The Foreign Office's current advice to visitors is to "avoid all protests, political gatherings, demonstrations and marches".
Human rights advocates assert that Russia will continue to crack down on free speech, criticizing Putin for a law signed Tuesday that would inflicts heavy fines or jail time for "repeated violation of established procedures … during rallies, gatherings, demonstrations, marches or picketing".
The Greek Parliament is prepared to vote on austerity measures on Wednesday, and its people have been gathering in demonstrations and strikes to protest the cuts.
As three members of the Russian punk collective faced judgment in a Moscow court Friday on hooliganism charges, their supporters in more than 60 cities worldwide were gathering for demonstrations to mark Global Pussy Riot Day.
It may "include events staged by as few as one person," the State Department report said, adding that "spontaneous public gatherings or demonstrations were virtually unknown".
The State Department issued a worldwide travel warning, urging Americans in volatile areas "to limit their travel outside of their homes and hotels and avoid mass gatherings and demonstrations".
The FCO has amended its travel advice on Morocco and Oman, warning of small scale protests taking place in cities advising avoidance of of large gatherings and demonstrations.
Cambodia One Billion Rising bike ride stopped by authorities Cambodia has banned all public gatherings and demonstrations so GADC Cambodia organised a bike ride around the city.
Residents described a mobilization in the capital, Damascus, and, in more pronounced fashion, in the restive city of Homs, where a government crackdown this week dispersed one of the largest gatherings since demonstrations began last month.
And the decree states that all "gatherings, rallies, demonstrations, marches and pickets that are not related to the Olympics and Paralympics" will be banned from 7 January to 21 March.
