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距離阿拉伯之春至今已經有十年。2010年12月17日，突尼斯小販布瓦吉吉(Mohamed Bouazizi) 因為在獨裁者制度下面臨的壓迫及滋擾而自焚，引發中東和北飛地區的一系列民主革命。

可是，過了十年，這些曾經爆發革命的國家仍然處於動亂狀態，有些國家更陷入內戰。

以葉門為例，雖然阿拉伯之春的浪潮一開始讓國家脫離專制總統的統治，卻因持續腐敗及民生問題（如失業、糧食不安全等問題），國家陷入內戰及地緣政治風波。現今，當地80%的人口需要緊急人道援助，其中包括1200萬個兒童 — 超過二百萬個低於5歲的兒童營養不良。

就算是唯一成功過渡成為民主國家的突尼斯也好，年輕人失業率居高（當地85%的失業人士為年輕人），生活指數更比政治過渡前低。突尼斯還遲遲沒有設立立憲法院，削弱了對人權的保障，例如沒有法院去傳譯2014年所建立的民主憲法來檢視用來打壓新聞自由的刑法。

P.S. 這個由Aljazeera 主持的Start Here 影片系列是小編最喜歡的媒體及地緣政治影片系列其中之一。極力推介！

[Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions]

It has been 10 years since The Arab Spring happened.

On December 17th of 2010, Tunisian vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire due to oppression and disturbance under the authoritarian rule, triggering a series of democratic revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa.

However, after ten years, these countries where revolutions broke out are still in a state of turmoil, and some countries have fallen into civil wars.

Take Yemen as an example. Although the wave of the Arab Spring initially detached the country from the rule of the authoritarian president, the country fell into a civil war and geopolitical turmoil, due to persistent corruption and people’s livelihood issues, such as unemployment, food insecurity, etc. Today, 80% of the local population needs emergency humanitarian assistance, including 12 million children — more than two million children under the age of 5 are malnourished.

Even Tunisia, which is the only country that has successfully transitioned into a democracy, has a high youth unemployment rate (85% of the local unemployed are young people) and the living standard is even lower than the period before the political transition. Tunisia has yet to establish a constitutional court – its absence weakens the protection of human rights. For example, there is no court to interpret the democratic constitution established in 2014 to review the criminal law used to suppress freedom of the press.

P.S. The “Start Here” video series hosted by Aljazeera is one of the editor’s favorite media and geopolitical video series. I highly recommend!