Sentence examples for a violent protest from inspiring English sources

The reelection bill's approval provoked the ire of protesters and lawmakers alike, leading to a violent protest around and inside the Congress building Thursday.

This was not a violent protest until we were kettled minutes into the march.

In 2000, a European Union summit in Nice was marred by a violent protest.

A violent protest erupted inside the site, which is holy to both Jews and Muslims.

He said fears of a violent protest movement diminished as the election seemed to have been carried out smoothly.

During a violent protest, the police shot one marcher dead; they are accused of brutalizing scores of others.

Already, there were rumblings of a violent protest awaiting Gomperts in Dublin, her first port of call.

Last Friday, an American student who taught English in Egypt was stabbed to death during a violent protest between supporters and opponents of Mr. Morsi in Alexandria.

The alleged ill-treatment of workers in a Chinese-owned mine in Zambia in July led to a violent protest in which several workers were shot.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Thursday that they had arrested at least 40 people in eastern New Brunswick at a violent protest over shale gas development.

The military maintains that the two were shot by rubber bullets as soldiers dispersed a violent protest involving dozens of villagers hurling rocks.