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Hungary’s government rocked as former insider leaks recordings https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/27/former-hungarian-government-insider-leaks-graft-case-audio-tape

Poland elections scheduled for Nov 2023 ====== Polish opposition supporters, seeking change, mark 1989 Solidarity win https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polish-opposition-supporters-seeking-change-mark-1989-solidarity-win-2023-06-04/

Germany at a standstill as huge strike halts planes and trains https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/largest-strike-decades-leaves-germany-standstill-2023-03-27/

France and Israel protests still going on since this post.

Hundreds of thousands join nationwide protests, with key overhaul law about to pass https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-200000-protest-across-israel-against-judicial-overhaul-as-gallant-urges-pause/

France: National strike against pension reform. UK: Strike for a pay rise and against an anti-strike law. Israel: 5th week of demonstration against Netanyahu. Denmark: demonstration against the abolition of a public holiday

Noooo.... Not again... ======== Protesters brought a crane to remove concrete wall and trench around #Baghdad’s GreenZone. The area hosts main building of #Iraq’s government and #US embassy.

Strong comments by USAID chief Power in Delhi, slamming China for Sri Lanka crisis by "opaque deals" and dragging feet on "debt restructuring" for the country; Adds,"Sri Lanka's govt was first to fall.. already protests in 17 countries.."

Protesters block key Panama highway after rejecting deal with government https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20220719-protesters-block-key-panama-highway-after-rejecting-deal-with-government

Dutch farmers protest against green reforms https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/dutch-farmers-emissions-environment-protests-b2115246.html

Ecuador protests: Indigenous groups burn tyres and block roads over fuel prices https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-61786948

Peru imposes curfew to stymie protests over rising fuel costs https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peruvians-protest-surging-gas-fertilizer-prices-amid-ukraine-invasion-2022-04-05/

Sri Lanka Protesters Defy President, Rejecting a Cabinet Shuffle https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/world/asia/sri-lanka-protests-rajapaksa.html

Kazakhstan restores some fuel price caps after rare protests spread https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/protests-erupt-kazakhstan-after-fuel-price-rise-2022-01-04/

Same MO so far as events leading up to Shaheenbagh protests. -organise a protest -provoke native sensibilities -get attacked -cry victim -show black banners on TV -ask the prime minister to step down -prepare for next round of protests ======== Thousands rally in Georgia after death of TV...

Lebanon is another tinderbox ready to explode, protests have been going on and off since that large explosion. https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/a-country-running-on-empty-lebanon-suffers-medicine-fuel-shortages-20210703-p586ir.html

Rare Protests Hit Cuba Amid Economic, Coronavirus Crises https://www.voanews.com/americas/rare-protests-hit-cuba-amid-economic-coronavirus-crises

Anti-Government Protests Grow Again in Thailand https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/anti-government-protests-grow-again-thailand

Colombians march in eighth day of protests, police deploy tear gas https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-unions-hold-mass-marches-violence-worse-overnight-bogota-2021-05-05/

Protests turn deadly in Chad as protesters demand civilian rule https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/27/protests-erupt-in-chads-capital-protesters-demand-civilian-rule