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    Police fires Tear Gas at Students on Peaceful Demonstration

    • Date of Occurrence
      November 8, 2018
    • State/Country
      Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
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    To protest for the teachers’ strike to end so that schools can resume, students demonstrated in Bissau. Police fired tear gas at them, and arrested five people. Eight or more people were wounded.

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    • Date of Occurrence

      2018-11-08

    • State/Country

      Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

    • Security Agents Involved

      The Police

    • Legal Foundation

      Article 33, 43 and 44 of the constitution

    • Source

      https://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-alerts/174241/guinea-bissau-violent-protest-in-bissau-november-8-further-protests-likely-update-2

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