Second Sahrawi Intifada

Independence Intifada
Independence Intifada
Part of Western Sahara conflict
Date	21 May – 14 December 2005
Location	Western Sahara
Caused by	Transfer of a Sahrawi prisoner from El Aaiun to Agadir
Goals	Independence of Western Sahara; Respect of human rights;
Methods	Demonstrations; Civil resistance; Rioting;
Resulted in	Sahrawi failure to gain independence
Parties
Independentist Sahrawis	Moroccan government Auxiliary Forces; Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie; Groupes urbains de sécurité;
Number
Hundreds
Casualties and losses
1 civilian killed; dozens wounded

The Independence Intifada or the Second Sahrawi Intifada (intifada is Arabic for "uprising") and also May Intifada is a Sahrawi activist term for a series of disturbances, demonstrations and riots that broke out in May 2005 in the Moroccan-controlled parts of Western Sahara and south of Morocco. This event has also been called The El-Aaiun Intifada by the same sources.