Largest Russian opposition protest in years, Yemen revolution ‘far from over’

Largest Russian opposition protest in years, Yemen revolution ‘far from over’

James Price

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Largest Russian opposition protest in years, Yemen revolution ‘far from over’</h1> <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/moscow-protests-putin-after-observers-say-election-was-rigged/2011/12/05/gIQAxIiuWO_blog.html"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-14122" title="Photo: Dmitry Lovetsky - Associated Press" src="https://wagingnonviolence.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/APTOPIX_Russia_Election_04e58.jpg" alt="" width="575" height="455" srcset="https://wagingnonviolence.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/APTOPIX_Russia_Election_04e58.jpg 606w, https://wagingnonviolence.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/APTOPIX_Russia_Election_04e58-300x237.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px" /></a></p> <ul> <li>Building on the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/moscow-protests-putin-after-observers-say-election-was-rigged/2011/12/05/gIQAxIiuWO_blog.html">largest opposition rally in years Monday</a>, Russian protests <a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Troops-Patrol-Moscow-to-Prevent-Election-Protests-135109338.html">spread to more cities on Tuesday</a> as demonstrators denounced federal election results&#8212;resulting in hundreds of arrests.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>On Tuesday, <a href="http://main.omanobserver.om/node/74527">thousands of young Yemenis</a> in Sanaa continued their sit-in, despite President Saleh&#8217;s signed agreement that he would step down, declaring that their revolution is far from over. This followed demonstrations which erupted on Sunday, as residents of Taiz <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/12/201112520128736869.html">marched in protest</a> of immunity provisions given to the outgoing President.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Greenpeace activists <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2011/12/201112514312118302.html">infiltrated a French nuclear plant</a> Monday and hung a banner on a reactor building in an attempt to expose nuclear national security weaknesses.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Dozens of Occupy D.C. members were arrested late Sunday in an <a href="http://www.wtop.com/?nid=41&amp;sid=2656756">act of civil disobedience</a> when they refused to dismantle a structure that they were building for shelter.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Thousands <a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/thousands-protest-at-un-climate-summit-in-durban-152960.html">protested at the UN Climate Conference</a> in Durban, South Africa on Sunday, calling for a strong international plan to address climate change.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Animal rights advocates in Taipei, Taiwan <a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/12/05/2003519984">gathered by the hundreds</a> on Sunday, condemning the conditions of animal shelters throughout the country.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In India on Sunday, thousands marched and several began a hunger strike to <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/article2688777.ece">show their support</a> for the decommissioning of a damn in the interest of protecting local farmers.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Kashmir witnessed<a href="Kashmir witnessed protests and sit-ins on Saturday as residents of Srinagar decried the police’s use of pepper guns in breaking up demonstrations the day before."> protests and sit-ins </a>on Saturday as residents of Srinagar decried the police’s use of pepper guns in breaking up demonstrations the day before.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>On Saturday, <a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Islamists-Secularists-Protest-Outside-Tunisian-Parliament----134974753.html">secular Tunisians held a counter-rally</a> in front of Parliament, opposing a group of Islamists who were calling for female university students to wear a full-face veil.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Thousands in India <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20111203/as-india-dow-protest/">blocked train tracks</a> Saturday, agitating for compensation to be given to victims of the industrial accident at Bhopal in 1984.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=Republished+Article&bots=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwagingnonviolence.org%2F2011%2F12%2Flargest-russian-opposition-protest-in-years-yemen-revolution-far-from-over%2F&_rcn=&_rck=Largest+Russian+opposition+protest+in+years%2C+Yemen+revolution+%26%238216%3Bfar+from+over%26%238217%3B" style="border:0" alt="" />