Questions tagged [protests]
Questions related to political protests where attempts by individuals or groups to address or stop perceived injustices within a political system, without overturning the system itself.
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What's the history of the general public preventing prosecutions?
You may know that a few days ago a protest in Bristol, UK, ended up with people bringing down a statue of Colston, a slaveowner, and dumping the statue in the river.
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Have any local/national authorities conducted official reviews of historical landmarks?
Following the toppling of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol on June 7th, the renewed support for the "Rhodes must fall" campaign, targeting predominantly the statue of Cecil Rhodes at ...
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Did the US Floyd protests actually result in charges against the police officers involved
As of late, I have seen many arguing that the protests and riots in the US about the killing of George Floyd have been directly responsible for the increased charges against Derek Chauvin, and the new ...
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What previous actions had been taken by Bristol city council regarding the statue of Edward Colston?
During the George Floyd protests in Bristol on June 7th, a statue of Edward Colston was pulled down and thrown into the city harbour by demonstrators. According to the BBC:
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Why is there a broad pattern of excessive force by police towards protestors in spite of international focus on this use of force?
Right now (June 2020), sparked by the murder of George Floyd, there have been a wave of protests against police brutality towards black Americans. In these very protests, there has also been a massive ...
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Why do BLM protestors continue after all four police involved in the killing of George Floyd are facing charges?
Why do BLM protestors continue to protest now that all four police involved in the killing of George Floyd are facing charges and police around the country are being held accountable (e.g. the 6 ...
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How does a hereditary chief differ from the elected officials in North America's First Nations?
In Canada there have been protests against the building of a gas pipeline. From what I can tell, most protests started when the hereditary leaders of the Weet'suwet'en opposed it and called for allies ...
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What events led to the 2020 North East Delhi riots?
This article from the BBC describes appalling violence in the Indian capital, which has led to a death toll of 27 at the time of writing.
The article mentions that the spark that ignited the riots ...
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How does one buy a burnable American flag in Tehran?
Since 1978 I've seen footage of people in Tehran burning American flags, and as far as I can tell each time it's completely destroyed, meaning that they have to get a new American flag to burn each ...
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Does writing a message on an otherwise acceptable English ballot paper "spoil" the vote?
Suppose I vote today, in the UK general election, by making a mark as usual in a box, but I also add a protest comment in handwriting on the ballot form.
Does this stop my vote being valid or ...
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Is there a coup going on in Bolivia?
Recently Bolivia held presidential elections which were highly questioned in terms of legitimacy and led to massive protests in the country accusing the government of fraud. This situation, and the ...
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Is there any European organization that issue protest / demonstration warnings similar to what US embassies or OSAC are issuing?
I have stumbled across a protest during vacation and I wanted to find out more. My surprise was to find out the some US organizations such as US embassies or Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) ...
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What happens if the President of Chile resigns?
There is currently (October 2019) a social and political crisis affecting Chile, where mass demonstrations are demanding change to the government. The militarisation of the conflict by the government (...
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Why would Climate activists disrupt public transport?
I woke up today to reports that climate activists have disrupted public transport in my home city:
https://www.cityam.com/tube-delays-city-commuters-face-rush-hour-chaos-on-dlr-and-jubilee-line/
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Was Ecuador govenrment already warned about inadmissibility of force using agains protesters?
As heard today, there is a civil standoff between military/police and protesters in Ecuador(some sources : 1, 2). Origin of protests(possibly) was implementing IMF economic recommendations, including ...
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