What the records say
- When
- 11 Mar 2011
- Kind
- Protest
- Deaths
- 10
- Coordinates
- 24.65° N, 46.77° E
- Description
- Arab Spring protests in Saudi Arabia
2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests
Arab Spring protests in Saudi Arabia
The protests in Saudi Arabia were part of the Arab Spring that started with the 2011 Tunisian revolution. Protests started with a self-immolation in Samtah and Jeddah street protests in late January 2011. Protests against anti-Shia discrimination followed in February and early March in Qatif, Hofuf, al-Awamiyah, and Riyadh.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Mass Mobilization Project v5.1: protests against governments, 1990–2020 (Clark & Regan)David Clark and Patrick Regan · names it “Protest in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia”Creative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
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