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Ben Ali: Tunisian autocrat ousted in Arab spring dies in exile | Ben Ali: Tunisian autocrat ousted in Arab spring dies in exile |
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The ousted Tunisian autocrat Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has died in exile in Saudi Arabia aged 83, days after a free presidential election in his homeland, his family lawyer has said. | |
“Ben Ali just died in Saudi Arabia,” the lawyer, Mounir Ben Salha, told Reuters by phone. | “Ben Ali just died in Saudi Arabia,” the lawyer, Mounir Ben Salha, told Reuters by phone. |
Ben Ali fled Tunisia in January 2011 as his compatriots rose up against his oppressive rule in a revolution that inspired other Arab spring uprisings abroad and led to a democratic transition at home. | |
On Sunday, Tunisians voted in an election that featured candidates from across the political spectrum, sending two political outsiders through to a second-round vote that would have been unthinkable during Ben Ali’s era in power. | |
However, while Tunisians have enjoyed a much smoother march to democracy than citizens of other Arab states that rose up in 2011, many are economically worse off than they were under Ben Ali. | |
While almost all the candidates in Sunday’s election were vocal champions of the revolution, one of them, Abir Moussi, campaigned as a supporter of Ben Ali’s ousted government, receiving 4% of the votes. | While almost all the candidates in Sunday’s election were vocal champions of the revolution, one of them, Abir Moussi, campaigned as a supporter of Ben Ali’s ousted government, receiving 4% of the votes. |
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