Gdeim Izik protest camp
Protest camp in Western Sahara / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Gdeim Izik protest camp (also spelled Gdayam Izik) was a protest camp in Western Sahara, established on 9 October 2010 and lasting into November that year, with related incidents occurring in the aftermath of its dismantlement on 8 November. The primary focus of the protests was against "ongoing discrimination, poverty and human rights abuses against local citizens".
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Date | 9 October ā 8 November 2010 | ||
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Caused by | Discrimination of local citizens, Poverty, Human rights abuses | ||
Methods | Demonstrations, protest camp, rioting | ||
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While protests were initially peaceful, they were later marked by clashes between Sahrawi civilians and Moroccan security forces. Some referred to the protests as the Third Sahrawi Intifada,[1] following the First and the Second Sahrawi Intifadas.
Political activist Noam Chomsky has suggested that the month-long protest encampment at Gdeim Izik constituted the start of the Arab Spring,[2][3] while most sources consider the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in Tunisia on 17 December 2010 to be the actual start.[4][5][6][7]