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Peaceful student protests repressed with tear gas

On two separate occasions in August, police disrupted demonstrations organised in Dakar by students of Cheikh-Anta-Diop University, the biggest in the country. On 1st August, demonstrators were dispersed with tear gas as they took to the streets demanding the release of a student who had been arrested during a strike a few days earlier. On 16th August, students blocked the main avenue leading to the university, in protest at the non-payment of their allowances. Although it remained largely peaceful, police violently disrupted the demonstration again using tear gas.

Sénégal / Dakar: La police disperse une manifestation d’étudiants de l’université Cheikh Anta Diop https://t.co/f9g4PCk7N4

— IPS Ivoire (@IPSIvoire) August 3, 2016
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30.09.2016

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