "revolution" was an amazing act of courage by the people of Tunisia. The people of Tunisia want Ben Ali to leave because he has already ruled Tunisia for 23 years and people do not consider it fair. They are using the human rights they have to make this possible, although it has been made difficult for them. The security forces are restricting their rights to freedom of speech, fair voting rights, and also the right to live. Violence has been practiced during these events. People have been brutally attacked and also abused physically and psychologically. After all the people have been experiencing during the past time, they reached their goal which was to make Ben Ali leave. Ben Ali left or in other words "ran away" from the situation. The people of Tunisia are referring to this as the start of a new era. Tunisia will hold an election on July 24th to choose an assembly to write a new post-revolution constitution.

Human rights should be respected always. People should care about what is happening because if this is left to pass by, it will become a bigger problem. If this gets spread around the world, many people could die. It's horrible to see that the powerful people in nations violate people's human rights. People should be heard! People should express what they think! The right to freedom of speech should be respected. How can they restrict such thing? Corruption should not be accepted. People give the confidence to the people in power and they take advantage of their power. Voting rights are very important and should be fair. People also have a right to life that should be respected as well. They have to be able to vote and the people's votes should be considered as a priority when deciding who the leader of the country will be.

For more information, check out: Tunisia: Protests Tunisia: Violence Tunisia: New Era