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Mary Beth Tinker was given detention for wearing a black armband to protest the Vietnam War, leading to the Tinker v. Des Moines case.. Many employers, educational institutions, [5] and professional associations [6] maintain demonstration policies that limit the rights of their members to protest, for instance by restricting them to free speech zones.
The right to resist has been put forward as a human right, although its scope and content are controversial. [2] The right to resist, depending on how it is defined, can take the form of civil disobedience or armed resistance against a tyrannical government or foreign occupation; whether it also extends to non-tyrannical governments is disputed ...
The right to demonstrate peacefully is guaranteed by international conventions, in particular by the articles 21 and 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (right of peaceful assembly and right of association).
Students form a human chain to hold back the crowd and clear the way for rescue workers who are helping one of the shooting victims on May 4, 1970, at Kent State University.
Cross-party think tank Demos said it had found “overwhelming support” for the right to protest, saying the public’s views were “more nuanced” than simply being concerned about disruption.
The Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948, one of the two primary labor conventions of the ILO, came into force on 4 July. 27 August 1950 (United States) President Truman ordered the U.S. Army to seize all the nation's railroads to prevent a general strike.
The 2023 Public Order Act broadened the definition of disruptive protest, increased police search powers and imposed penalties of up to 12 months in prison for protesters who block roads or other ...
The free speech zones organized by the authorities in Boston were boxed in by concrete walls, invisible to the FleetCenter where the convention was held and criticized harshly as a "protest pen" or "Boston's Camp X-Ray". [15] "Some protesters for a short time Monday [July 26, 2004] converted the zone into a mock prison camp by donning hoods and ...