Sentence examples for spearheaded protests from inspiring English sources

The April 6 youth movement, the group of activists who spearheaded protests against Mubarak and opposed both the military leadership and Morsi, has been the target of a relentless campaign of disinformation and intimidation.

Kasem Ahmad, a spokesman for the Islamic Faith Community, a network of Muslim groups based in Copenhagen that spearheaded protests against the cartoons in Denmark, said he hoped today's arrests would not rekindle the uproar.

Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption blogger who spearheaded protests a year ago, poured scorn on the claim.

Alexei Navalny, a lawyer known for his campaigning against corruption, spearheaded protests against the Kremlin a year ago after disputed parliamentary elections.

The Day of Mourning was spearheaded by protests from Aboriginal communities around Australia.

Local band Damn the Witch Siren spearheaded the protests against Kelly, refusing to play at the festival in light of Kelly's appearance.

Samwel Nangiria, co-ordinator of the Ngonett civil society group that has spearheaded the protests, said he was called in by the police before the meeting and subjected to hours of interrogation.

Urban groups, which have spearheaded regular protests since the scandal broke in April, on Thursday sought to unite with rural and indigenous organizations who have orchestrated the road blocks.

"This program showed an abnormal way of living, which is totally opposed to our thoughts, culture, everything," said Sheik Adel al-Mawda, 44, a member of Parliament from the fundamentalist Salafi movement who spearheaded the protests.

Moreover, the Kingdom recently deported tens of thousands of Yemeni workers, after deciding to cut down on foreign labour.Many Yemeni activists who spearheaded the protests that led to the ousting of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh have enthusiastically taken up Ms Niran and Mr Muhammad's cause.

The march was largely the brainchild of Chris Knight, a self-described anarchist and an anthropologist at the University of East London, who has been the galvanizing public voice of a loose umbrella group of radical environmentalists, academics and left-wing activists known as the Meltdown that spearheaded the protests.