Protests in Mauritania from 2011
The protests in Mauritania from 2011 started in January 2011 as part of the Arab Spring and lasted until 2012. The protests were organized by students and human rights activists . The protests are directed against the slavery still practiced in Mauritania , corruption , the authoritarian style of government of the incumbent President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and for general human rights. The protests were concentrated in the capital, Nouakchott .
course
The protests began with the self-immolation in protest of Yacoub Ould Dahoud, a Mauritanian businessman right outside the presidential palace in the capital Nouakchott on January 17, 2011. In a letter he left, Dahoud stated that the injustices of Mauritanian society made him feel like this Act. He died a few days later on January 23, 2011. As a result, from January 20, there were initially peaceful protests in Nouakchott.
The protesters attacked the police with Molotov cocktails and stones. The government in Mauritania responded by organizing a crisis meeting. It was decided to cut the price of bread by 30% to stop the protests. The Prime Minister of Mauritania Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdhaf announced reforms after the demonstrations .
Web links
- Revolution in slow motion , Der Standard April 26, 2012
credentials
- ↑ Arab Spring, Arabellion
- ↑ Real Democracy Now!
- ^ Mauritania - The country in dates
- ↑ Mauritania - The awakening land
- ^ Immolations par le feu: Egypte et Mauritanie après la Tunisie et l'Algérie. Le Parisien, January 17, 2011, accessed December 14, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Mauritania's overlooked uprising: What happened to the February 25th Movement? Al Jazeera, archived from the original on January 31, 2012 ; accessed on December 14, 2013 .
- ↑ Mauritania suppresses protests
- ↑ Mauritania's president has food prices cut , Die Zeit from January 21, 2011
- ↑ Mauritania: Protest against slavery brings human rights defenders to court ( Memento from May 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
