Major Mass Movements of 2011

By siliconindia   |   Saturday, 31 December 2011, 04:27 IST   |    4 Comments
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Arab Spring

The beginning of Arab Spring was the end of many dictators. The Tunisian Revolution, also called as the Jasmine Revolution, was began in the month of December 2010 but got strong in first month of 2011 which marked the ouster of longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Many were the reasons including corruption, unemployment, inflation and lack of freedom of speech and political freedom. The suppressed sense of civil rights were born again in the Arab folks sparked by the Jasmine Revolution which later spread to and resulted in the falls of the regimes of Egypt and Libya. There were severe civil up springing in the whole of Arab countries including Syria, Bahrain, and Yemen. The Yemenis Prime Minister was resigned and there were severe protests in other countries such as Morocco, Oman, Jordan, Algeria, Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia and the clashes are still continuing in many of the countries.