Internationally, Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on 15 February, called the government of Bahrain to stop what she called "the excessive use of force" against protesters and to release protest-related prisoners.
But you'd be surprised how many times a PR person has had to convince their client not to issue a press release protesting innocence.
Entitled "If There Ever Was A Time," the San Francisco alt-rock mainstay's newly released protest song kicks off with a bang--an audio clip taken from the gristly aftermath of a police-lobbed tear gas canister fracturing the skull of Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen at an infamous Occupy Oakland protest.
While some have called the release a "protest" against streaming services, Lee shies away from the categorisation.
Even before the series ran, from late July through early August, it was the subject of complaints from Le Monde journalists, who issued a news release to protest the decision by Mr. Izraelewicz to give the plum assignment to a reporter at La Tribune, a business newspaper that he previously edited.
The duo's latest, COW (Chill Out World!), is, per Paterson's statement in the album's press release, "a protest album in reverse".
Punkvoter has also released a protest CD titled "Rock Against Bush," which features anthems like Ministry's "No W".
President Omar al-Bashir ordered the release after protests against her incarceration from (some) Muslims in Sudan and more around the world.
They have carried out a mock funeral procession, delayed kick-offs by throwing objects on to the pitch, printed spoof match programmes and released a protest replica shirt.
The longest-ever Palestinian hunger strike has ended after 103 days in exchange for Israel's pledge that it would release the protesting prisoner five months early, said Kadoura Fares, the leader of a Palestinian advocacy group for prisoners.
In September, he released a protest song, "Indian Givers," that will appear on his upcoming album.
