2019 saw people in dozens of countries hold their governments accountable for a slew of failures. Here’s our wrap of protests that defined the year
Alaa Salah, who quickly became known as Sudan's Nubian protest queen, can be seen protesting in Khartoum against the regime. "Skolstrejk för klimatet" are the three words that mobilised millions of children to demand that the adults in charge wake up to the climate crisis.
Greta Thunberg joins activist outside the UN during a protest against climate change on September 6, 2019 in New York. Ongoing protests first fuelled by plans to allow extradition to mainland China snowballed into mass anti-Beijing protests. Modi denies accusations that the law, which eases naturalisation procedures for non-Muslim minorities from three neighbouring nations, is part of a master plan to reshape India as a purely Hindu nation.
Not satisfied with Bashir's removal, the protesters remained camped in front of the defence ministry for months, demanding civilian rule. At the height of the unrest, on June 3, troops opened fire on protesters, killing scores in an instant. The protests took place in the Beni area, where a notorious militia has targeted ordinary villagers and Ebola health workers. While militia attacks have killed dozens, a peacekeeper is being probed for killing a civilian protester.
A protester holds a banner on Place d'Italie in Paris on November 16, 2019, during clashes on the sidelines of a demonstration marking the first anniversary of the"yellow vest" movement. Protests swept Catalonia in October after an apex Spanish court sentenced nine separatist politicians and activists to lengthy prison terms.
Anti-Brexit protesters demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain on October 21, 2019. Beginning in early July, thousands protested in Moscow targeting elections for the city's council and Russia's broader political system, capturing national and international headlines. Another spell of protests began in September when demonstrators, including several opposition groups, demanded the release of those detained in previous protests.
The June 23 rally at Prague's Letna Park was said to be the Czech Republic's largest protest since the fall of communism in 1989. Some of the massive protests in Europe took place in Italy this year. Strikers want the government to withdraw proposed tax reforms, fully adhere to the 2016 peace deal with FARC guerrillas and dismantle the feared ESMAD riot police.Anti-government demonstrators march during a nationwide strike in Bogota, Colombia. November 21, 2019. Bolivia's ex-president Evo Morales resigned on November 10 following swelling protests and military intervention over what political opponents said was his rigging of October 20 elections.
More than 450 demonstrators killed so far and more than a dozen members of the security forces have died.
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