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The Gdeim Izik protest camp 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. While protests were initially peaceful, they were later marked by clashes between civilians and security forces. Some referred to the protests as the Third Sahrawi Intifada,〔Elliana Bisgaard-Church. ''Sahrawis campaign for independence in the second intifada, Western Sahara, 2005-2008''. "In what has been called the beginning of the third Sahrawi intifada, on 9 October 2010 activists created Gdeim Izik camp in al-‘Ayun as a form of protest against Moroccan occupation." (). 27 November 2011.〕 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, traditionally considered to be the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi in Tunisia on 17 December 2010. == Events == The protest started on the night of 9 October 2010, when a group of Sahrawis erected the protest camp 12 km. south-east of El Aaiun, the administrative capital of the Moroccan-administered Southern Provinces in the disputed territory. The number of protesters increased rapidly in the first weeks from a few hundred ''khaimas'' (traditional tents) to several thousand coming from other towns of Western Sahara and southern Morocco. By the first week of November, the Gdeim Izik protest camp's population was estimated at around 5,000.〔http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAJA2600p042-045.xml1/proces-expulsion-jeune-afrique-journalistequand-des-militants-sahraouis-montent-le-proces-de-notre-reporter.html〕 The primary objective of the camp was to protest against "''ongoing discrimination, poverty and human rights abuses against local citizens''",〔("Mass exodus" from Western Sahara cities ). Afrol News, 21 October 2010.〕 but later some protesters also demanded independence for Western Sahara. On 24 October, a vehicle trying to enter the camp was fired upon by Moroccan Army forces. As a result, 14-year-old Nayem Elgarhi died and other passengers were injured. According to the Moroccan Interior ministry, a bullet was fired from the vehicle forcing the security forces to answer, with a final toll of one dead and three injured. However, according to the Polisario movement, there were no weapons in the vehicle. According to SADR's Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad Ministry, while the youths were bringing food, water and medicines to the protest camp, they were chased by the security forces since they fled El Aaiun. Elgarhi's family denounced the boy's secret burial, demanding a trial for the officers who shot him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gdeim Izik protest camp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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