'Preserve my son’s name’: families of Tunisia’s Arab spring martyrs fight on
by Simon Speakman Cordall in Tunis from World news | The Guardian on (#5CVY2)
Delays in publication of official list of those killed and wounded provokes anger and claims of government indifference
Moslem Kasdallah rests on his crutches, the stump of his amputated leg on display. His voice hoarse, he yells the demands that, after years of delay, have brought him and the other wounded and bereaved of the Tunisian revolution to the steps of the government building they have been occupying since December.
Some are on hunger strike, others have sewn their lips shut. Kasdallah carries a bottle of fuel and a lighter, ready to self-immolate.
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