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Protests over restrictions overlapped with anti-vaccine protests following the start of the UK's COVID-19 vaccination programme in December 2020. [ 175 ] [ 176 ] On the weekend of 24–25 July 2021, protests broke out again in several major cities in the United Kingdom including London , [ 177 ] Leeds , [ 178 ] Manchester [ 179 ] and Birmingham ...
The protests made international news [6] [7] and were widely condemned as unsafe and ill-advised, [8] although some political figures expressed support for the protests. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] They ranged in size from a few hundred people to a few thousand, and spread on social media with encouragement from former U.S. President Donald Trump .
Pages in category "Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The convoy to Canberra was an anti-vaccine mandate protest in Australia between late January and mid-February 2022 that was inspired by the Canadian Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa. Thousands of protesters converged on the Australian capital city of Canberra , camping near the Australian Parliament , National Library and the National Press Club .
[32] [31] On August 5, 2020, the United States agreed to pay Johnson and Johnson more than $1 billion to create 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The deal gave the U.S. an option to order an additional 200 million doses. The doses were supposed to be provided for free to Americans if they were used in a COVID-19 vaccination campaign. [33]
The effectiveness of nonviolent civil disobedience depends on how the public perceives it, writes Troy Williams UNC, other college protests test free speech and safety limits: How to strike a ...
The violent protest Sunday at a Jewish temple has prompted Mayor Karen Bass to say Los Angeles should consider rules over demonstrations and the wearing of masks by those protesting.
The Freedom Convoy (French: Convoi de la liberté) was a series of protests and blockades across Canada in early 2022, initially organized to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truck drivers. The movement quickly expanded to protest all COVID-19 restrictions and mandates.