2011 Omani protests

2011 Omani protests
Part of the Arab Spring
Protesters set Sohar's Lulu Hypermarket ablaze on 28 February 2011.
Date
17 January 2011 (2011-01-17) – 8 April 2011 (2011-04-08)
(2 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Goals
  • Salary increases
  • Lower living costs
  • Jobs
  • Less corruption[1]
Methods
StatusEnded
Casualties
Death(s)6–10
Injuries20[2]

The 2011 Omani protests (also called the Omani Spring) were a series of protests in Oman that occurred as part of the revolutionary wave popularly known as the "Arab Spring".[3]

The protesters demanded salary increases, lower living costs, the creation of more jobs and a reduction in corruption.[1] Protests in Sohar, Oman's fifth-largest city, centered on the Globe Roundabout.[4] The at the time Sultan Qaboos bin Said's responses included the dismissal of a third of the governing cabinet.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Oman protesters stage third day of unrest". The Star. Muscat. Associated Press. 28 February 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  2. ^ Protests escalate across region Archived 1 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine, The Gazette (Montreal), 1 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  3. ^ Oman budget gap rises to $658mn in Q1, spending up Archived 1 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Business Recorder. (10 July 2011). Retrieved 2012-01-15.
  4. ^ Globe Roundabout – Sohar, Oman | The Middle East Channel Archived 11 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Mideast.foreignpolicy.com. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  5. ^ Nath, Ravindra. "Qaboos fires 10 ministers". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.