Sentence examples for center of protest from inspiring English sources

The monastery has been a center of protest against Chinese policies and was especially active in the 2008 Tibetan uprising.

The symbolic heart of the 2011 revolution, Tahrir Square became the center of protest against Mr. Morsi, and remained a stronghold of his opponents.

Dr. Tiller has been at the center of protest before and was shot twice by a militant abortion opponent in 1993.

Whether by accident or design, an image of Ho, the Vietnamese revolutionary, stands as a kind of sphinx, guarding the way into a city that, in fact, was a center of protest against America's misguided war.

And while a new expressway promises to unclog ever-crowded streets, it has also become the center of protest over the toll of development, with plans for an extension that cuts close to the cherished Casco Viejo historic district and could lead to its removal from the list of Unesco World Heritage sites.

A pioneer in the use of the French horn as a frontline instrument in improvised music, Mr. Amram married jazz with Mr. Seeger's folk in the 1960s when he recruited the drummer Elvin Jones and the baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams to join him in backing Mr. Seeger on "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" in Tompkins Square Park in Lower Manhattan, a center of protest activity.

On July 8, protesters reoccupied Tahrir Square — the center of protests in Egypt's revolution earlier this year — calling for additional reforms in what they call Egypt's "second revolution".

Tens of thousands massed in streets around Sana University, the center of protests, chanting slogans against Mr. Saleh, as pro-government protesters organized their own large rally in the capital.

In January and February, the square was the center of protests that led to the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak; protesters have returned to the square to pressure the caretaker military government to include the broad public in the planned transition to civilian rule.

Kirti Monastery was a center of protests in Sichuan.

Why did you go to the roundabout (a center of protests)?