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Tarek El-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi (Arabic: طارق الطيب محمد البوعزيزي, romanized: Ṭāriq aṭ-Ṭayib Muḥammad al-Būʿazīzī; 29 March 1984 – 4 January 2011) was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on 17 December 2010 in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, an act which became a catalyst for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring against autocratic regimes.
Mohamed Bouazizi (2011), Tunisian street vendor, self-immolation [181] Boudica (61 AD), Queen of the Iceni, poison [182] Georges Ernest Boulanger (1891), French general and politician, gunshot [183] Dallen Bounds (1999), American serial killer, gunshot [184] Anthony Bourdain (2018), American chef, author, and television personality, hanging ...
In 2011, as the widely reported protests sparked off by Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation in Tunisia began to have a clear impact on the Tunisian government, a wave of self-immolations swept Algeria. These individual acts of protest mostly took place in front of a government building following an unsuccessful approach to the authorities.
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Mohamed Bouazizi: 2011 Tunisian street vendor, self-immolation, [75] set himself on fire in retaliation for having his wares stolen, and being harassed. His suicide sparked the Tunisian Revolution. Anthony Bourdain: 2018: American chef, author, and television personality, hanging, [76] suicide "appeared to be an impulsive act". Jonathan Brandis ...
The leader of a cultlike group connected to six killings in three states was ordered held without bail Tuesday in Maryland, where she faces trespassing and other charges. Jack LaSota, 34, and two ...
Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi: 26 Tunisia: Corruption in government: Inspired the Tunisian revolution leading to ouster of President Ben Ali and further revolutions of the Arab Spring. Died January 4, 2011. [138] January 7, 2011 Hosni Kalaia 40 Tunisia: Corruption in government Inspired by Bouazizi's self-immolation. [139] January 16, 2011 ...
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