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First Sahrawi Intifada information


Independence Intifada
Part of Western Sahara conflict
Date1999–2004
main phase: September 1999–early 2000
Location
Western Sahara, south of Morocco
GoalsRespect of Sahrawi human rights
Methods
  • Demonstrations
  • Civil resistance
  • Rioting
Resulted inSahrawi uprising suppressed[1][2][3]
Parties

Western Sahara Sahrawi activists

  • Sahrawi students
  • National Association of Unemployed University Graduates
  • Sahrawi miners

Morocco Moroccan government

  • Auxiliary Forces
  • Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie
  • Groupes urbains de sécurité
Casualties and losses
Hundreds arrested, some wounded

The First Sahrawi Intifada forms part of the wider and ongoing Western Sahara conflict. It began in 1999 and lasted until 2004,[4] transforming into the Independence Intifada in 2005.

  1. ^ Bisgaard-Church, Elliana. "Sahrawis campaign for human rights and independence in the first intifada, Western Sahara, 1999–2004". Global nonviolent action database. Elliana Bisgaard-Church.
  2. ^ Rice, Xan. "Western Sahara — the next desert storm". The New Statesman. Xan Rice.
  3. ^ Mundy, Jacob. "Western Sahara Between Autonomy and Intifada". Middle East Research and Information Project. Jacob Mundy.
  4. ^ "Sahrawis campaign for independence in the second intifada, Western Sahara, 2005-2008 | Global Nonviolent Action Database". nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu.

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