Of the tunisian parliament, in the early hours of monday. he was blocked from entering the parliament building and responded with a sit down protest. here s what he had to say about the announcement. translation: today, - we were surprised by supreme decisions that not only surprised ennahda but also surprised the tunisian people and the world, in a country that is proud of being the first arab democracy and having the latest constitution, announcing decisions that are essentially a coup d etat and is called nothing but a coup. others are worried that the move could destabilise the country and lead to more unrest. here s what one man had to say. |translation: there is a conflict in | tunisian society which is dangerous. this conflict will lead to blood. people are injured and beaten. it leads to bloodshed and violence. for what? and by monday, there were clashes on the street. rival groups threw stones at each other outside
And islam, but its critics claim it puts tunisia s secular tradition at risk. this is the leader of the the party, who is also the speaker of the tunisian parliament, in the early hours of monday. he was blocked from entering the parliament building and responded with a sit down protest. here s what he had to say about the announcement. translation: today, we were surprised by supreme decisions today, we were surprised by supreme decisions that not only surprised ennadha, decisions that not only surprised ennadha, but also surprised the tunisian ennadha, but also surprised the tunisian people and the world in a country tunisian people and the world in a country that is proud of being the first arah country that is proud of being the first arab democracy. and having the latest first arab democracy. and having the latest constitution announcing decisions that are essentially a coup decisions that are essentially a coup d etat and has called nothing but a coup d etat and has
Friday when a sit-down protest was water canoned by the police. the approach is not leaving them the space they want to live their lives in the way they want them. and so this has gone from this small protest regarding this tiny park in central istanbul to a larger issue of the concern that people have, regarding the prime minister and his rising power? reporter: that s absolutely right. i mean, he is someone who has been in charge for ten years. i have to emphasize, he has won three electrics with an increasing no doubt if there was an election tomorrow, he would win it again. a large number of people in turkey, but not all, feel that the way he has been ruling, particularly the last two years, has infringed on their lives a little bit, been a little too
Appealing the workers union law there. the republican governor, scott walker, pressed for the sweeping changes to union rules to try to eliminate the state s budget deficit. it prompted massive protests at the state s capitol in dispb efforts to recall walker. most public employees have to pay more for benefits and eliminated bargaining rights. governor walker handily won the recall. brand-new demonstrations in new york city. the organizers say the three-day event will be more laid-back than the last year occupy wall street. tomorrow, there is a planned sit-down protest in the financial district. organizers say there are no plans to up on zuccotti park,
You tomorrow night as on fox report we continue our series the rise of freedom. we hope you ll be with us here for it. all across europe today, large crowds of union supporters gathered to protest in a huge way the cost-cutting measures their governments have made in recent months. many of these moves have cut their pensions and raised their taxes in order to avoid the country s financial collapse. security forces report the demonstrations were mostly peaceful but police in brussels, belgium, say they detained more than 100 people who took part in a sit down protest in the middle of the street while police in dublin, ireland, arrested a man who used a cement truck to block the entrance to parliament. ashley webster is live this morning from london and ashley, these folks seem really upset. yeah, shep. they really are. bottom line, union workers across europe say you know what? we are paying a very heavy price for the recklessness of banks and traders who created the very problems