Sentence examples for initiated protests from inspiring English sources

In 1957, commune members in Ninghai initiated protests; 51 agricultural communes were disbanded and 42 communes were nearly disbanded (Codification Committee of Ninghai County 1993, 180).

Since June 2, when the price of public transportation in São Paulo, Brazil, rose from R$3 to R$3.20, the Free Pass Movement has initiated protests that have turned into a wave of revolt.

Pointing to documents obtained by the federal intelligence service, officials in La Paz last week said a group from the lowland city of Santa Cruz had elaborated a plan to sabotage the Constitution assembly, stoke regional tension and initiate protests to topple Mr. Morales.

Whether or not this type of mechanism is effective depends on the size of the cost investors incur when they express demands, initiate protests, or organize appeals (any method by which they try to protect their legal rights).

This is done through supervision, rewards and punishments, along with the ability of investors to resist, through for example, initiating protests or complaints and appeals, any corrupt behavior that the local government may display against their property rights.

Alan Fragoso, one of the organisers of the Fórum de Lutas group that initiated the protests, said the demonstrations would continue.

He also told me about the moment when he had realized the strength and the resolution of the young activists who initiated the protests.

But those who initiated the protests in support of cheap public transport are uneasy that part of the movement has morphed towards a campaign for lower taxes.

The police announcement follows mounting pressure by religious hardliners who earlier this month initiated mass protests across the country to demand the popular figure be arrested and charged with insulting Islam.

"The blood that has been spilled is something sacred," Felipe Quispe, leader of the indigenous group that initiated the protests, said in response to Mr. Sánchez de Lozada's offer, made in a televised speech.

Abbas explains that his decision to leave the square was based on the fact that he believed those that were taking center stage did not share the same ideals that initiated the protests.