Sentence examples for protest law from inspiring English sources
Under a controversial protest law passed in November 2013, protesters are required to obtain three days in advance permission to demonstrate.
The clothes worn to protests serve purposes for the protesters themselves, the subjects of the protest, law enforcement who may be monitoring demonstrations, and onlookers.
Leaders of 6 April – Ahmed Maher and Mohammed Adel – have been jailed for violating the new protest law that requires that any demonstration must have a police permit.
Most of those arrested have been released, but almost 300 faced formal charges and were referred to trial for breaking the protest law.
It was the first use of a draconian new protest law that was enacted on Sunday and has been condemned by the UN and human rights groups.
Morsi shied away from implementing a similarly worded protest law this spring, but his administration nevertheless cracked down on many of the same activists arrested this week.
The EU delegation to Ukraine has called for the government to abide by promises it makes to protesters, and to revoke the protest laws.
He tried to burn down his school at the age of 14 to protest laws that required black children to learn the Afrikaans language of the white minority.
The new protest laws prescribe jail terms for anyone blockading public buildings, and ban the wearing of masks or helmets at demonstrations.
On Sunday, Mr Abdel Fattah's younger sister Sanaa, a 20-year-old student, was jailed for three years along with 23 other young activists for breaking protest laws.
Ukraine's public protests began peacefully but demonstrations took a more radical turn when authorities passed a harsh anti-protest law clamping down on rights of assembly and movement.
