What the records say
- When
- 18 Apr 2001 – 14 Jun 2001
- Kind
- Riot
- Deaths
- 126
- Coordinates
- 28.00° N, 1.00° E
- Description
- series of violent disturbances and political demonstrations in Algeria in 2001
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Black Spring (Algeria)
Series of protests and demonstrations
The Black Spring was a series of protests and political demonstrations by Kabyle activists in the Kabylie region of Algeria in 2001, which were met by repressive and violent police measures and became a potent symbol of Kabyle discontent with the national government.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Kabylie (Algérie), l’assassinat de Massinissa Guermah, un jeune kabyle de 18 ans”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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