Second Sahrawi Intifada

Independence Intifada
Part of Western Sahara conflict
Date	21 May – 14 December 2005
Location	Western Sahara, south of Morocco
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[1][2]
Parties
Independentist Sahrawis Moroccan government Auxiliary Forces Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie Groupes urbains de sécurité
Number
Hundreds[citation needed]
Casualties and losses
1 civilian killed dozens wounded[citation needed]

The Independence Intifada^[1] or the Second Sahrawi Intifada (intifada is Arabic for "uprising") and also May Intifada^[3] is a Sahrawi activist term for a series of disturbances, demonstrations and riots that broke out in May 2005 ^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}