Channel 4 News
| Jan 15, 2013
As the Supreme Court of Pakistan orders the arrest of the Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on corruption charges, crowds gathered outside parliament calling for the resignation of the government. But will these protesters get a better democracy, ...
Associated Press
| Jan 14, 2013
Thousands of Pakistanis following cleric Tahirul Qadri surged into Islamabad to protest corrupt leaders and demand that the government resign. "It's the beginning of the revolution," declared Qadri. Leaders say Qadri is trying to create ...
Euronews
| Jan 13, 2013
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Moscow to protest the new ban on US citizens adopting Russian children. The law followed one by Washington blacklisting certain Russian officials. But the tit-for-tat move has triggered ...
Associated Press
| Jan 13, 2013
Four women from the Ukrainian women's rights group Fremen stripped off their shirts during Pope Benedict's weekly prayer at St. Peter's Square to protest the church's opposition to gay marriage. The words "shut up" and "in gay we trust" were writt...
Al Jazeera English
| Jan 13, 2013
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Paris to protest a proposed law that would legalize gay marriage in France. The demonstration was supported by leaders of the center-right opposition, the Catholic church and the Muslim commu...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 13, 2013
The volatile political crisis in Bangladesh has once again boiled over into violence on the streets of the capital, Dhaka. Several people belonging to country's largest Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, were injured as they clashed with police dema...
Telegraph.co.uk
| Jan 8, 2013
Police resorted to water cannons and plastic bullets in a bid to quell violent demonstrations by Loyalist protesters. The riots continued for the fifth night in a row amid mounting fury over the decision to stop flying the Union flag above Belfast...
Al Jazeera English
| Jan 7, 2013
Journalists at a leading Chinese newspaper have gone on strike in a dispute over press freedom. The Southern Weekly is known for its investigative journalism. But last week an editorial that called for political reform was changed by a censor so t...
Russia Today
| Jan 4, 2013
WARNING: Graphic Content. A Japanese special envoy arrived in South Korea on Friday to continue talks aimed at improving diplomatic relations between the two countries. Shortly before the envoy's arrival at Gimpo International Airport a demonstrat...
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Mosaic
| Jan 3, 2013
Several Iraqi cities with a Sunni majority are protesting against Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's policies and are accusing him of marginalizing them. The Iraqi leader is warning of an imminent civil war, while the country witnesses a deep politi...
— Apr 15, 2011 at 08:40 am
...said were several peaceful demonstrations, including at Deraa and Deir al-Zor, where it reported two small processions of less than 50 people. A...
— Nov 7, 2011 at 11:47 am
...Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Winston Tubman, who came second in a first round Sirleaf won days after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last month, h...
— Nov 25, 2011 at 09:46 am
— Dec 14, 2011 at 07:23 am
...December 2011 Last updated at 02:23 ET By Michael Bristow BBC News, Beijing New protests flared after the death of the village representative in...
— Dec 23, 2011 at 07:16 am
An act of defiance or objection by an individual or group of people. Protests can take many forms: peaceful or violent, direct or indirect, large or small. Protests in the news are often political in nature, as groups of citizens voice their disagreement or dissatisfaction. Protests can also be individual gestures, such as a hunger strike or an act of self-immolation. Famous protests include the Boston Tea Party, the occupation of Tiananmen Square, Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat, Ghandi's Salt March, and the Arab uprisings of 2011.
