 Red Square, the location of the protest, in 1963 | |
| Date | 18 December 1963 |
|---|---|
| Location | Red Square |
| Type | Protest |
| Cause | The alleged murder of the medical student Edmund Assare-Addo |
| Participants | Students from Ghana and other African countries |
On 18 December 1963, a number of students from Ghana and other African countries organized a protest on Moscow's Red Square (Russian SFSR, USSR) in response to the alleged murder of the medical student Edmund Assare-Addo. The number of participants was reported at 500–700,[1][2][3] but the Ghanaian physician Edward Na, who participated in the events, claimed there were at most 150 protesters.[4] The ambassador of Ghana in the Soviet Union, John Banks Elliott, requested militsiya protection of the Ghanaian embassy.[2]
This was the first recorded political protest on the Red Square since the late 1920s.[3]
- ^ "500 AFRICAN STUDENTS RIOT IN RED SQUARE". Chicago Tribune. December 19, 1963. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Russia Issues Warning". Daily Illini. 21 December 1963. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ a b Julie Hessler. "Death of an African Student in Moscow". CAIRN.info. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ Лина Розовская (4 February 2010). Они учились в СССР (in Russian). BBC. Retrieved 15 July 2014.