Sign in or Register
Report Incident
    • INCIDENTS
    • BLOG
    • MEMBERSHIP
    Report Incident

    Security forces repress peaceful protesters on a march with teargas and batons

    • Date of Occurrence
      July 4, 2017
    • State/Country
      Dakar, Senegal
    • Details
    • Comments 0
    • Bookmark
    • Share
    • Report
    • Leave a review
    Image
    Description

    Security forces used tear gas and batons to repress a peaceful demonstration organized by former President and opposition leader Abdoulaye Wade. The authorities stopped the protest under a 2011 decree banning all assemblies in city centre.

    Details
    • Date of Occurrence

      2017-07-04

    • State/Country

      Dakar, Senegal

    • Security Agents Involved

      The police

    • Source

      https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/africa/senegal/report-senegal/

    Location
    Get Directions
    Region
    • Senegal
    Rights & Freedom Violated
    • Right to Freedom of Association
    mood_bad
  • No comments yet.
  • chat
    Add a comment

    Leave a Reply · Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Similar Incidents

    Security forces assault journalists

    • Dakar
    Apr23
    • Press Freedom
    • +1

    Police uses teargas and truncheons to disperse protesters on a peaceful march

    • Dakar
    Oct14
    • Right to Free Speech
    • +1

    Security forces shoot and injure two women and several others involved in a protest

    • Touba
    Jun16
    • Right to Freedom of Association
    • +1

    Closing Civic Spaces is a publicly-available database on closing spaces for civic engagement and civil society in Nigeria & West Africa. Data  is compiled from public sources.

    • +234-814-500-0067
    • Lagos, Nigeria

    Stay informed

    Get incidents as they happen

    Support our campaign to protect the civil society space

    Donate Now

    © 2019 Closing Civic Spaces by Spaces for Change. Spaces for Change is a member of the Global NPO Coalition on FATF.

    Images, texts, & other forms of content are copyright of their respective owners.

    person
    Sign in

    Or connect with

    Sign in with Google
    Login with Facebook
    personDon't have an account?
    lockForgot password?
    person
    Create an account

    Or connect with

    Sign in with Google
    Login with Facebook
    Already Registered?

    Cart

      • Facebook
      • Twitter
      • WhatsApp
      • Telegram
      • Pinterest
      • LinkedIn
      • Tumblr
      • VKontakte
      • Mail
      • Copy link