THE GUARDIAN - 'Tunisia elections are a good thing, but we mustn't throw the revolution away', Oct 19, 2011

Tunisians speak of their hopes for the future as the country holds first free elections since overthrow of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali

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• Angelique Chrisafis in Sidi Bouzid
• guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 19 October 2011 12.26 BST
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A week before Tunisians vote in their country's historic general election, protesters gathered to demand free speech Link to this video

Along the main street of the desolate, rural town where Tunisia's revolution started, people watched from the pavement as a new kind of demonstration filed past.

First came a slow-moving truck carrying a group of 10-year-old boys waving religious banners, shouting: "Allah is great!" Then came a crowd of 100 to 200 people chanting: "Your god has been insulted, come out and defend him!"

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