During the visit of the Chinese president, Jiang Zemin, in October 1999, police tactics towards demonstrators, which included the forcible removal of protestors and seizure of their banners, prompted strong criticism.The Bush visit will be even worse.
Removal of protestors still ongoing.
Away from politics, a good example of a Contrarian is Giles Fraser who resigned his position in October 2011 as Canon Chancellor of St Paul's in protest over the forced removal of "Occupy" protestors camped outside the cathedral.
This past Wednesday saw over six hundred deaths and countless injured in the removal of pro-Morsi protestors by the army and police, which has since seen widespread condemnation across the globe and Egypt has been making the headlines ever since for all the wrong reasons.
This former Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral resigned in protest over the potential forcible removal of the "Occupy London" protestors outside St Paul's Cathedral in 2011.
Donald Trump claims millions voted illegally, the feds say they won't force the removal of Standing Rock pipeline protestors, Cubans to mourn Castro at Revolution Square in Havana, and more.
While the government had announced the creation of the Verification and Security Commission CVSS) to peacefully negotiate the removal of barricades used by the protestors as a defense mechanism for attacks by the military forces, only two of the cities with the barricades were removed by peaceful means through the commission.
While the Pashtun protests have wound down — the police superintendent still remains at large —other demands levied by protestors, including the removal of landmines, accounting for "disappeared" persons by the Pakistani military, and ending security checks and curfews in Pashtun tribal homelands have yet to be addressed.
Even in the case of museums, protestors may demand the removal of exhibits viewed by some as morally problematic and/or trauma-inducing, as happened recently with the "Gallows" exhibit at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the B-29 bomber Enola Gay at the National Air and Space Museum.
The anger of the millions of protestors is understandable.
Vine of protestors outside UKIP's Welsh conference at Margam Park.
