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  2. COVID-19 protests in the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Anti-lockdown protests took place in opposition to restrictions, starting in March 2020 against the first national lockdown, and continuing during subsequent lockdowns and other regional restriction systems. These overlapped with anti-vaccination protests, which continued after the start of the Ireland's vaccination programme in December 2020.

  3. 2014–2016 Oromo protests - Wikipedia

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    Protests were first sparked on 25 April 2014 against expansion of boundaries Addis Ababa city and government responded by shooting at and beating peaceful protesters [1] and on 12 November 2015, university students in the town of Ginchi, 80 km southwest of Addis Ababa, engaged in full blown strikes and street protests.

  4. Chinese people in Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    There were Chinese people in Tanzania as early as 1891. [3] However, most of the Chinese in the country trace their roots to three distinct waves of migration: 1930s settlement on Zanzibar, workers sent by the Chinese government in the 1960s and 1970s as part of development assistance to Tanzania, and private entrepreneurs and traders who began doing business there during the 1990s.

  5. COVID-19 protests in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Hundreds of anti-vaccine protesters attempted to storm Television Centre, London on 9 August in opposition to coverage of the pandemic by BBC News. The protesters were reported to have mistaken the building as the headquarters of the BBC, although the corporation's operations had moved out of the building in 2013.

  6. 2022 Sri Lankan protests - Wikipedia

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    Protesters stormed the office of the Prime Minister, demanding his resignation. [350] [351] Protestors stormed the studios of the state-run television channel Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and demanded that news on the anti-government protests be broadcast. The channel went off the air and resumed the live transmission later.

  7. 2024 Indian farmers' protest - Wikipedia

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    The 2024 Indian farmers' protest is the second round of continuous protests and road blockades initiated by farmers in the northern states of Punjab and Haryana on 13 February 2024, primarily located at Punjab’s Shambhu border. [13]

  8. Unions in Spain to protest in push to reduce working hours - AOL

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    Trade unions will lead protests across Spain on Thursday in an effort to force an agreement between the government and the business sector over a reduction in working hours amid pushback from ...

  9. 2024 Columbia University pro-Palestinian campus occupations

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    Protesters on 116th Street and Broadway moved toward 120th Street after a man was taken into custody. [60] All of the protesters the NYPD arrested were released by late evening. [29] Sit-in through the second day after arrests, with the East side of the lawn getting barricaded, to prevent reestablishment of the original encampment.