Self-immolation persists as grim form of protest in Tunisia
by Francesca Ebel, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 17, 2020 2:15 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 17, 2020 at 2:26 am EDT
Hosni Kalaia, 49, looks down in his house in Kasserine, Tunisia, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. He s among those Tunisians who followed the example of Mohammed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old fruit seller who set himself ablaze on Dec. 17, 2010, to protest police harassment. Kalaia spent three years in a hospital and then a private clinic recovering from his burns. (AP Photo/Riadh Dridi)
KASSERINE, Tunisia In his old life, Hosni Kalaia remembers strolling the streets of his hometown of Kasserine in central Tunisia with confidence. He flashed his heavy gold bracelets and rings, and puffed out his chest, broad and sculptured from regular workouts.
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