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Id 5,666,552
Latitude 27.1418
Longitude -13.18797
Country Morocco
Geo Name Id
Description Protesters, aged between 17 and 31, were arrested on May 9 in connection with a major pro-independence protest five days earlier in Laayoune, the main city in the disputed territory, which turned violent. The youngest, El Hussein Bah, told Amnesty that the police had "tortured him, threatened him with rape and forced him to sign papers, including a 'confession' which he was not allowed to read."
Start Date 01-Jan-13
End Date
Precision 1.0
Geo Name
ADM 1 Name Laayoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra
ADM 1 Id
ADM 2 Name Laayoune
ADM 2 Id
ADM 3 Name
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Armed Conflict 503MOR - Violence against civilians