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  2. Civil disobedience - Wikipedia

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    Although civil disobedience is rarely justifiable in court, [3] King regarded civil disobedience to be a display and practice of reverence for law: "Any man who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community on the injustice of the law is at that ...

  3. 1919 Egyptian revolution - Wikipedia

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    Meanwhile, a mass movement for the full independence of Egypt and Sudan was being organised at a grassroots level, using the tactics of civil disobedience. By then, Zaghlul and the Wafd Party enjoyed massive support among the Egyptian people. [14]

  4. Nonviolent resistance - Wikipedia

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    Nonviolent resistance, or nonviolent action, sometimes called civil resistance, is the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, satyagraha, constructive program, or other methods, while refraining from violence and the threat of violence. [1]

  5. 2011 Egyptian revolution - Wikipedia

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    It consisted of demonstrations, marches, occupations of plazas, non-violent civil resistance, acts of civil disobedience and strikes. Millions of protesters from a range of socio-economic and religious backgrounds demanded the overthrow of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Violent clashes between security forces and protesters resulted in at ...

  6. Examples of civil disobedience - Wikipedia

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    Civil disobedience has served as a major tactic of nationalist movements in former colonies in Africa and Asia prior to their gaining independence. Most notably Mahatma Gandhi developed civil disobedience as an anti-colonialist tool. Gandhi stated "Civil disobedience is the inherent right of a citizen to be civil, implies discipline, thought ...

  7. Saad Zaghloul - Wikipedia

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    He led a civil disobedience campaign with the goal of achieving independence for Egypt (and Sudan) from British rule. [2] He played a key role in the Egyptian Revolution of 1919 , as well as played a role in prompting the British Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence in 1922.

  8. Civil disobedience and calls for financial divestments ‘have ...

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    Archon Fung, a professor who teaches political science and citizenship at Harvard Kennedy School, told Fortune, “civil disobedience is, by definition, breaking the rules,” adding that such ...

  9. Right to resist - Wikipedia

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    There is no generally agreed legal definition of the right. Based on Tony Honoré , Murphy suggests that the "'right to resist' is the right, given certain conditions, to take action intended to effect social, political or economic change, including in some instances a right to commit acts that would ordinarily be unlawful". [ 27 ]