1981 protests in Kosovo | |||||
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Part of the breakup of Yugoslavia | |||||
Date | 11 March – 3 April 1981 | ||||
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Goals | Demanding higher autonomy for Kosovo | ||||
Methods | Protests, Civil unrest | ||||
Resulted in | Protests failed | ||||
Parties | |||||
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Lead figures | |||||
Besim Baraliu | |||||
Casualties and losses | |||||
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In March and April 1981, a student protest in Pristina, the capital of the then Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, led to widespread protests by Kosovo Albanians demanding more autonomy within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Presidency of Yugoslavia declared a state of emergency in Pristina and Kosovska Mitrovica, which led to rioting. The unrest was suppressed by a large police intervention that caused numerous casualties, and a period of political repression followed.
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