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The 2019–2021 Algerian protests, also called Revolution of Smiles [26] [27] or Hirak (Arabic: الحِرَاك, romanized: al-Ḥirāk, lit. 'The movement' [ 28 ] ), began on 16 February 2019, [ 1 ] [ 29 ] six days after Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his candidacy for a fifth presidential term in a signed statement.
The Occupy movement began in the United States initially with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City but spread to many other cities, both in the United States and worldwide. There have been hundreds of Occupy movement protests worldwide over time. This is a list of some of their locations in the United States.
A protest in Paris demanding the release of the Hirak prisoners. Five years on, protests have largely disintegrated. Political and economic demands were left unanswered, and some activists still remain in jail. [7] However, the movement changed the political context in Morocco, and particularly in the Rif. Firstly, Rifians found a new solidarity.
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The right to assemble is recognized as a human right and protected in the First Amendment of the US Constitution under the clause, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of ...
Many other schools have experienced protests without arrests. Protest demands vary from campus to campus, but a major focus is that universities divest from companies with financial ties to Israel ...
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather in front of the Travis County Jail to support those arrested during protests at the University of Texas earlier in the day, April 24, 2024 in Austin, Texas.
The first protests started on 16 February (the anniversary of the 2019–2020 protests) in Kherrata and Algiers, followed by dozens of other towns and cities nationwide holding subsequent rallies; these would be referred to as the Hirak. The protest movement gained momentum when tens of thousands of protesters marched nationwide on 22 February ...