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He lives a few streets away from the spot where the
protesters
gather.
Moreover, growing defiance reflects the public’s perception that the authorities have grown afraid of the people and tend to yield to their demands when confronted by angry
protesters.
Hong Kong’s Handover HangoverBANGKOK – Earlier this month, an estimated 100,000 Hong Kong residents gathered in Victoria Park, to mark the 28th anniversary of China violent repression of pro-democracy
protesters
in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
If China and its local proxies continue to ignore what
protesters
are really shouting about, incompetent loyalists at the helm will be the least of their worries.
But the political agenda that he espoused while in office passed away long ago, on May 19, 1989, when he appeared in Tiananmen Square just before dawn to beg tearfully for the forgiveness of
protesters.
With the murder of peaceful protesters, the shelling of residential quarters, the execution of soldiers who refuse to fire on their countrymen, and the use of chemical weapons, a picture has emerged of a regime that is systematically defying the most basic international moral and legal standards.
At the time, King Mohammed VI wisely responded to
protesters
by offering constitutional reforms and elections.
But any examination of the protesters’ slogans and demands clearly indicates otherwise.
The overseas press corps in Beijing was used to explaining political dissidents, student protesters, disgruntled workers and disenfranchised members of the “floating population.”
CAIRO – The aggrieved supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and the jubilant
protesters
who pushed the military to remove him have divided Egypt into two irreconcilable camps, both reflecting and reinforcing the country’s deeper problems.
He was bent on purging the judiciary and the public prosecutor’s office, claiming that they were aligned with the
protesters
opposing his government and their military backers, who had been overthrown in 2011.
In this context, the failure of the government’s half-baked attempts to buy off
protesters
is unsurprising.
The more the regime tries to buy off the protesters, the more overweening it appears – and the angrier citizens become.
The clashes in Tahrir Square on April 9-10, which led to the deaths of two protesters, were the most serious to date between activists and the Army.
Stuck in transition,
protesters
and liberalizers are losing hope that they can establish enduring pluralist democracies and generate inclusive economic growth.
In the 12 months following the book’s publication, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy were assassinated, inner cities across the United States exploded in riots and French student
protesters
began the rebellion that toppled President Charles de Gaulle a year later.
Only when David Irving has been freed will it be possible for Europeans to turn to the Islamic
protesters
and say: “We apply the principle of freedom of expression even-handedly, whether it offends Moslems, Christians, Jews, or anyone else.”Bringing It Back HomeCAMBRIDGE – An increasing number of American companies are making plans to shift their headquarters to Europe.
By day three, we will see journalists imprisoned and media shut down; day four, bloody reprisals against
protesters
by secret police; day five, arrests of key opposition figures.
When we see footage of nonviolent
protesters
being brutally beaten by police and militia members, it is painful to deliver the message that, if history is a guide, continued street protest will make the difference between Iran being like Myanmar or, possibly, like Czechoslovakia.
Time and again, when mass street protest has been sustained for more than a week or two, a regime – even one that has begun beating and arresting
protesters
–eventually finds it practically and psychologically difficult to sustain its hold.
What the West can do is apply pressure on Iran – and on other governments in the future – to assure and account for the safety of
protesters.
To be sure, protesters’ grievances vary greatly according to local circumstances (though there is surprising consistency across regions and even continents when it comes to issues like housing, unemployment, inequality, and the frustration of young people who have studied hard and cannot find jobs).
In Greece and Spain,
protesters
told us that their neighbors’ stories were a revelation.
With American
protesters
citing Egyptians and Spaniards as direct inspiration, online communities from Syria to Europe cross-pollinating, and continuing strong turnout for rallies like those on May Day 2012 in the US, it is clear that the spirit of community is here to stay.
For Syria’s Kurds, the struggle against more than four decades of the Assad family’s Ba’athist dictatorship became particularly harsh after 2004, when security forces killed dozens of unarmed
protesters
in the northeastern town of Qamishli.
In the absence of strong governance institutions, Bhumibol was often called in to manage domestic political disputes, most notably in 1992, when the military fired on tens of thousands of
protesters
who had gathered in Bangkok.
Over the past few decades, anti-nuclear activists, together with their political representatives in the Green Party, have succeeded in mobilizing hundreds of thousands of
protesters.
Europe’s Ukrainian TestMADRID – Powerful images have been pouring out of Ukraine lately: Kyiv’s Maidan
protesters
bravely enduring months of bitter cold, withering police attacks, and sniper bullets; the gilded bathroom fixtures of deposed President Viktor Yanukovych’s opulent personal residence; a wheelchair-bound Yuliya Tymoshenko emerging from prison to address her countrymen in a broken voice.
Protesters
demanded that specific ministers be arrested and put on trial, and they called for the return of pilfered assets – demands that were rarely met.
He tightened legislation aimed at throttling civil society, pursued lawsuits against protesters, and blocked the activity of Alexei Navalny, a promising opposition politician.
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