Face masks, part of powerful visual language defining protests around the world, change meaning with coronavirus
As 2019 gave way to 2020 in a cloud of tear gas, and in some cases a hail of bullets, from Hong Kong to Baghdad, from Beirut to Barcelona and Santiago, it seemed civil disobedience and government crackdowns on protests would dominate the international landscape.Protests, by their very nature driven by large gatherings, have been doused. Streets crammed with tens of thousands of chanting protesters are largely deserted.
In most of these places, the protests had waned even before the outbreak – a combination of fear and fatigue giving way to resignation or apathy. The spreading new coronavirus has in some cases given authorities a means to further suppress the protests. In Hong Kong, major anti-government protests that at times drew hundreds of thousands of marchers began to tail off late last year.
Complaints include the selection of quarantine sites, Lam’s refusal to close the border with China entirely and the stranding of Hong Kong residents in virus-hit parts of mainland China, although some returned home last week.Chilean protesters vow to continue in Santiago The demonstrators demand the revocation of the citizenship law, which fast-tracks naturalisation for religious minorities from several neighbouring countries, but not Muslims. The law caused an explosion of communal violence and rioting in New Delhi, with dozens killed.
But security crackdowns, disputes among the protesters, economic exhaustion and a craving for normalcy greatly diminished the rallies in recent weeks.
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