1964 Guyanese protests
The 1964 protests in Guyana were popular demonstrations and massive rallies in opposition to the president Forbes Burnham and racial tensions in Guyana in 1964.[1]
Protesters used slogans and threw stones despite racial tensions and violence with the security forces in Linden. Rioters protested in the largest street with demonstrations and protest marches in Guyana in the city against the Indian tribes. Linden was the epicentre where rioting targeted at the Indian minority also led to the widespread destruction of property. The disturbances started on 20 May, escalating to murder on 25 May before the arrival of British troops on 26 May.[citation needed]
During this period more than two hundred properties were destroyed by fire and more than fifty people reported physical assaults, including at least seven rapes. The riots also claimed five lives: R. Khan and P. Mirgin, Indian residents of Wismar were killed on 25 May, along with G. English, an alleged looter. B. Wharton died in a fire on 27 May, while I. Bridgewater was killed on 28 May. Political disturbances initially began with the Guyana Agricultural Worker Union, when they staged countrywide strikes and nationwide labour protests was held in protest at low attention and to demand recognition as the bargaining agent for the country's sugar workers.[2]
After a wave of popular demonstrations and waves of street violence, 35-109 was killed in the dispersal and clashes at protest sites. Police brutality was frequent, with police deployed and soldier repression deployed at protesters.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ↑ Mars, Perry (September 1990). "Ethnic Conflict and Political Control: The Guyana Case". Social and Economic Studies. JSTOR. 39 (3): 65–94. JSTOR 27864954.
- ↑ Smith, Raymond T. (1995). ""Living in the Gun Mouth": Race, Class, and Political Violence in Guyana". Nwig: New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. JSTOR. 69 (3/4): 223–252. doi:10.1163/13822373-90002635. JSTOR 41849692.
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