Tunisia's former leader, Ben Ali, was sentenced last night in absentia to life imprisonment for presiding over the crack-down against anti-government protesters.
Ben Ali, who currently lives in exile in Saudi Arabia, was sentenced along side Tunisia's former Interior Minister, Rafik Belhaj Kacem and other members of his government.
However, many Tunisians and families of the victims expressed anger at the sentencing and that the court dropped charges against 10 officials, and gathered outside the court room shouting "revenge, revenge."
Speaking to AFP, one lawyer, Abdelkarim Maghouri said,
“The judge could not fully read the verdict because of the ruckus.”
Prosecutors had sought the death penalty for Ben Ali over the killing of 22 people in Thala and Kasserine.