Student protests, July 1999

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The raid sparked six days of demonstrations and rioting throughout the country, during which at least three other people were killed and more than 200 injured.In the aftermath of these incidents, more than seventy students disappeared. In addition to an estimated 1,200–1,400 detainees, the “whereabouts and condition” of five students named by Human Rights Watch who are believed to be detained by persian authorities remain unknown.

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