Protesters staged a ridicule funeral in the centre of Tunis on Sunday in honour of the man whose suicide triggered the popular rebellion that overthrew Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Mohamed Bouazizi, 26, died after he set himself on fire in the central city of Sidi Bouzid last month to objection against official harassment under Ben Ali's regime. His self-immolation triggered the protests that forced the autocratic leader from power. Protesters carried a makeshift coffin that was draped in a Tunisian flag as a symbol of those who died while taking part in the uprising.
The mock funeral was part of a day of protests in which more than 200 people from around Tunisia descended on the capital to join stress to rid the temporary government of members of the old regime.
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