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Peaceful protest against the three farm bills passed by parliament. 2020–2021 Thailand 2020–2021 Thai Protests: Ongoing peaceful protest to reform the Thai Monarchy and coup-installed government. 2021–present Turkey 2021 Boğaziçi University protests: Ongoing peaceful protests against the rector appointment without election 2022–present
This is a list of protests in the 21st century. Georgian colour revolution , named Rose revolution . Mass demonstrations in Avenue Habib Bourguiba during the Tunisian revolution that overthrew the regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on 14 January 2011.
a protest in Romania in April by Bucharest students who demanded a non-communist government. The protests ended in bloodshed after an intervention of miners called in by President Ion Iliescu (June 1990 Mineriad). 1991: 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt: led to the effect of a revolution, was mostly non-violent.
The Institute for Economics and Peace has compiled a list of 162 countries outlining where violence is most and least prevalent. Iceland is the most peaceful place in the world based on the ...
The Dakota Access Pipeline, a proposed $3.8 billion oil transmission line across North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois and Iowa, was brought forth by ETP.
The first case, known as the Navy-Culebra protests, consisted of a series of protests starting in 1971 on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico, against the United States Navy's use of the island. The historical backdrop started in 1902, three years after the U.S. invasion of Puerto Rico, when Culebra was integrated as a part of Vieques .
Stacker explores famous student protests in modern history. Beginning at the turn of the 20th century, themes include civil rights, anti-war, pro-democracy, women's movements, and more.
Hence, civil disobedience is sometimes equated with peaceful protests or nonviolent resistance. [1] [2] Henry David Thoreau's essay Resistance to Civil Government, first published in 1849 and then published posthumously in 1866 as Civil Disobedience, popularized the term in the US, although the concept itself was practiced long before this work.