Tag Archives: police violence
#Mauritania Police Cause Another Death with Tear Gas
Local new site Essirage reports that an expectant mother was overcome by tear gas while shopping in an area where police were firing tear gas to disperse anti-slavery demonstrators. The woman was taken to hospital shortly after the incident, when she noticed the baby had stopped moving. A scan just 3 days earlier had shown the child, […]
Mauritania Protests and Issues Update 26 May 2012
Friday 25 May 2012 saw several protests and rallies in Mauritania. Young supporters of the Coordination of the Democratic Opposition (COD) political coalition gathered after early evening prayers at the Saudi mosque in Nouakchott and were immediately confronted by anti-riot police using tear gas, sound bombs and batons to disperse them. There were several arrests and at least 10 […]
#Mauritania News and Updates 8 May 2012
Following on from an eventful Monday on May 7, with no less than 5 separate protests in Mauritania, I will be attempting to track events today by updating this post. 09:22 Police raided Nouakchott Uni Arts faculty this morning 8 May 2012, where students were using the student’s union office to stage a lock-in to protest […]
Show of support for jailed anti-slavery campaigner in #Mauritania
UPDATE: 6 May 2012: Protesters gathered outside the Ministry of Justice this morning to demand the released of Biram Ould Abeid UPDATE: 5 May 2012 IRA campaign has released a video appealing for the release of Biram Supporters of civil rights activist Biram Ould Abeid turned out on Friday 4 May 2012 to show their […]
Late Breaking News from #Mauritania 2 May Protest: Youth Stabbed
Reports were posted late Thursday night with this photograph of a youth who was attacked by unknown assailants at the beginning of the mass protest march in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on Wednesday afternoon. There was an earlier report late Wednesday of a youth in the hospital with internal bleeding. It is not known if these are […]
