Check out some of the major protests that shaped the world in 2021 and will continue to impact the new year
Despite a global pandemic limiting movement and gatherings for the second year running, citizens around the world have continued to take to the streets to voice their concerns.
While far from an exhaustive list, here are the five protests that have left an indelible mark in 2021.Just a few days into the new year, the world watched in shock and disbelief as hundreds of protesters stormed the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., including a man dressed in a bearskin horned hat, his face painted with the colours of the American flag.
Thousands of people were detained and hundreds jailed in connection with the unauthorised protests, including prominent artists and writers, as well as Navalny’s wife. Navalny began a hunger strike in detention over lack of medical attention, triggering another wave of protests in April. Lawyers, students and government workers, among others, took to the streets in weeks of civil disobedience and peaceful protests that were met with military force. On February 22, millions of people took to the streets after killing two protesters, including a 16-year-old boy. More than 1,000 civilians have been killed since the coup and more than 10,000 people have been arrested.
The mobilization gained momentum in November, when tens of thousands of farmers protested against the reform programme, which would stop the government from buying produce at guaranteed prices and instead, they said, give more power to corporations to buy at cheap and unsustainable prices. Thousands camped out outside New Delhi and blocked highways in Punjab and Haryana states, after police prevented a march from entering the city’s borders.
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