Sentence examples for acts of protests from inspiring English sources
Civil disobedience – non-violent acts of protests like blocking traffic – have a long history within US civil rights and labor movements, says Tsedeye Gebreselassie, a senior staff attorney at National Employment Law Project.
Sporadic acts of protests and violence continued to happen throughout February and early March.
A debate about the righteousness of the group's cause aside, one thing is abundantly clear -- the reaction to the group, both by police and government officials and many media outlets, points to a double standard in the way white people are treated vs people of color when it comes to acts of protests or extremism. .
He adds: "As a solution to the quandary of how to perform violent acts of protests without being scapegoated by nativist rhetoric around being brutes in need of the civilizing embrace of mother China, one cannot doubt that there is something ingenious to self-immolation".
Those scattered acts of protest were followed later in the day by confrontations between protesters and police officers outside Minsk's main train station.
Social media networks have fostered communities that defy the mullahs' superstructure and provoke acts of protest.
Similar acts of protest spread to Egypt, where at least four men attempted self-immolation.
At least 116 Tibetans in Chinese-ruled regions have set fire to themselves since 2009 in acts of protest.
"If you want to avoid massive acts of protest, initiate reforms, my friends, and the people will not come out to protests".
