Zemla Intifada
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Date17 June 1970
Location
GoalsIndependence of the territory
Methods
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| Date | 17 June 1970 | ||
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The Zemla Intifada (or the Zemla Uprising) is the name used to refer to disturbances of 17 June 1970,[1] which culminated in a massacre (where between 2 and 11 people were killed) by Spanish Legion forces in the Zemla district of El Aaiun, Spanish Sahara (modern-day Western Sahara).[2]
Leaders of the previous secret organization Movement for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Wadi el Dhahab (Harakat Tahrir) called for a demonstration to read out a petition of goals in response against the Spanish occupation of Western Sahara. On 17 June 1970, this petition was read to the Spanish governor-general of the colony, General José María Pérez de Lema y Tejero, peacefully.[3]