policy. For example, some people protest racism or war. There are many ways in which people can protest. Protesters can do things like write letters,...

The 2019-20 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests were caused by the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation...

The George Floyd protests were a series of protests and riots that started in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, Minnesota, United States. Unrest...

The 2020 Kyrgyzstan protests began on 5 October 2020 in response to the 2020 parliamentary election that were perceived by protestors as unfair. The results...

The Tiananmen Square protests were held from 15 April to 4 June 1989. China calls this the June Fourth Incident, It was part of the Revolutions of 1989...

The 2017–2018 Iranian protests were many public protests which happened in many cities throughout Iran beginning on 28 December 2017 and continuing into...

Many civil protests against poverty are taking place in several cities in Chile. The protests began in the capital Santiago as a campaign by secondary...

threshold (10% in 2014). A protestor wearing a red dress and a white purse, Ceyda Sungur, became a symbol of Gezi Park Protests after a police officer pepper-sprayed...

2019–20 Colombian protests are a collection of protests that have occurred since 21 November 2019. Hundreds of thousands of Colombians protested to support the...

Protests against the results of the controversial 2009 Iranian presidential election (Persian: اعتراضات علیه نتایج انتخابات ریاست جمهوری سال ۱۳۸۸), a controversial...

The ongoing 2020 Thai protests are a series of protests against the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, which have included demands for reform...

The 2020 Belarusian protests, nicknamed the Slipper Revolution, and the Anti-Cockroach Revolution are a series of street protests against Belarus's president...

la Liberté) was a protest in Canada against COVID-19 vaccine requirements for truckers to re-enter the country by land. The protests began with many truck...

On February 15, 2003, there was a day of protests across the world. The protests were to express people's opposition to the imminent invasion of Iraq...

The 2020–21 Indian farmers' protest was a protest that took place in India. It was caused when Parliament passed three new laws. A lot of people think...

A protest song is a song of protest that is part of a movement to change society. Many protest songs have lyrics that directly call for change, while others...

A series of protests against COVID-19 lockdowns began in China on 15 November 2022. The protests are regarded as the largest nationwide anti-government...

The October 2020 Polish protests began in Poland on 22 October 2020 over the rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal illegalizing abortions. The country...

Arab Spring (Arabic: الربيع العربي, ar-rabīˁ al-ˁarabī) was a wave of protests and demonstrations that happened in the Middle East and North Africa starting...

protests that happened on June 14, and October 18 2025 are known as No Kings protests, No Dictators protests or No Tyrants protests. People protested...

Kong protests, also known as the Umbrella Revolution, were a series of protests in Hong Kong that started on 27 September 2014. They were protesting against...

these protests hoped that people would be encouraged to mobilize (or start working together to protest) because of the Tunisian uprising. Protests happened...

by police for protesting against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 24 February, Russia said to not make any "unsanctioned" protest. Authorities...

Bloody January was a series of protests that began in Kazakhstan on 2 January 2022 after a sudden sharp increase in gas prices. The Kazakh government said...

they think and to try to change their point of view. It is one kind of protest. Examples of demonstrations include marches, where people walk together...

protests against the 2024 Georgian parliamentary election results began in Georgia after the first official results were announced. The protestors said...

Protest activity against the Vietnam War took place before and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Since 1967, people of the counterculture...

The 2021 Colombian protests are a series of ongoing protests in Colombia that began on 28 April 2021 against increased taxes proposed by the government...

Protests broke out in the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan on 1 July 2022 over proposed amendments by Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Uzbek President...

The 2019 Ecuadorian protests are an ongoing series of protests and riots against the end of fuel subsidies and austerity measures by President of Ecuador...

A series of protests against the economic policies of Ecuadorian president Guillermo Lasso, caused by increasing fuel and food prices, began on 13 June...

The Israel–Hamas war protest voting movements were a series of protest movementsduring the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries. Its main target...

A tax protest is nonpayment or a certain tax or taxes because the people refusing to pay the tax believe it to be wrong, unconstitutional, etc. A tax...

protests were a series of demonstrations caused after the removal of President Martín Vizcarra. These started on November 9, 2020. Massive protests were...

Protest the Hero are a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario. Protest the Hero was formed in 2001 under the original name, Happy Go Lucky...

The 2021 Cuban protests are a series of ongoing protests against the government of Cuba. It began on July 11, 2021 and were caused by the government's...

protests is a movement where people protest against the war in the Gaza region in Palestine. People in many countries participated in these protests....

small protests of about 300-500 people throughout January. Major protests did not begin until 14 February 2011. The demonstrations were protesting against...

Mahsa Amini protests began on 14 September 2022 following the death of Mahsa Amini. She died in Tehran, Iran, after being detained (and allegedly beaten)...

From 21 October 2019 until late November of that year, protests and marches occurred in Bolivia in response to claims of electoral fraud in the 2019 general...

Cambodian protests or Anti-government protests, have been going on in Cambodia since July 2013. Demonstrations in Phnom Penh have taken place against the...

The 2022 Peruvian protests are protests across Peru that happened for less than a month. They were against the country's rising inflation and disapproval...

2022 Sri Lankan protests were a series of protests by many non-partisan protesters, mainly the general public and opposition political parties against...

Mass protests erupted in several cities in Iran at the end of December 2025. The protests continued into 2026. Human rights groups and news organizations...

Protests against Donald Trump occurred in the United States in 2016. They occurred because of Trump's presidential campaign, and because of the results...

November 2013 with protests demanding that Ukraine become part of the European Union. On 30 November 2013 riot police attacked protestors, violently putting...

Square protests were student-led demonstrations in Beijing in mid-1989. Tiananmen Square protests may also refer to: 1919 Tiananmen Square protests or May...

gilets gialli), also called as the Yellow Jacket movement in English, is a protest movement in Europe which began with a petition posted in May 2018, and...

The 2020–21 United States election protests were a series of protests across the United States after the 2020 United States presidential election between...

A protest vote (also called a blank, null, spoiled, or "none of the above" vote) is a vote cast in an election to show disapproval of the choice of candidates...

what is called hijab. In 2022, people protested against this ruling. These protests became known as Enghelab protests (Persian: دختران انقلاب). They are...

institutional racism and to promote social justice policy changes beyond protests. The movement began in 2013 with the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social...

between police and anti-Russian protesters. "Protester shoots 'fireworks gun' at riot police during pro-EU protests in Georgia". The Independent. 1 December...

Protests began in Montenegro on 19 January 2022 against the proposition of URA to remove Prime Minister Zdravko Krivokapić and his cabinet from power....

massive protests, commonly known as the Gen Z protests took place across Nepal, mainly organized by students and young citizens. The protests began following...

United Kingdom's song, a protestor jumped on stage and stole the microphone off singer SuRie. Security guards removed the protestor from the stage shortly...

In August 2020, in the aftermath of the Jacob Blake shooting, protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States and elsewhere occurred as part of the larger...

Black bloc is a protest strategy where people wear black clothes and cover up their faces. This helps them to not be recognized and to avoid pepper spray...

known as the Baltimore uprising) were protests that began on April 25, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. The protests happened in response to the death of an...

semi-automatic assault rifle at a peaceful protestor the night before. Police made an "organized protest zone" in Ferguson. August 26 was the #HandsUP...

The 2021 Russian protests are a series of street protests in support of Alexei Navalny. They were caused by his locking up and the release of Alexei Navalny's...

safety concerns" due to the protest of thousands of protesters in and outside his rally. Thousands of anti-Trump protesters responding to civic leaders'...

The Dakota Access Pipeline protests, also called by the hashtag #NoDAPL, were grassroots movements that began in early 2016 in reaction to the approved...

do. There are many forms of activism. Activism is most associated with protests. Activist demonstrative forms of activism includes rallies, street marches...

The 2018–2019 Gaza border protests, by the organiser called the Great March of Return (Arabic: مسیرة العودة الكبري), were a series of demonstrations held...

on June 6, 2025, people began protesting immigration raids in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Protests began in Los Angeles on June 6...

The 2025 Nepal Teachers' Protest was a big strike and protest by school teachers across Nepal in April 2025. It was organized by the Nepal Teachers' Federation...

This was the first time that a Wikipedia had blanked all its content to protest. The Wikimedia Foundation released a statement on 4 October. The Foundation...

protest movement, protests by pro-Russian, anti-government separatist groups took place in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine. These protests...

On January 18, 2012, protests against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) were happening in the U.S. This followed smaller...

Street was a protest that started in 2011 in New York City and spread into other cities all over the United States. Citizens protested against how poor...

Sometimes people have made their own decision to leave their country as a protest against the way it was being ruled. This is called "self-imposed exile"...

violent. This can happen after sports events, during demonstrations. or as a protest. Rioters damage cars and buildings and attack other people, among other...

"pay gap". Usually males are paid higher than females which has caused protest. This short article about the United States can be made longer. You can...

The Boston Tea Party was a protest by American colonists (called "patriots") against King George III's rule in colonial America. It happend on December...

rule before. General Ne Win led a coup in 1962. In 1988, many people protested against the military government because they were not happy with it. They...

refers to an incident where Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien put a protestor in a chokehold. It was named after Chrétien's hometown of Shawinigan,...

ultimately led to his downfall and death. Stephen VI was strangled to death by protesters. O'Malley, John W., A History of the Popes, New York, Sheed & Ward, 2010...

arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The murder started the George Floyd protests against racism in the United States and in other countries. George Floyd...

Many musicians and punk rock music listeners ("punk rockers") want to protest or rebel against the norms or rules of society. Punks say that people should...

people around the world, mainly students, protested against climate change. On 24 May 2019, a second major protest took place. Activism after high-school...

control by force. Anarchists usually use the black bloc strategy when protesting or rioting. U.S. President William McKinley was killed by an anarchist...

The 1969 People's Park protest, also known as Bloody Thursday, took place at People's Park on May 15, 1969. The Berkeley Police Department and other officers...

Starbucks Christmas cup. Some suggested a boycott of the coffee brand to protest. "controversy". Vocabulary.com. Retrieved 8 July 2016. Ilya Somin (October...

Spring, protests and uprisings inside the Arab World, and protests outside those regions like many Russian protests. He said that the recent protests were...

known as Occupy London Stock Exchange) was a peaceful protest and demonstration. The aims of the protest was to demand dialogue and to draw attention to several...

non-violent activist, who led the independence movement through a non-violent protest. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbander, India...

leave. 2019 Protestors in Hong Kong demonstrated against a new extradition law proposed by the Hong Kong government.It was the largest protest in Hong Kong's...

The Red Pencil protest happened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on January 4, 2014. It was organized by the Angry Media Movement (GERAMM) and supported by media...

Southern Christian Leadership Conference, including Fred Shuttlesworth, protested for the rights of African Americans. Reverend Shuttlesworth also started...

State. It then became a part of Turkey, which caused protests by the Arabs in the province. The protests were later shut down and many Arab Christians and...

seller Mohamed Bouazizi dies after setting himself on fire in an act of protest. January 7 – The 2011 AFC Asian Cup is held in Qatar, until January 29...

A boycott is a protest where the protesters do not buy a product or give money to a company. Instead of buying a certain product, they might also buy another...

Movement) were protests by people living in Bangladesh, which was part of Pakistan during that time. The people living in Bangladesh started protesting because...

2022, she interrupted a state-controlled Russian TV news broadcast to protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which made international news...

Lanka time split?". 3 April 2006. Retrieved 22 October 2021. "Clarke in protest at Sri Lanka time zone switch". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 October 2014...

Public protests which became violent forced him to quit. His return from exile in 1976 caused protests. On October 6, 1976, many people in these protests were...

organizations were able to conduct interviews with protestors and organizers without issue. As one protestor summarized to KOMO News, a local ABC affiliate...

fight against rebels and external forces; he also said that "peaceful protest is one thing but armed rebellion is another." On 17 May 2011 the International...

Hunger Strike was a hunger protest in Northern Ireland by Irish republican prisoners during the Troubles. During the protest, seven prisoners from the...

since then. Lebanon was one of three nations to boycott the 1956 Games in protest of the British and French involvement in the Suez Crisis. Lebanon has also...

anti-war movements and peace movements. Anti-war activists work through protest and other peaceful means to attempt to pressure a government (or governments)...

German society. In the 1970s, there were a lot of protests against nuclear power in Germany. The protesters had no support in the political parties in Germany...

non-violent protests and civil disobedience (peacefully refusing to follow unfair laws). Activists used strategies like boycotts, sit-ins, and protest marches...

– June 11, 1971) was a protest where 89 Native Americans and other people occupied Alcatraz Island. At one point, the protest had 400 people. It was led...

different location to escape legal charges are called fugitives. In 2019 protestors in Hong Kong demonstrated against a new extradition law proposed by the...

them a license. She led protests for press freedom and organized weekly protests for reform. She helped lead the Yemeni protests to support the Arab Spring...

National Guard helicopters spray skin-stinging powder on Vietnam War protesters in California. May 31 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono record "Give Peace a...

counter the protesters. They were joined by state troopers and beat protesters so severely that 17 were hospitalized. They beat the protesters with batons...

to protests in the 1920s in Paraíba against Júlio Prestes becoming the President of Brazil. State president João Pessoa supported these protests. João...

part of the Soviet Union. On 9 September 1991, after long periods of mass protests against the Soviet Government, the Parliament of Tajikistan declared independence...

a protestor who took her microphone and shouted "modern Nazis of the UK media, we demand freedom, war is not peace." Security removed the protestor and...

Durham County Courthouse, was pulled down and severely damaged during a protest on August 17, 2017. Eight individuals were arrested for destroying the...

雨傘運動) was a political formation that brought about the 2014 Hong Kong protests. It was formed in 2014 as a means of getting the democracy of Hong Kong...

comfortable to any event (happy or not) and usually try not to change it or protest it. An example would be a person being in rest or comfortable with the...

that involves one or more persons non-violently occupying an area for a protest. This short article can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding...

Occupy movement are an international protest group which are directed against social or economic inequality. The movement model itself after the New York...

After the 2025 Pahalgam attack, protests were sparked around the world. These protests focused on a variety of issues related to the 2025 India–Pakistan...

"War" is a counterculture protest song. It was written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1969. It was released by the Motown label in 1970. Whitfield...

After a summer with large protests against the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, the Mexican Armed Forces shot multiple unarmed civilians, killing...

Желтоқсан көтерілісі), also spelled Zheltoksan, or December of 1986 were protests that happened in Almaty, Kazakh SSR, when Mikhail Gorbachev replaced Dinmukhamed...

September 2022. "Iran | People, Religion, Leader, Map, Conflict, Allies, Protests, Nuclear Deal, Flag, & War | Britannica". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved...

were protesting outside the White House, demanding that women get the right to vote. However, there were groups of men that attacked these protesters. There...

Sharpeville massacre was when a crowd of between 5,000 and 7,000 black people protested at the police station in Sharpeville, South Africa on March 21, 1960....

States. However, they agreed that they would only use non-violent ways of protesting and trying to make change. Their motto was: "Not one hair on one head...

peaceful protesters. Before this era, the Soviet Union did not allow any protests of its population and stopped them violently if they did protest. The reason...

Pius X, a grouping of traditionalist priests that was founded in 1970 to protest the decisions of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Communities such...

April 21, 1854, protesters, who did not like the bars being closed on Sudnays, fought with police, who supported Boone. "One protester was killed and dozens...

movement Anti-war movement Autism rights movement Environmentalism Lobbying Protest "Social Movements". Counterfire. Retrieved Jul 8, 2016. This short article...

violent protests happened in Gwangju. Protestors looted government building. They armed themselves with stolen guns and military jeeps. Protestors killed...

Pussy Riot is a Russian feminist punk rock protest group of eleven women. The group was formed in August 2011 in Moscow. Three members of the group (Yekaterina...

so he could win. In early 2011, during the Arab Spring, there were huge protests against his government. In the end, Mubarak resigned and handed over power...

2020 there were very big protests. Many Nigerians came to the protests, but the government beat up and shot the protesters. On one day, the government...

tweeted: When the looting starts, the shooting starts. This was about the protests of the death of George Floyd. Scott had spoken out against Floyd's murder...

over protests". BBC News. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2018. Tarek Amara (27 February 2011). "Tunisia prime minister resigns after protests"....

hippies called the Yippies, led by Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, led a huge protest during the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, where they tried to run...

gatherings to recognize Floyd and protest his murder, including at his memorial. In the days after his death, and the protests that followed, that specific...

for an end to the cold war arms race. It was the largest anti-nuclear protest and the largest political demonstration in American history. In recent...

has very polluted air. This is quite common in Russia, where civilian protests are less effective than in Western countries. Many different ethnic groups...

denomination of Christianity that is named after Martin Luther, who led a protest against the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century. He was a German...

February 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2008. 22 Arrested in Nuclear Protest "Hundreds Protest at Livermore Lab". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013...

continued after the George Floyd protests. In the essay, Cotton said that the military should be deployed to help stop the protests. He invoked the desegregation...

organized meetings for protest against the actions of state police. 750-800 thousand people were at one of the biggest protests on November 25. On November...

(/ˈoʊks/; December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American songwriter, protest singer, and political activist. He wrote songs during the Free Speech movement...

People like Erasmus, Huldrych Zwingli, Martin Luther and John Calvin protested the corruption and tried to stop it. This led to a split in the church...

American unaffiliated Baptist church known for its extreme opinions and protests, especially those against gay people. The church is widely described as...

A hunger strike is a way that people protest by not eating. Many people have done this to get people's attention, especially the attention of leaders...

rebellion known as the Eureka Stockade. The flag has been used as a symbol of protest in Australia since then. Northern Cross Ridpath, Ian. "Crux: The southern...

The Birmingham Campaign was a series of anti-racial segregation protests that took place in Birmingham, Alabama in April of 1963. Birmingham, Alabama,...

associated with many online and offline protests. These protests commonly relate to freedom of speech. They often protest against political corruption and censorship...

countries. In Russia, many opposition groups formed anti-war protests. Thousands of protesters were then arrested by the Russian government. Millions of...

followed by Kurt Georg Kiesinger. In 1968 the West German student movement protests began. In 1969 Willy Brandt became chancellor. Under him, West Germany...

National Laboratory. Many different groups have been involved in various protests and demonstrations over the years. More than eighty anti-nuclear groups...

for an all-party government as protesters stormed and burned his residence that day. Later in the evening, protesters broke into the Wickremesinghe's...

anti-apartheid actions occurred. They included protests by the Black Consciousness Movement; student protests; labor strikes; and church group activism. In...

(murdered). Blaise Compaoré became the president. On 28 October 2014 protesters began to march and demonstrate in Ouagadougou. Compaoré was ready to change...

represented the Jewish community, it boycotted the 1936 Games in Germany in protest of the Nazi Party's anti-Semitic policies. Israel has sent a team to each...

orders that a statue of himself be placed in the temple in Jerusalem. Jews protest. They are able to stop construction of the statue until the death of Caligula...

princes and free cities at the Diet of Speyer (1529), petitioned or "protested" against the imperial ban adopted by the Diet against Martin Luther and...

Arts. He was a candidate in the 2009 presidential election. After the protests that followed the election, he was removed from his position at the Academy...

used as an extreme form of protest or in acts of martyrdom. The act of "setting oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest" was first recorded in Lady...

First. Retrieved 2019-12-02. Pathi, Krutika (13 July 2022). "Thousands protest against Sri Lanka's new acting president". Associated Press. Colombo. Retrieved...

Fees Must Fall was a student protest to ask universities to drop fee hikes in South Africa and Namibia between 2015 and 2017. It was led student activists...

the college, University of California, Berkeley, where many political protests were held in the 1960s. It is also famous for its gourmet food and art...

Outside of China, the square is well known for the Tian'anmen Square protests of 1989. The square is 880 meters south to north and 500 meters east to...

2024 Quota Reform Movement dubbed as the Bangla Blockade by protesters is an ongoing movement spearheaded by students and teachers of both public universities...

burning himself to death while sitting in a street in Saigon. He was protesting the South Vietnam's government and Catholic president Ngô Đình Diệm's...

inappropriate for the occasion because of women's suffrage and women's rights protesting. "Woodrow Wilson inauguration". Archived from the original on 2009-01-20...

also attracts protestors, and even criminal assaults. Protesting is controversial, and has been tested in law. "Parliament Square protesters lose eviction...

Richard George and Graham Thompson. Leake, Jonathan, Google Earth showed protesters way to conquer parliament Archived 2008-07-09 at the Wayback Machine,...

onto the power through anti-democratic practices. Following widespread protests against her during the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement and the Non-cooperation...

August 1990) is a Hong Kong student leader and member of the 2014 Hong Kong protests. He has alongside Umbrella Movement leaders, Nathan Law and Joshua Wong...

at the Wayback Machine, Inside the Games, July 1, 2010 "Inside Lines: Protests at 2012 if Saudis say 'no girls allowed'", The Independent, July 4, 2010...

in Rome and moved the capital from Turin to Florence. There were many protests against this agreement and consequently Minghetti was forced to resign...

After the fall of the Berlin wall, in 1989, there was a revolution. Protesters wanted Ceaușescu to step down. During demonstrations, Romanian Secret...

first declared the congregation in Asia Minor excommunicated but under protest seems to have withdrawn and those members of the church were accepted back...

Kazakhstan. This caused "Jeltoqsan" protests in Almaty that started on December 16. People who joined these protests were usually young Kazakhs. The government...

Kashmir a part of India. The party's founder, Mookerjee, was arrested for protesting in Kashmir, when he was ordered not to do so. He died in prison, so Deendayal...

the morning of 16 June 1976. Students from many Sowetan schools began to protest in the streets of Soweto because Afrikaans had been introduced as the language...

organized protests against war criminals from the 1971 war. He also spoke against the fundamentalist Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami. The protests started...

in the US in the 1960s. Rock music has the same folk tradition as the protest song. Rock music has been involved with political activism. It has also...

ride based on The Princess and the Frog as a result of the George Floyd protests.[source?] The movie only got a home video release internationally. This...

Ayatollah Khomeini who organized protests in the Iranian city of Qom. When the protestors refused to end their protests, government forces opened fire,...

major cities are Sevastopol and Kerch. In March, 2014, after a series of protests in Ukraine the previous month, Russian troops took control of Crimea. A...

national anthem to protest police brutality againstAfrican=Americanss which is being played before every NFL game. He did this to protest police brutality...

after the European imperial era, in Africa. In September 2025, widespread protests happened because of water and power cuts, causing the deaths of over 20...

Square protests and massacre Anti-World Trade Organization protests by Koreans in Hong Kong - 2005 2009 Shishou incident 2014 and 2019 Hong Kong protests 2018...

Mohammed Ghannouchi resigns over protests, BBC News, 27 February 2011 Tarek Amara, Tunisian prime minister resigns amid protests Archived 2012-01-19 at the...

Czechoslovakia on August 20–21, 1968. Immediately after the invasion, a series of protests took place in Czechoslovakia. Prague Spring symbolizes the experiment of...

annual Bilderberg summit in 2002; 2008, 2012, and 2017,[source?] There were protests. "Naturalist: Coyotes breeding in Fairfax Co. park". WTOP Radio. 21 August...

community since at least 2018. And at the monument there have been other protests. The statue was commissioned in 1966 from a sculptor called Aldo Pero (from...

願榮光歸香港) is a Cantonese song produced during the 2019 Hong Kong protests. Many protestors mentioned that the song is Hong Kong's unofficial national anthem...

radical group which destroyed textile machinery as a form of protest. The group was protesting against the use of machinery in a "fraudulent and deceitful...

were attacked. It was created in 1960 from the student-led sit-ins to protest segregated lunch counters in Greensboro, North Carolina and Nashville,...

Danish newspaper. The publication led to an outcry, and sparked violent protests in the Islamic world, with many people dying. The cartoons were drawn and...

However, a video released by the government reportedly showed a local PTI protestor in a V8 vehicle carrying out the attack. Hours before his abduction, Jan...

with freeing the slaves, the Memorial has been a center for civil rights protests in the United States. In 1939, Marian Anderson sang there because she could...

finished second, behind Usain Bolt but was disqualified after an American led protest that Martina ran out of his lane during the race. The Netherlands Antilles...

down the bucket" and become friends with each other. He saw violence and protests against discrimination of blacks as holding grudges between the races....

with many saying it was rigged and unfair. His re-election caused many to protest against the election results. After the contested election, the European...

as president from 1967 to 1998. His presidency ended in 1998 amid mass protests, leading to his resignation. Suharto had only one name, like most Javanese...

many protests including protesting at CBS headquarters, rallying against President Richard Nixon, protesting against abortion rights, and protesting at...

Rajapaksa left his official residence in Colombo before protesters broke into the residence. Protesters were seen taking over the mansion even swimming in...

during the Canada convoy protest. The song was used by counter-protesters to flood Zello channels, to troll protesters at the protests. Since Ram Ranch became...

was incorporated as a city in 1894. In August 2014, there were riots and protests after a officer, Darren Wilson, shot and killed 18-year-old, Michael Brown...

home in Texas to protest. Sheehan’s strong protests created controversy throughout the U.S.. Many people did not like her protesting against her country...

Buddhist monks call for boycott of 2009 Tibetan New Year celebrations to protest casualties of 2008 Tibetan unrest (see picture of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist...

Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland did not participate because they wanted to protest at the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Media related to 1956 Summer Olympics...

April 3 – In England, letter from the Agitators of the New Model Army, protesting delay of pay, is read in the House of Commons May 29 – The Rhode Island...

The Birmingham Children's Crusade was a nonviolent protest in Birmingham, Alabama from May 2–5, 1963. This moment in history resulted in the desegregation...

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919 under British Rule a large number of protestors were shot at and killed by British troops. The city is also famous for...

since then. In 1956, the nation boycotted the Games in Melbourne as a protest against the Soviet invasion in Hungary just a few weeks before the Games...

February revolution, some workers and peasants protested. Police shot and killed some, but more protestors kept coming. Nicholas gave up the throne. This...

students at Columbia University in New York City started an occupation protest against the Israel–Gaza war (2023-2024). They initially set up an encampment...

student and opposition activist in Iran. After his death in 2005, the Kurds protested and the Iranian government had to send more than 100,000 soldiers to this...

were not allowed to vote, and so they fought for their rights. In their protests, they ended up getting arrested. In 1913 Emily Davison died for the cause...

meetings, but also in official gatherings, schools, protests and many other situations. "Chinese protesters sing anthem the Internationale". Australian Broadcasting...

is a federal republic divided into seven provinces. In September 2025, protests against social media ban, economic inequality and corruption caused riots...

2 continues from "The Happiest Days of Our Lives". It is a rock opera protest song against the cruelty of teachers in Britain. Part 3 is the loudest...

The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of peaceful protests that happened in Greensboro, North Carolina. They happened from February 1 to July 25, 1960....

the Tyrrell team's protest against Ferrari's use of two rear wings and disqualified Villeneuve. The appeal process meant that the result of the protest would not...

However, the Deaf community protested this decision due to the different perspectives and goals of ISLRTC and AYJNIHH. The protests and meetings with the ministers...

disappointed the elected politicians who wanted to reduce the king's powers. Protests against the monarchy became more common, especially among the poorer people...

demonstrations. But Lee said, "I fully understand the protestors' point of view on the matter". He added, "Protesting culture has a deep root in democracy of Korea...

value of open access to information on the Internet. Other websites joined protests against SOPA. For example, Google put up a black censor board in front...

3 February 1967) was the last man hanged in Australia, there were many protests to commute his sentence however the governor of Victoria, Henry Bolte wanted...

demonstration by a group of people in a public place, to show their support or to protest, is permitted on the condition that it remain nonviolent. Sometimes the...

also known as Chipko Andolan. Those who were part of it used nonviolent protests. The Chipko movement began in the early 1970s in Uttarakhand. It then spread...

was born in Barking, Essex. He is famous for his mix of folk, punk, and protest music. "Billy Bragg - Music Biography, Credits and Discography". Allmusic...

use until 1923. March 18 – Britain repeals the Stamp Act after American protests. February 14 – Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (died...

Prix, but the Bahrain Grand Prix was cancelled due to the high amount of protesters. Bahrain was briefly put back on the schedule before being cancelled again...

became some of the largest protests in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. These protests, also called the Mahsa Amini Protests, showed the strength of...

anti-corruption protests". www.bbc.com. 2025-09-09. Retrieved 2025-09-09. Sharma, Gopal; Chitrakar, Navesh (2025-09-09). "Young anti-corruption protesters oust Nepal...

later, Lightfoot picked Tom Tunney as Vice Mayor. People continued to protest against her, especially when the Black Lives Matter movement became even...

cocktails and fire starters to start a fire. Arson is common in violent protests and retaliations against the government and other powers[clarification...

declared as the champion. However, this decision was later reversed following protests from Formula One Teams Association. † Drivers did not finish the Grand...

was an influential American activist who fought for equal rights. Hamer protested for racial equality and reproductive rights in America. She is known for...

State media reported that all political prisoners, including anti-Bashir protest leaders, were being released from jail. Al-Bashir's National Congress party...

then-Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. He resigned on 15 February 2018 after mass protests and civil unrest. "Ethiopia PM Hailemariam Desalegn in surprise resignation"...

became violent clashes between police and protestors. Protestors threw stones and flares at gendarmes. "Protests intensify in Corsica one week after prison...

States Constitution which added the freedom of speech, religion, press, and protest, and the Third Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland, which let Ireland...

The 1965 Yerevan Demonstrations were a 24-hour mass protest in Yerevan, Armenian SSR on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Armenian genocide...

killed or died in unknown circumstances) as a result of the 2020 Belarusian protests, before, during, and after the 2020 presidential elections: Alexander Taraikovsky...

gave Jackson the V sign. Cocker explained, "My actions were a form of protest at the way Michael Jackson sees himself as some kind of Christ-like figure...

started by Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco on March 22, 1980. PETA has protested fast food chain KFC for the way it kills chickens and also for jallikattu...

after the Chinese Civil War) compete. The Republic of China withdrew in protest. Because of the political status of China, the PRC was not in the Olympics...

Carolina and Virginia. June 4 – Protests at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, are brutally crushed. An image of a lone protestor defying a tank is shown worldwide...

Africa's Houses of Parliament in Cape Town is damaged by a major fire. Protests begin in Kazakhstan because of a large increase in fuel prices. Abdalla...

Republic" has expanded to refer to "all of the Florida Keys". While the protests that created the Conch Republic have been described by some as "tongue-in-cheek...

in Baghdad inside the Green Zone. As a result of the ongoing 2019 Iraqi protests, the Council of Representatives approved a new law on 24 December 2019...

Bristol was a centre for the slave trade. During the 2020 George Floyd protests, a crowd pushed down the statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston...

2019. "Kazakhstan govt resigns amid mass protests over gas price hike". Kazakhstan govt resigns amid mass protests over gas price hike. Archived from the...

statue of Robert E. Lee. One man drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing a woman called Heather Heyer and injuring many others. United...

compete in the Mid-American Conference. 2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest University of Illinois at Chicago's Official website UIC Flames' Official...

into another and was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting sparked protests and demonstrations around the city, including looting and arson, leading...

The University of Chicago sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois in 1962. It was because of segregation...

cheered and applauded. A few hundred people came to protest at Ludgate Circus, with other protesters scattered along the route. Police reported only one...

Secretary during the first month of Gerald Ford's presidency. He resigned in protest of Ford's pardon of former President Richard Nixon. Obituary, Washington...

inspired by Malcolm X's criticism of Martin Luther King Jr.'s peaceful protest methods. Davis, Joshua Clark (January 28, 2017). "Black-Owned Bookstores:...

California, Berkeley. During the 1960s and 1970s, there were many student protests. The school has buildings designed by several famous architects, numerous...

to the Kansas State Board of Education. Henderson wrote the letter to protest rules about teaching intelligent design in public schools. The Board of...

of the protest of nuclear arms under the Ronald Reagan presidency until her death in 2016. She carried on the longest act of political protest in the...

cable. Lisa protests by no longer watching television. Meanwhile, Homer invites his friends over to watch a boxing match, but Lisa's protest gets to him...

annexation of Crimea in March. Planning for the summit has to anticipate protest groups and other activists. For some, the G8 summit will be a profit-generating...

1666-1667. They split from the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church as a protest against church reforms introduced by Patriarch Nikon. Old Believers continue...

Party was the only legal party, and all other parties were banned. After protests, democratic elections were held in 1991. Kenneth Kaunda lost the elections...

Oil Minister from 2014 to 2016. On 29 November, after weeks of violent protests, Mahdi announced that he would resign his post. The Iraqi parliament approved...

University in 1994. In November 2019, protesters occupied the university as part of the 2019 Hong Kong protests. Students fought with the Hong Kong Police...

streaming services due to racist humor as a result of the George Floyd protests. Little Britain on IMDb This short article about television can be made...

was created when the government started killing and hurting people who protested against apartheid. Mandela first wanted to free South Africa without violence...

Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-cooperation movement to encourage a mass protest against the British and to boycott their trade in India and to end their...

does not have enough money to operate at its best. Sometimes visitors protest about conditions in the parks. For example, they say some roads and places...

Alexander Taraikovsky (26 March 1986 – 10 August 2020) was a participant in protests against the false numbers of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election...

in 1935 by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, and resigned in 1938 in protest at Chamberlain's appeasement of Adolf Hitler. He was Churchill's Foreign...

the area. The club is now in the Bundesliga. Like in Salzburg many fans protested against this deal because they had the fear that the fanculture will vanish...

first of eleven states to secede from the union, on December 20, 1860, to protest the election of Republican Abraham Lincoln. It joined the Confederacy....

the interim Prime Minister of Egypt in July 2013 after the 2013 Egypt protest which caused Mohamed Morsi out of office. On 25 February 2014, he announced...

Democratic Front started a 'Women's Freedom March' along with other groups to protest violence against women and other issues related to women in Pakistan. April...

stated that they were ready to hold "long-term protests" against the official results. Many protested the election results. Some governments did not recognise...

United Kingdom. During this protest against internment, some protesters threw stones. 26 unarmed civil rights protesters and spectators were shot by British...

attack caused many protests in Germany, and many German government officials were at a memorial service for the dead. Some of the protests were violent, but...

Morsi in 2012. After Morsi began to crack down on opposition in Egypt, protests broke out. In 2013, with the support of the military and el-Sisi, Morsi...

Dark Circle is a documentary movie about anti-nuclear protest activity. The protest is mainly focused on Diablo Canyon (Nuclear) Power Plant in California...

government can declare a state of emergency during a natural disaster, violent protests, medical pandemic or epidemic or other biosecurity risk. States of emergency...

spokesman said security and the possibility of protests were not factors in the decision. Some protest groups took credit for the change of venue. For...

are organised. Some of these include processions, but they may also be protests against rules that are seen as too harsh. This short article can be made...

a permit; created school voucher programs; and increased penalties for protest-related offenses. Lee signed Tennessee's "bathroom bill"; and the Adult...

July 1983. The government of the Polish People's Republic used it to stop protests and control the country. It targeted the Solidarity movement and other...

protests: Protests begin in Egypt against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak. 2013 – Exactly two years after the start of the 2011 Egyptian protests...

October 1971 as a protest specifically against the violence perpetrated by the communist authorities against a large workers' protest. The big explosion...

up of activist groups that protest with the use of direct action instead of policy changes. The methods include protesting, digital activism, property...

Revolution Will Not Be Televised. This piece helped develop the black protest movement and influenced the rap genre. In 2010, he released an album titled...

2014 IUB student death and protests refers to the student demonstrations and bus arson incidents that took place at the Islamic University, Kushtia campus...

phanek has also become a symbol of protest and political resistance in Manipur. Women in the state have led major protests, often while wearing phaneks. The...

stations she observed. A few days after the election, 15,000–20,000 people protested in Moscow against the results. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation...

supporters of then-U.S. President Donald Trump were in Washington, D.C. to protest against the results of the 2020 presidential election. They went in to...

his cabinet. He resigned six days later on 9 May 2022 following massive protests against his government. No-confidence motion passed on 14 November 2018...

Palestinians protested again in Jerusalem. These protests were more violent than the day before. The Israeli police fought against the protesters. Four Palestinians...

treaties made with them. Such interference was met by both public and formal protests buy native rulers and their subjects and was considered as an "encroachment...

The anti-austerity movement refers to the mobilization of street protests and grassroots campaigns that has happened across many countries, especially...

State, the nickname for New York in the years 1945 to 1951. Mafia II was protested by an Italian-American group because they thought the game was portraying...

Committee initially dropped volleyball for the 1968 Olympics, meeting protests. Black Belt Vol. 2, No. 2. Active Interest Media, Inc. Mar 1964. p. 27...

Cup coverage. In August 2020, he spoke at a demonstration in Stuttgart, protesting against the anti-coronavirus measures introduced by the national government...

University's Physical Science Department. "Ukraine crisis: Kiev dismantles last protest barriers". BBC. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2020. Weber, Fabian...

May,2014 because of animal welfare issues.And the Tamil Nadu youngsters protested against the Supreme Court's decision at the Marina beach .Despite being...

Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against † Protested by Renfrew. ‡ Replay of protested game. Standings: Coleman, Charles (1966). The trail of...

a policeman of a 17 year old youth in a Parisian outskirt that led to protest. When police wanted to check his car, he was shoot dead at close range...

Baptists have never been a part of the Roman Catholicism and are not "protesting" against Catholicism. They also point out that Baptists have no connections...

23, 2019. This bill was one of the reasons Hong Kongers protested in the 2019 Hong Kong protests. Tso, Timothy. "Legal Service Division Report on Fugitive...

There were a series of protests in the United States in 2022. At that time, the supreme court was pondering, whether abortion should be a right in the...

Alliance for Democracy. In 2013, he organized a protest in Bangkok against the government. He led protesters in "Occupying Bangkok". In 2014 he became a Buddhist...

driving licence is introduced. 2014 – Anti–government protests escalate in Ukraine, as a new anti–protest law comes into force. 2014 – A bomb attack on an...

Pagkakaisa, lit. 'Meeting for Peace and Unity') were protests on January 13, 2025. These protests were led by the Iglesia ni Cristo. They supported President...

recount of votes was not ordered. Various protests are held throughout the island. March 22 - Palestinians protest in the streets after an Israeli helicopter...

Oksana Lyachynska (31 May 2012). "Kyiv's 1,530th birthday marked with fun, protest". Kyiv Post. "Major Agglomerations of the World". Citypopulation.de. 1...

Hong Kong. It is in the Yau Tsim Mong District in Kowloon. There were protests in the area sometime in 2016 and the police had to fire pepper spray on...

leaders. Year 1980 was one of heavier years in history of country. A lot of protests led to the creation of "Solidarność" independent labor union, which later...

security forces have been carrying out mass killings of protesters during the 2025–2026 Iranian protests. As of January 25, 2026, the total number of deaths...

The Golaniad was a protest in Bucharest, Romania. It started in April 1990. This short article about Europe can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia...

information. When you realize the meaning of the second sentence, and protest "I have never beaten her", you have made an inference. Here are the rules:...

Madagascar List of rulers of Madagascar Stepped down amidst massive political protests, and handed over power to the military (after the referendum on military...

Institute of Management (IIM). APJ Abdulkalam Facts "Kudankulam N-plant protests: Kalam steps in as mediator". Archived from the original on 2012-01-01...

resigns from office. February 11 – 2011 Egyptian protests: After more than two weeks of anti-government protests, President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak resigns...

his resignation five days later on 15 November 2020 following massive protests. He is the shortest-serving president of Peru, serving only five days....

2020. Reeves, Jay (June 2, 2020). "Confederate monuments targeted by protests come down in Alabama, Virginia, Florida". WPBI-LD. Associated Press. Helfert...

corporation), civic organizations, labor unions, political parties, and protest groups. Freedom of assemble does not mean that any group can come together...

has protested in such notable places as the White House, the Canadian Parliament, and the offices of high ranking government officials. Protests in America...

in Washington, D.C. say, "Taxation Without Representation." This is a protest from people who live in Washington, D.C. about having to pay taxes to the...

Sexual violence in armed conflict Because of the nature of the summit, protest groups and other activists usually attend. The planning for the summit...

also showed the Ku Klux Klan as a heroic force. As a result, there were protests. The movie was banned in several cities. The outcry of racism was great...

be privatized. After group protests against the inadequate ferry service, which led to clashes between police and protesters, Pedro Pierluisi said he supported...

the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. As Premier, he declared martial law and supported the military's action against the protesters, which led to many...

War and countercultural protests that took place in Chicago, Illinois. They were also responsible for the massive violent protest at the 1968 Democratic...

the Metropolitan Police's Special Patrol Group results in the death of protestor Blair Peach. 1981 – Stefano Bontade, Mafia boss in Sicily, is murdered...

Japanese photographer. Some of his important photographs show student protests or protests against Narita International Airport. (in Japanese) Tokyo Metropolitan...

to the people's anger, and after the tsar's guards fired at a peaceful protest of workers, a rebellion began. That did not really change anything, but...

from building a dam on the Gordon River in Tasmania after a huge public protest. The dam would have flooded the Franklin River. The Three Gorges Dam in...

racial profiling while in college, at work or on streets. In 2020 and 2021, protests erupted across the United States. Puerto Rican, Central Americans and Mexicans...

shooting. Brown did not have weapons or a criminal record. There were protests and riots in Ferguson after the shooting. There was a lot of media coverage...

to deliberately cause traffic disruption. This is often in relation to protest groups that have access to many large vehicles, such as truckers and farmers...

fasting as a religious ritual In some cases, people use fasting as a way of protest. This is usually called hunger strike When it is done for religious reasons...

two districts. At first its name was Shahdad Kot District but after much protests by Qambar City it was renamed to Qambar Shahdad Kot District. This short...

United Kingdom from 1997 to 2001. He resigned from the cabinet in 2003 in protest after the Invasion of Iraq. Shortly after becoming Foreign Secretary, he...

two detectives onto a train filled with clown protesters. One detective accidentally shoots a protester and incites a riot, allowing Arthur to escape;...

"Fuck tha Police" is a protest song from American hip hop group N.W.A. The song is included on the group's 1988 studio album Straight Outta Compton. It...

and is used for exercise, recreation, music concerts, festivals, and protests. It is also visited by many tourists - over 25 million people come to the...

which was rumored to be the target of the protestors. Warrants were issued for the arrest of several of the protest ringleaders, and a posse of around 300...

Chelsea were the first of the English teams to pull out after Chelsea fans protested outside of the stadium before their game against Brighton. Chelsea started...

the attack was caused by protests over media excerpts from a trailer of a movie, Innocence of Muslims, which the protestors considered blasphemy against...

killing 65 people. 2011 – 2011 Egyptian protests: Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets in Egypt, in protest against Hosni Mubarak, who cuts internet...

part of the Transcaucasian SFSR, while it exiusted (1921 - 1931). After protests, Lavrenty Beria disbanded the republic in 1936. Armenia, Azerbaijan and...

World War I, they had bad contracts, wages, and working conditions. Some protesters rioted. This short article about history can be made longer. You can help...

song by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band. The song is a protest about the Vietnam War in 1969. It has become a Christmas standard and has...

controversial in China because it made references of the Tiananmen Square protests. In the episode, a sign in the Tiananmen Square says "On this site, in...

Ukrainian national anthem for the protestors. When the government police came, she stayed on the stage. She told the protesters to stay calm. She told the police...

2018, Sargsyan became Prime Minister of Armenia. Following mass-scale protests, he resigned from the office six days later on 23 April. Former Prime Minister...

confirmed COVID-19 case in the country. That same day, Onom Foundation protested that Mongolia only has 160 ventilators (1 per 20,000 compared to America's...

Sharon (5 February 2012). "3 Tibetan Herders Self-Immolate in Anti-Chinese Protest". The New York Times. Tibet, International Campaign for (22 March 2001)...

Retrieved 11 February 2019. http://jpupdates.com/2014/08/02/pro-palestinians-protest-outside-cnn-studios-bias-pro-israel-coverage-video/[permanent dead link]...

Chicago City Hall has also witnessed numerous significant political events, protests, and gatherings. The "fifth floor" is sometimes used as a metonym for the...

The next day, thousands of protesters gathered at airports and other locations throughout the United States to protest the signing of the order and...

Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 11 and 12, 2017. The participants protested the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials from public spaces...

movement. He protested against the nuclear armament in West Germany. He went back to the Roman Catholic Church, which he left 1976 by protests, before he...

charges, praising his statements and fueling anti-Israeli and anti-war protests. Rohrlich, Justin (5 March 2026). "Marine vet whose arm was broken when...

other opposition leaders, Burdjanadze and Saakashvili, held non-violent protests against the government ended with Rose Revolution and resignation of Eduard...

Earthquake in Yugoslavia – 700 dead February 19 – General strike in Shanghai in protest of the presence of the British troops February 23 – The Federal Radio Commission...

caused a series of protests across the country. His administration has been criticized for the government's response to indigenous protests. Lasso's approval...

illegal. On 9 September 2025, he resigned amidst the 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests, which forced him to step down and paved way for the collapse of the Nepali...

of forgiveness, called Indulgence was the immediate cause of Luther's protests against abuses in the Catholic church. As a result of the Counter Reformation...

1980s, Hussain Muhammad Ershad ruled until he was removed in 1990 by mass protests. After 1990, Bangladesh’s politics was mostly controlled by a power struggle...

singing. The band changed their name to Lady A in 2020 amid the George Floyd protests to remove any associations the old name might have had with slavery and...

government do bad things (like war). Some people are tax resisters to protest. Some people are tax resisters to try to cause a government to fall (like...

2006. "democracynow.org". Actor Q'orianka Kilcher Arrested at White House Protest - Democracy NOW!. Retrieved June 11, 2011. "nbcwashington.com". "Pocahontas"...

organised. There were protests however: These focused on the use of Urdu, instead of the Sindhi language. They also protested against the dominance of...

only once since it was passed in 1988, in response to the Canadian convoy protests in 2022. Six of the 10 provincial premiers urged Trudeau not to implement...

name was changed to American University of Beirut on November 18, 1920. "Protests in Lebanon over AUB's cutting 850 jobs amid coronavirus, economic crisis"...

of the election. Some people said the election was unfair. There were protests and Akayev escaped to Russia. He became a professor at Moscow State University...

been in prison without a trial since 2013, after he took photographs of a protest in Egypt. Many Egyptian news organizations used Shawkan's photos. Shawkan's...

May 2023. Populism saw a rise in the late-early to mid-2020s. There were protests against governments in many countries. The 2020s saw the continuation of...

protests. Kyrgyzstan sets date of parliamentary elections Xinhua, 21 October 2019 "Kyrgyzstan election: Sunday's results annulled after mass protests"...

France takes place. May 31 – Start of several days of anti-government protests in Istanbul, Turkey. May 31 – A tornado in central Oklahoma kills 9 people...

however people in these countries did hold protests against the government (like the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China) and there were many reforms after...

facto ruler of the country. By then, student protests were increasing in Seoul and Gwangju. The protests in Gwangju continued, resulting in the Gwangju...

"Govt, Tehreek Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (SAW) agree six-point accord to end protest". tns.world/govt.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.[permanent dead link]...

parts of Germany and Switzerland, religious groups had also broken away in protest against the wealth and the corruption of the Catholic Church. They became...

and transgender) bar in Greenwich Village. That made many LGBT+ people protest being persecuted by the police. The riots are seen as the start of the...

student movements in India: In 2024, NSUI protested against the rigging of the NEET exam. He also led protests against statements by BJP MP Anant Kumar...

in 1920. The flag then became popular again in early 1989, as a way of protesting against the failure of the soviet government to protect them from Armenian...

been numerous protests denouncing Laquan McDonald's death. In November 27, a major day for shopping in the U.S., a group of protesters chanted "sixteen...

soldiers are arrested at the Presidio in San Francisco for their peaceful protest of stockade conditions and the Vietnam War. Charged with mutiny, their...

nature. Nude protests Femen protest in Paris, to support Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, an Egyptian feminist and body freedom activist People protesting against banning...

Bloody Sunday can refer to several events: Bloody Sunday (1887), a protest against the British government in London by Irish nationalists and social democrats...

Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-395-65597-9. p. 419. "Members of a cultural protest that began in the U.S. in the 1960s and affected Europe before fading in...

also a use of mercantilism. It was one of the first taxes that led to protests in the Thirteen Colonies. The Sugar and Stamp Acts were done away with...

Gen-Z violent protest in Bangladesh in 2024. It began in June when students, led by a group called Students Against Discrimination, protested against unfair...

7, people protested against police brutality. The protest was not violent.[source?] But just before 9 p.m. (Central time) while the protest was ending...

1756 the British began to upgrade their fortifications. When this was protested, the Nawab of Bengal Siraj-Ud-Daulah attacked and captured Fort William...

Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men. 1943 – The Rosenstrasse protest begins in Berlin. 1948 – President of Finland Juho Kusti Paasikivi signs...

and protest march. It is similar to the Gay Pride parade and gay rights protests. The main reason for the creation of Dyke Marches was to protest what...

David Thoreau refused to pay a direct tax for the war. This was his first protest against the government. He thought war was a bad thing, so it was necessary...

or country Hunger strike, when someone decides to not eat in order to protest Strike may refer to a fight, including: Strike (attack), an attack meant...

and was part of the Indian independence movement. It was a non-violent protest against the salt tax by the British government. The Indians were upset...

people had protested against Reagan before he arrived in Berlin. During the visit, many parts of Berlin were closed off to stop anti-Reagan protests. The next...

then spread to Gauteng on the evening of 11 July. The riots began as a protest following the arrest and detainment of former President Jacob Zuma. As...

known in the 1960s when he was one of the Chicago Seven protestors charged for anti-war protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago....

"Chile bans large public events over coronavirus fears, ahead of planned protests". reuters. No. Mar2020. reuters.com. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March...

rock and hardcore punk music sounds angry and harsh, and has lyrics about protest and anger. There are several types of pop-punk. An early type of pop-punk...

violent 1992 crackdown on anti-government protesters. He denied giving his men the order to shoot protesters. He was promoted to army commander during...

transparency and legitimacy of the elections caused weeks of widespread protests in Bolivia after incumbent President Evo Morales was declared the winner...

political pressure group in Thailand. It was originally a coalition of protestors against the government of Thaksin Shinawatra. It called for the resignation...

Bazargan – 20 January, 1995) or Mahdi Bazargan was an Iranian scholar. He protested against the Shah's regime in Iran. He was jailed many times for political...

student protestors during the Mexican Dirty War in Mexico City on 10 June 1971. It happened the day of the Corpus Christi festival. Nearly 120 protesters were...

in 2011 when she held up a fan with "protest gender discrimination" in professional tournaments. She protested because she learned that female Go players...

2020 Belarusian protests after 2020 Belarusian presidential election. The government and Alexander Lukashenko let punishments on protesters be done. People...

1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). This caused protests by Bersih calling for his resignation. The protests led to a declaration by Mahathir Mohamad, Pakatan...

live-streaming a protest in Belarus". CNN. Retrieved 2021-03-25. Agencies, Minsk (2021-02-18). "Belarus jails two journalists who covered Lukashenko protest". The...

(IPP) became important. The party worked in two main ways: Agrarian (land) protests through the Irish Land League, which helped farmers get better rights through...

until 1975. Bouteflika resigned on 2 April 2019 after months of massive protests. Bouteflika died on 17 September 2021 at his home in Zéralda, Algeria from...

was very interested in arms reduction. In April 1980, Vance resigned in protest of Operation Eagle Claw, the secret mission to rescue American hostages...

Becoming Apart, p. 259; Lewis, Michael. (1990). Rioters and Citizens: Mass Protest in Imperial Japan, p. 50. Uozu population statistics Official website...

Stonewall riots of 1969 led up to the new movement. Gays and lesbians began to protest bad treatment. They began to "come out" because they were angry and upset...

advocates and environmentalists. In 1981, 1,900 activists were arrested during protests at Diablo Canyon Power Plant. In 1984, the Davis City Council declared...

East Germany banned all travel to Hungary; prompting demonstrations and protest. This began the GDR's isolation within the bloc. Erich Honecker, leader...

opposition at that time Sheikh Abdulamir Aljamri was jailed then a huge protest & conflicts occurs between Bahraini nation & the armed forces. In 1999...

any individuals suspected of sedition or treason without a warrant. In protest, a nationwide cessation of work (hartal) was called, marking the beginning...

after anti-LGBT protestors stormed the Tbilisi Pride headquarters and attacked approximately 50 journalists. The anti-LGBT protestors accused the journalists...

Ba'ath Party which has ruled Syria since 1961. Large protests began in January 2011. The protesters wanted political reforms, an end to the state of emergency...

nuclear power stations in the UK. "BBC NEWS : Magazine : World's best-known protest symbol turns 50". BBC News. London. 20 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-25...

A-Changin'", firmly established Dylan as the definitive songwriter of the 60s protest movement. This reputation only increased after he became involved with...

Gorleben after being delayed by large protests from nuclear activists. More than 15,000 people took part in the protests which involved blocking trucks with...

Belarusian designer, and shop manager. His death is associated with the protests against the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. Raman Bandarenka died...

Afghanistan. War erupted in Eastern Ukraine after the Pro-EU Euromaidan protests toppled President Viktor Yanukovych and separatists declared independence...

– May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police shoot and kill 13 protesting workers. 1935 – Babe Ruth plays in his last baseball game, in the uniform...

event triggers many similar nonviolent protests throughout the South. Six months later the original four protesters are served lunch at the same Woolworth's...

more people became unhappy with the PRI. In 1968 security forces shot at protesters, this caused several hundred deaths and became known as the Tlatelolco...

the bombing to Cambodia and Laos became known in 1970, it caused larger protests than ever in America, including at Kent State and even in Washington, DC...

series of mass protests in Ukraine in 2019-2021 against the crimes of the police and the minister of internal affairs, Arsen Avakov. The protests focused on...

1968, he signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War. His writing landed him on...

Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. He resigned on 26 November 2009 in protest against Liberal Party policy on climate change. He then defeated the leader...

with his wife Leïla Ben Ali and their three children after a month of protests against his rule. The Arab Spring started in Tunisia. Zine El-Abidine Ben...

as a member of the Illinois General Assembly, Lincoln issued a written protest of its passage of a resolution stating that slavery could not be abolished...

Congress for the first time. It passed both houses of Congress in 1972 after protesting by the National Organization for Women outside the Senate. Some people...

The impact of the Arab Spring includes protests and movements that were inspired by it or were similar to it. These happened in Arab-majority countries...

during the General Strike of 1926 not to take a hard line against the protestor stating "Try living on their wages before you judge them." Again, unlike...

this word was insulting to Native Americans and their culture. There were protests and legal challenges, but the team kept the name for many years. On June...

1968, he signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the war. When he won the National Book...

parliamentary election have said they will not join the new Parliament to protest what they call election fraud.   For Georgia (11)   Conservative Party...

violence already started to happen. For instance, in the second week of the protest, Arif Yunusov, a historian who was gathering information on events in Nagorno-Karabakh...

notable historical instances of military occupation Elsewhere: Occupation (protest), the temporary forceful occupation of a building, space or symbolic site...

orientation The right to express yourself: free speech To vote To peacefully protest (speak against) a government or group To petition Human rights abuses are...

aimed to stop the problem of conflict among the G8 nations. "Poverty, protests and policing: All eyes were on Gleneagles at 2005 G8 Summit". The Courier...

Intercontinental Championship became inactive. In May 2003, after fan protests of the retirement of the Intercontinental Title, the title was reactivated...

Philosophy Cluj and Law School. "Romania PM Emil Boc resigns after austerity protests". BBC News. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2016. This short article...

when his predecessor, Hani Al-Mulki, resigned as a result of widespread protests . From 4 January 2017 until 4 June 2018, he was the Minister of Education...

Retrieved 2019-08-06. McDowell, Edwin (January 19, 1988). "48 Black Writers Protest By Praising Morrison". The New York Times. Retrieved August 9, 2019. "'Writers...

violent mob of 1,000 held a night rally in front of the armory. They were protesting the attempt by the pacifist People's Council of America to hold a conference...

the Occupy Wall Street protests and putting the videos on YouTube. By 2012, Pool became famous for his reporting on the protest and his videos of it were...

that George W. Bush was from Texas. In June 2020, during the George Floyd protests, the band changed their names from The Dixie Chicks to The Chicks. On December...

the accused woman that he demanded a stop. His protest was successful. In 1598 he wrote a book to protest against torture and the prosecution of witches...

power. Hu Yaobang's death in 1989 was a cause for the Tiananmen Square protests. Schiavenza, Matt (16 April 2014). "China's Forgotten Liberal Hero". The...

abandoned 1969: The old prison becomes a museum 1969: Native American Indian protestors take over Alcatraz 1971: The federal government takes back control of...

"Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello announces resignation amid mass protests". CNBC. Associated Press. July 25, 2019. "Lo que dice el caso de divorcio...

status of Berlin as a whole. The three Western commandants regularly protested about the presence of the East German National People's Army (NPA) in...

Spargo, Chris (9 April 2018). "Former Cosby Show actress launches topless protest at Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial as she charges at disgraced actor...

mass leader. Gandhi's call for protest against the Rowlatt act got an expected response - of furious unrest and protests. The situation especially in Punjab...

freeing future children of slaves. 1885 – Riots break out in Montreal to protest against having to have smallpox vaccination. 1889 – The first Conference...

The foot of an Oñate statue was removed in New Mexico. There have been protests about a new statue in Texas. "Oñate, Juan de". New Mexico Office of the...

was going to resign as president as a result of the 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests. However it was later confirmed that Poudel did not plan to resign. His...

22-23. Thomas J. Davis, The New York Slave Conspiracy of 1741 as Black Protest. In Journal of Negro History Vol. 56, No. 1 (Jan., 1971), pp. 17–30 in...

several people were arrested. In the following days, anti-immigration protesters clashed with police and counterprotesters, attacked immigrant-owned homes...

Porres. In the 2020 peruvian protest, Ántero Flores Aráoz said lots of controversy phrases. He said that the people protest because they're boring in his...

scores a record 336 runs. May 8 – Mahatma Gandhi begins a 21-day fast in protest for India July 6 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played...

were suspended with pay. Gray's hospitalization and death resulted in protests and riots in downtown Baltimore starting on April 25. There were multiple...

again from 2014 to 2015. In March 2010, Glezos was participating in a protest demonstration in Athens, when he was hit in the face by a police tear gas...

resulted in strong protests. The objections of Soviet scientists had opposition from the industrial lobby. Only after decades of protest was the plant closed...

Haymarket riot) was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor protest on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square in Chicago. It began as a peaceful...

2022, Sunak resigned from his position as Chancellor of the Exchequer in protest against the Boris Johnson government. This caused a government crisis....

arrested. The Quiet Revolution was so named because it was not marked by many protests or much violence. In 1977, the newly-elected Parti Québécois government...

cultural expression, and protests as a way to preserve them. From 1970 to 1985 Dane released 50 albums that documented protest music from around the world...

hunger strike until "freedom or death". "Bahrain to retry hunger striker, protest leaders | Kuwait Times". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved...

Reznor, Dave Ogilvie, Marilyn Manson and Sean Beavan. There were many protest from religious and civic groups such as the American Family Association...

non-violence. At a protest on March 28, some protesters had become violent and started breaking windows. King says: King thought that if protesters or the people...

the document. Three refused, while the remainder left early, either in protest of the proceedings or for personal reasons. Nevertheless, some sources...

Arroyo is foiled. February 25 – Police officers and protesters in Dublin, Ireland are injured when a protest prior to the Love Ulster parade turns into a major...

an English poet and novelist, who became widely known as a result of a protest against the First World War that he made in 1917. Sassoon's father, Alfred...

He was the founder of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan. He was known for his protest against any change to Pakistan's blasphemy law. He was born in Pindigheb...

law passed in 1919 by the British government to suppress the democratic protests in India. Under this law, the government got many powers, including the...

Floyd protests in Washington, D.C., law enforcement officers used tear gas and other riot control tactics to forcefully clear peaceful protesters from...

of the protest. It outlined the community’s demands and warned that protests would intensify if the government failed to respond. The protest in Silchar...

becoming prime minister again. However, he resigned on 2 January 2022 as protests against the military coup in the country got more intense. "Abdalla Hamdok:...

people. His most famous play, Lysistrata, is about a group of women who protest against a war by not having sexual intercourse with their husbands until...

strike action (or simply a strike) is when many workers stop working in protest. Strikes are usually done by a labor union to get better pay, hours, or...

permission to remove the monument, citing possible serious injury to protesters if the monument were to be toppled during a planned rally at the site...

for example on page 6 it shows that the colonies were upset, so they protested, this unfair treatment the colonies wanted independence, the colonists...

neck for almost nine minutes. The words I can't breathe have become a protest chant. Floyd told Minneapolis police officers more than 20 times that he...

Justin Jones for violating House rules by being a member of a gun control protest on the house floor. He was reappointed back to the state house on April...

furam bloqueio, entram na Esplanada e invadem o Congresso Nacional" [Protesters break through the blockade, enter the Esplanade and invade the National...

1822 and 1828, there were small changes to the laws. The laws caused many protests and were phased out under Prime Minister Robert Peel's government in 1846...

January 2026, when Trump threatened to invade Greenland with U.S. troops, protests broke out in Greenland and Denmark. In a January 2026 poll, about 8% of...

election. The results were immediately challenged and led to widespread protests. On 9 November 2019 the Organization of American States published a preliminary...