1963 Moscow protest
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, but the Ghanaian physician Edward Na, who participated in the events, claimed there were at most 150 protesters. The ambassador of Ghana in the Soviet Union, John Banks Elliott, requested militsiya protection of the Ghanaian embassy.
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 |
This was the first recorded political protest on the Red Square since the late 1920s.
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