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Protests erupt after Tunisia police beat, strip, drag young boy during arrest

Angry protesters took to the streets in Tunisia after security forces brutally attacked a boy and dragged him after he was stripped naked, renewing controversy over civil liberty violations and mistreatment of prisoners in the country.
Protesters blocking a street gesture as Tunisian security forces fire tear gas in the Sidi Hassine suburb on the northwestern outskirts of Tunis on June 12, 2021, amid outrage against policing practices following the death of a youth.

Violent clashes erupted on June 13 between security forces and young Tunisians protesting police violence in central Tunis and surrounding areas. The protests erupted after a 15-year-old boy was brutally assaulted by security forces in the Sidi Hassine area, a popular neighborhood in the suburbs. 

disturbing video widely circulated by Tunisians on social media on June 9 showed security forces stripping and beating the boy before shoving him naked inside a police car. The incident then caused a wave of violent condemnations in the area where the boy lives. Security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters.

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