Public kiss in protest in Rabat Oct. 12th

Another avenue through which Chinese residents advance their interests is public protest.

Despite the recent rise in negative public sentiment, protest activity remains fragmented and invariably local in scope and demands.

All of these cases involved the mushrooming of public protest by long quiescent constituencies with no prior record of coordinated action.

Protest

The October 28, 2012 parliamentary elections in Ukraine are likely to be best remembered for widespread protest voting, seemingly endless vote counts in disputed voting districts, allegations of vote rigging and a rather lackluster public protest in Kyiv.

Following public meetings in January 1937, a letter of protest against the law was written to be sent to the local governor.

There is also the risk that the Games will become a political circus, as the international spotlight generates irresistible opportunities for public protest.

Parisian Moroccans staged in their public protest last Friday during the same day as the scheduled trial in Nador at the Moroccan Embassy.

Go protest!

But when Mikhail Gorbachev refused to support a German crackdown, a mixture of overwhelming public protest and government bungling brought down the Berlin Wall.

This month, after the replacement of Kuwait's Prime Minister, following public pressure due to protests, Kuwait's stateless population felt more encouraged to protest again.

Protest for secularism.

Reykjavik Protest, 2008.

The Prisoners Protest

Protest near Hyderabad Bypass.

On July 29, many organizations staged a large protest in Cairo s Tahrir to highlight the unity of Egypt s revolutionaries (whose demands included a public trial of Mubarak).

Known as 'camarote' in the country, these structures seize a large area of public space in the main avenue of Ondina region, where the protest took place.

The redevelopment plan for the park triggered a huge protest against what a large segment of the Turkish public, particularly young people, considers paternalistic and authoritarian political leadership.

The Global Imagination of Protest

Protest against the Cybercrime Law.

Mass 'Indignant' protest in Athens.

Protest at Karachi Press Club.

UNICEF urges the Government, pro and anti government protest leaders and all parents to ensure children do not enter protest sites and are kept well away from all protest areas.

A protest was planned for March 11, but security forces scuppered the protest and detained 4 opposition leaders.

Coletivo Projetação (a combination of the Portuguese words project, projection and action), a collective that occupies public spaces as a form of political expression, claimed responsibility for the protest.

Image from today's protest in Benghazi

Protest infront of Governor House Lahore.

A youngster participates in the protest.

Ahmed at a protest in Nouakchott.

Beyond the opposition, numerous non political public initiatives have sprung up in the last several years to protest specific government policies leading inevitably to confrontation with the existing political order.

Last year, MP Tamer El Shahawy proposed an anti cyber crime bill which would prescribe a life prison sentence for those convicted of threatening public order and incitement to protest .

The video below shows the protest scene

Islamists protest in Bangladesh over 'blasphemous blogs'.

Her Majesty's Government firmly rejects this protest.

She referred to the Supreme Court's judgement of 1999 that particularly strict demands must be made with regard to the clarity and unambiguity of statute provisions limiting the right to public protest.

In 2005, Haidar was arrested for her participation in a protest and sentenced to seven months in prison for inciting violent protest activities.

As a result of the judgement, the Commissioner would be unlikely to prevent any peaceful demonstration unless he could satisfy a court that the protest would interfere with the right to public order.

To many, the protest movement had been defeated.

Protest against electricity shortages around City Hall, Yangon.

Protest infront of Bilawal House against Shia Killing.

Shahbag protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 21st day.

Watch the protest performance with English subtitles below

Mauricio Torres described the scene at the protest

Bahrain protest against UK supporting torture in Bahrain.