Tunisian protesters call on president to resign - in pictures
Demonstrators in Tunis hold up placards calling on President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to stand downPhotograph: Christophe Ena/APProtesters chant slogans against the presidentPhotograph: Christophe Ena/APThe secretary general of the opposition Progressive Democratic party, Maya Jeridi, confronts police in front of the interior ministryPhotograph: Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images
Protesters hold up banners and signsPhotograph: Lucas Dolega/EPAA protester waves the Tunisian flag as he watches the demonstration from a roofPhotograph: Christophe Ena/APA protester covers herself with a Tunisian flagPhotograph: Christophe Ena/APRadhia Nasraoui, a lawyer and human rights activist, asks for the release of her husband. Hamma Hammami, leader of the Communist Workers party, was arrested on WednesdayPhotograph: EPAA protester holds up a banner calling for President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to resignPhotograph: Lucas Dolega/EPALawyers show support for the protesters outside the interior ministry buildingPhotograph: Lucas Dolega/EPADemonstrators hold up their hands as if they have been handcuffedPhotograph: Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty ImagesDemonstrators and lawyers are held back by police outside the interior ministry Photograph: Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty ImagesDemonstrators crowd outside the interior ministry demanding the immediate resignation of the presidentPhotograph: Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images
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