protest

A protest is an action intended to publicly demonstrate dissent and/or to call attention to opposition of something, usually a powerful entity such as a government, corporation, or some action or policy of one of those entities.

The public action may be violent or non-violent, organized or spontaneous, theatrical and symbolic in nature or a simple, silent assembly in some location. Protestors usually carry signs to explain their complaint, but protests can be subtler, such as the wearing of a certain color to indicate support for a cause. While this type of protest may be "silent," proper use of the term requires some unambiguously public aspect to the action.

Someone signing a petition or, in the age of the internet, "Liking" a Facebook page, may not be putting their body in jeopardy, but they are signing their name and standing up to be counted in that sense.

One of the most historically significant forms of protest is the process of passive resistance associated with Mahatma Gandhi. By refusing to obey laws, demands and commands thought unjust, and then accepting the consequences. Such protests are often answered with violence, bringing sympathy and support to the opposition on a massive scale.

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• "Standing man inspires Turkish protesters in Istanbul."

  
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• Police acted unlawfully after kettling cuts protesters, high court rules

  
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• Police acted unlawfully after kettling cuts protesters, high court rules

  
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  Legal observer was filmed and made to hand over personal information on condition of release from containment in 2011 A legal observer who was kettled during a demonstration against government cuts has won a high court declaration that police acted unlawfully when they filmed her and made her hand over personal ...
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• Turkeys Standing Man: a new form of protest

  
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  A man stood still in Istanbuls Taksim Square: silent, staring straight ahead, he had not moved for hours. His peaceful action, on the square that police cleared of protesters on Saturday and where the Turkish authorities have banned gatherings, was a new form of protest. He arrived Monday evening as night was ...
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  Demonstrations have erupted at the Confederations Cup in Brazil amid anger at the amount of public money being spent on the tournament and the forthcoming 2014 World Cup Jonny Weeks        
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• Brazil rocked by protests – in pictures

  
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  Demonstrations have erupted at the Confederations Cup in Brazil amid anger at the amount of public money being spent on the tournament and the forthcoming 2014 World Cup Jonny Weeks
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• Istanbul: silent standing protest shut down by police – video

  
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• China to place ban on private orphan shelters

  
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• Oil prices stay steady before 2-day US Fed meeting

  
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• ‘Standing man’ leads Turkish protest

  
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  A Turkish protester dubbed the “standing man” leads a vigil on Istanbul’s Taksim Square days after the authorities evicted demonstrators. BBC News – Home
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• Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national forces

  
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• Brazil protests - share your stories

  
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• Stranded dolphin dies after being used as a photo prop by tourists

  
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• Brazil protests: violence erupts during nationwide marches – video

  
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  Large-scale protests are underway in Brazil on Monday night as up to 200,000 people angry with high costs and poor public services take to the streets
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