Protesters set Sohar's Lulu Hypermarket ablaze on 28 February 2011.
Date
17 January 2011 (2011-01-17) – 8 April 2011 (2011-04-08) (2 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Oman
Goals
Salary increases
Lower living costs
Jobs
Less corruption[1]
Methods
Demonstrations
Riots
Sit-ins
Status
Ended
Casualties
Death(s)
6–10
Injuries
20[2]
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The 2011 Omani protests (also called the Omani Spring) were a series of protests in the Persian Gulf country of Oman that occurred as part of the revolutionary wave popularly known as the "Arab Spring".[3]
The protesters demanded salary increases, lower living costs, the creation of more jobs and a reduction in corruption.[1] Protests in Sohar, Oman's fifth-largest city, centered on the Globe Roundabout.[4] The at the time Sultan Qaboos bin Said's responses included the dismissal of a third of the governing cabinet.[5]
^ ab"Oman protesters stage third day of unrest". The Star. Muscat. Associated Press. 28 February 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
^Protests escalate across region Archived 1 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The Gazette (Montreal), 1 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
^Oman budget gap rises to $658mn in Q1, spending up Archived 1 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Business Recorder. (10 July 2011). Retrieved 2012-01-15.
^Globe Roundabout – Sohar, Oman | The Middle East Channel Archived 11 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Mideast.foreignpolicy.com. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
^Nath, Ravindra. "Qaboos fires 10 ministers". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
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