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Historia > Efemerideen kanala

At age 12, Iqbal Masih, child anti-slave symbol, was murdered

29
years ago

16 April 1995,

Iqbal Masih, a 12-year-old working boy, a Pakistani trade unionist and activist, was murdered. He was a carpet worker until he managed to escape when he was 10 years old. With the help of the union Bhatta Mazdoor Mahaz faced child slavery. He was killed playing by the Mat mafia. Since then, today is the international day against child slavery.

On this day
1889Charles Chaplin, actor and film director, was born in London
1873Kizkitza was born in San Sebastian, an important Basque writer and politician
1746The Scots lost the Battle of Culloden against the British, the beginning of repression
1797The sailors mutated in sixteen boats of the king of England

This year in history: < >
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1995-01-25
Drummer Eric Cantona hit a Nazi follower
1995-04-16
At age 12, Iqbal Masih, child anti-slave symbol, was murdered
1995-06-04
A group of antimilitarists entered the Loiola de San Sebastian headquarters while performing a ceremony
1995-06-21
The remains of Lasa and Zabala arrived in the Basque Country
1995-06-30
Rosa Zarra dies eight days after a Ertzaintza punch in the stomach
1995-08-15
43 Tamil tigers fled Vellore Fort prison in India
1995-10-30
Second referendum on the independence of Québec
1995-11-10
Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha hangs nine people from the Ogoni people

This month's anniversaries:
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15
years ago
2009-04-07
Alberto Fujimori, former president of Peru, was sentenced to 25 years in prison
25
years ago
1999-04-05
Entrepreneurs chained to the hospital bed of the Basque prisoner Esteban Nieto
30
years ago
1994-04-27
Nelson Mandela wins elections in South Africa
30
years ago
1994-04-07
Voids started genocide against Rwanda's Tutsis
30
years ago
1994-04-01
First Youth Meeting in Etxarri Aranatz
35
years ago
1989-04-18
A group of conscientious objectors interrupted the passage of a military convoy in Vitoria
40
years ago
1984-04-22
The Ertzaintza rebelled against the AEK demonstration before the Basque Parliament
45
years ago
1979-04-23
New Zealand Professor Blair Peach was killed by police in England during a demonstration against fascism
50
years ago
1974-04-25
The leftist military launched the Carnation Revolution in Portugal against the dictatorship
50
years ago
1974-04-03
ETA killed torturing civilian guard Gregorio Posada in Azpeitia
55
years ago
1969-04-30
They created Seaska: Federation of Ikastolas de Lapurdi, Nafarroa Beherea and Zuberoa
55
years ago
1969-04-12
American military base emitted gas and 6,000 sheep died in Skull Valley, Arizona
55
years ago
1969-04-06
EGI members, Artajo and Asurmendi, died while preparing a bomb
55
years ago
1969-04-02
Police raided 21 Black Panthers militants with false accusations
60
years ago
1964-04-20
Four councillors of the City of San Sebastian refused to celebrate the 25 years of peace established by Franco
60
years ago
1964-04-17
Palestinian boxer and prisoner Hamza Younis fled prison for the first time
80
years ago
1944-04-21
They recognized women &apos; s right to vote in the French State
85
years ago
1939-04-01
End of the 1936 war
105
years ago
1919-04-13
British soldiers shot the crowd and killed over 1,000 people in the Indian city of Amritsar
105
years ago
1919-04-10
Emiliano Zapata Dies in Mexico
105
years ago
1919-04-10
In Ireland they formed the Limerick Sobieta, printing their own currency and fixing the price of basic necessities.
110
years ago
1914-04-09
Anarchist Kaxilda Hernaez is born in Zizurkil
130
years ago
1894-04-02
French feminist journalist Jeanne Deroin dies in London
135
years ago
1889-04-16
Charles Chaplin, actor and film director, was born in London
390
years ago
1634-04-20
The Spanish army enters the city to crush the bilbain uprising
415
years ago
1609-04-04
Expelled former Muslims Felipe from Spain III.ak