What the records say
- When
- 27 Dec 1983 – 6 Jan 1984
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 34.00° N, 10.00° E
- Description
- riot in Tunisia
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Tunisian bread riots
1983–84 deadly anti-austerity protests
The Tunisian bread riots were a series of violent demonstrations in Tunisia that occurred from December 1983 to January 1984, triggered by a rise in the price of bread due to an IMF-imposed austerity program. President Habib Bourguiba declared a state of emergency and the riots were put down by force. Over 100 rioters died. The regime was weakened by the upheavals and the aftermath of food riots.
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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 “des « émeutes du pain » éclatent en Tunisie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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