Sentence examples for held protest from inspiring English sources

Go-go girls and "masseuses", fearing for their livelihoods, have held protest marches.

Campaigners have held protest rallies and marches outside the premises once a month for several years, Ms Hayter added.

Upset by that letter, community groups held protest rallies outside Danmar and Ms. Velázquez sent irate letters to the department.

Orthodox priests and monks have held protest vigils and marched under signs that read "the heretic pope" and "two-horned monster of Rome".

Over the past week, American labor leaders held protest rallies in five cities and met with Latin American union officials to battle the proposed trade zone, saying it would encourage corporations to move operations to areas with the worst wages and working conditions.

Some held protest signs on the K Street NW sidewalk, getting occasional honks from passing traffic.

Angry local villagers have held protests.

Ordinary citizens and professional association members held protests in Amman and other cities.

Already, eastern Ukrainians have held protests, burning Mr. Bandera in effigy.

They tirelessly lobbied lawmakers, wrote blogs, held protests and filed complaints with the human rights commission.

In a politically apathetic country, tens of thousands have regularly held protests against nuclear power.