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2011 Western Saharan protests
Part of the Arab Spring and Western Sahara conflict
Locator map of the Western Sahara with zones of de facto control
Date
25 February 2011[citation needed] – May 2011[citation needed]
Location
Western Sahara, with some incidents in southern Morocco
Caused by
Discrimination, lack of self-determination, police brutality
The 2011 Western Saharan protests began on 25 February 2011 as a reaction to the failure of police to prevent anti-Sahrawi looting in the city of Dakhla, Western Sahara, and blossomed into protests across the territory. They were related to the Gdeim Izik protest camp in Western Sahara established the previous fall, which had resulted in violence between Sahrawi activists and Moroccan security forces and supporters. The protests also purportedly drew inspiration from the Arab Spring and successful revolts in Tunisia and Egypt,[1] although the Arab Spring proper did not reach Western Sahara.[2]
No significant protests were reported beyond May 2011, though international media coverage of Western Sahara is incomplete at best. There is renewed calls for peaceful protests from the Polisario Front.[3]
^Kettani, Abdelhak (14 February 2011). "A popular revolt is being meditated in Tindouf Camps against Abdelaziz and his junta". Tindouf. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
^Lynch, Colum (20 April 2011). "TurtleLeaks: Preventing the Arab Spring from reaching Western Sahara". Foreign Policy Magazine. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
^"Polisario English: Call for renewed protests 2012". Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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