List of protests in the 21st century

Revolutions and uprisings

[Colour revolution]s

• Rose Revolution
• Tulip Revolution
• Cedar Revolution
• Orange Revolution
• Saffron Revolution

  [Arab Spring]

• 2010–12 Algerian protests
• Bahraini uprising of 2011
• 2011 Djiboutian protests
• 2011 Turkish Cypriot protests
• Egyptian revolution of 2011
• 2011–12 Jordanian protests
• 2011 Iraqi protests
• 2011 Lebanese protests
• Libyan Civil War
• 2011–12 Mauritanian protests
• 2011–2012 Moroccan protests
• 2011 Omani protests
• 2011–12 Palestinian protests
• 2011–12 Saudi Arabian protests
• 2011–13 protests in Sudan
• Civil uprising phase of the Syrian Civil War
• Tunisian Revolution
• 2011 Western Saharan protests
• Yemeni Revolution

  [Arab Winter]

• 2012–13 Egyptian protests
• Post-coup unrest in Egypt
• 2012–2013 Iraqi protests
• 2015–16 Iraqi protests
• 2013–14 Tunisian political crisis

  [Second Arab Spring]

• 2018 Tunisian protests
• 2018 Jordanian protests
• 2018 Iraqi protests
• : Sudanese Revolution
• 2019–20 Algerian protests
• 2019–20 Gaza economic protests
• 2019 Egyptian protests
• 2019–20 Iraqi protests
• 2019–20 Lebanese protests

  2018–20 Latin American protests">2019 Latin American protests">2018–20 Latin American protests

• 2019 Bolivian protests
• 2019–20 Chilean protests
• 2019 Ecuadorian protests
• 2018–20 Haitian protests
• 2019–20 Colombian protests
• 2019 Venezuelan protests

  Other

• : Second Intifada
• : Second EDSA Revolution
• : EDSA III
• : Rojava Revolution
• Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010
• : Euromaidan
• : Abkhazian Revolution
• 2014 Burkinabé uprising
• 2017 Romanian protests
• 2018 Armenian revolution
• 2019–20 Hong Kong protests

  Specific issues

Anti-austerity

• 2016 Newfoundland and Labrador budget protests
• Anti-austerity movement in Greece
• Anti-austerity movement in Ireland
• 2011 Rome demonstration
• 2012 Sicilian protests
• 2013 Italian social protests
• Anti-austerity movement in Portugal
• Anti-austerity movement in Spain
• Asturian miners' strike of 2012
• Anti-austerity movement in the United Kingdom

  Anti-war

• Protests against the war in Afghanistan
• Protests against the Iraq War
• Protests regarding the Russo-Georgian War
• Protests against the 2011 military intervention in Libya
• 2014 anti-war protests in Russia
• Protests against the Sri Lankan Civil War
• * Protests against the Sri Lankan Civil War in Canada

  Autonomy or independence

• 2005 Ahvaz unrest
• Catalonia
• * 2010 Catalan autonomy protest
• * 2012 Catalan independence demonstration
• * Catalan Way
• * Catalan Way 2014
• * Free Way to the Catalan Republic
• * Go ahead, Catalan Republic
• * National Day for Yes
• * 2017 Catalan general strike
• * Wake Up Europe!
• * Fem la República Catalana
• * 2019 Catalan general strike
• * 2019–20 Catalan protests
• *
• Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
• 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
• Hong Kong
• * 2014 Hong Kong protests
• * 2019–20 Hong Kong protests
• 2016–17 Kashmir unrest
• Kurdistan
• * December 2009 Kurdish protests in Turkey
• * 2011 Kurdish protests in Iraq
• * 2011–12 Kurdish protests in Turkey
• * 2014 Kurdish riots in Turkey
• 2019 Papua protests
• March and Rally for Scottish Independence
• Hirak Rif Movement
• Telangana movement
• Gdeim Izik protest camp

  Against elections

• 2003–04 Armenian protests
• 2008 Armenian presidential election protests
• 2018 Armenian revolution
• Jeans Revolution
• 2020 Belarusian protests
• 2019 Bolivian protests
• 2017–2018 Honduran protests
• 2009 Iranian presidential election protests
• Malaysia's Post General Election rally 2013
• Yo Soy 132
• April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests
• 2011–2013 Russian protests
• 2017 Serbian protests
• 2012 NIS public opinion manipulation scandal
• Protests against Faure Gnassingbé
• Protests against Donald Trump
• 2013 Venezuelan presidential election protests
• 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis

  Women's rights

• Ni una menos
• NiUnaMenos
• 2017 Women's March
• Protests against Executive Order 13769
• 2018 Women's March
• Ele Não movement
• 2019 Women's March
• Vanitha Mathil
• 2019 Swiss women's strike

• Anti-abortion movement

• March for Life and Family
• March for Life
• March for Life
• March for Life
• Salvemos las dos Vidas

  Student protests

• : 2005 Quebec student protests
• 2006 student protests in Chile
• 2007–09 university protests in France
• : #FeesMustFall
• : Dutch pupil strike
• 2008 student protests in Chile
• 2009 student protests in Austria
• 2009 student protests in Croatia
• : 2010 student protest in Dublin
• 2010 United Kingdom student protests
• 2010–11 University of Puerto Rico strikes
• 2011 Colombian student protests
• 2011–13 Chilean student protests
• : Moral and National Education controversy
• : 2012 Quebec student protests
• 2014 Hong Kong class boycott campaign
• : Sunflower Student Movement
• : #RhodesMustFall
• 2015 Bangladesh student protests against VAT on education
• : Anti-Black Box Curriculum Movement
• : Tangkap Najib rally
• : SEALDs
• 2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests
• 2018–19 student protest in Albania

• Other protests by country

International

• Anti-Japanese protests
• * 2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations
• * 2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations
• Black Lives Matter
• * George Floyd protests
• Extinction Rebellion
• 2018 Gaza border protests
• 15 October 2011 global protests
• May Day
• * 2009 May Day protests
• * 2012 May Day protests
• * 2013 May Day protests
• * 2014 May Day protests
• * 2015 May Day protests
• * 2017 May Day protests
• Ni una menos
• * NiUnaMenos
• Occupy movement
• Protests against Donald Trump
• * 2017 Women's March
• * Protests against Executive Order 13769
• * 2018 Women's March
• * 2019 Women's March
• * 2020 Women's March
• Pro-immigrants protests
• * Baxter protests
• * 2006 United States immigration reform protests
• * Day Without Immigrants 2017
• * Protest "Volem acollir"
• * Protests against the Trump administration family separation policy
• * Citizenship Amendment Act protests
• Anti-immigrants protests
• * 2006 Russian march
• * 2015 Geldermalsen riot
• * 2018 Chemnitz protests
• School strike for climate / Fridays for Future
• Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
• * 2020 United States anti-lockdown protests
• * Serbia COVID-19 protests and riots
• Strikes during the COVID-19 pandemic

  National

• 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations
• 2017 Albanian opposition protest
• National Theatre Protest in Albania
• 2019–20 Albanian political crisis

• December 2001 riots in Argentina
• September 2012 cacerolazo in Argentina
• 8N
• 18A
• 2013 police revolts in Argentina
• 13N
• 18F

• 2011 Armenian protests
• Mashtots Park Movement
• 2013 Armenian protests
• Electric Yerevan
• October 2018 protests in Armenia

• 2011 Azerbaijani protests

• 2013 Shahbag protests

• 2011 Belarusian protests
• 2017 Belarusian protests

• 2005 Belize unrest

• 2008 unrest in Bolivia
• 2011 Bolivian indigenous rights protests

• 2014 unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• 2013 protests in Brazil
• 2014 protests in Brazil
• 2015–16 protests in Brazil
• 2017 Brazilian general strike
• 2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike

• 2011 Bulgaria antiziganist protests
• 2013 Bulgarian protests against the first Borisov cabinet
• 2013–14 Bulgarian protests against the Oresharski cabinet
• 2020 Bulgarian protests

• 2011 Burkinabé protests

• Burundian unrest

• 2013–2014 Cambodian protests

• 2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests

• 2010 Canada anti-prorogation protests
• Idle No More

• 2011 Magallanes protests
• 2012 Aysén protests

• 2011 Chinese pro-democracy protests
• Wukan protests
• Jasic Incident

• 2013 Colombian coffee growers strike

• 19 January 2015 DRC protests
• December 2016 Congolese protests

• 2012 Ecuadorian protests
• 2015 Ecuadorian protests

• Bronze Night

• 2016 Ethiopian protests
• October 2019 Ethiopian clashes
• Hachalu Hundessa riots

• 2005 French riots
• 2010 French pension reform strikes
• Republican marches
• 2015 Corsican protests
• 2017 French riots
• Protests against Emmanuel Macron
• * Yellow vests movement
• * 2019–20 French pension reform strike

• 2016 Gabonese protests

• 2007 Georgian demonstrations
• 2009 Georgian demonstrations
• 2011 Georgian protests
• 2019–20 Georgian protests

• Ende Gelände
• *
• * Ende Gelände 2016
• * Ende Gelände 2017
• * Ende Gelände 2018
• * Ende Gelände 2019

• La Línea corruption case

• 2007 Guinean general strike
• 2009 Guinea protests

• 2018–20 Haitian protests

• Hong Kong 1 July marches
• December 2005 protest for democracy in Hong Kong
• Anti-Hong Kong Express Rail Link movement
• Hong Kong new year marches
• 2010 Hong Kong democracy protests
• 2014 Hong Kong protests
• 2019–20 Hong Kong protests

• 2006 protests in Hungary
• Hungarian protests of 2011
• 2014 Hungarian Internet tax protests

• 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests
• 2016 Icelandic anti-government protests

• 2006 Indian anti-reservation protests
• 2006 Dalit protests in Maharashtra
• 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement
• Indian general strike of 2016
• 2017 pro-jallikattu protests
• April 2018 caste protests in India
• Citizenship Amendment Act protests
• * Shaheen Bagh Protests
• * Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Uttar Pradesh
• * 2020 Kerala human chain
• * 2020 Delhi riots
• 2019-2020 Amaravati protests

• November 2016 Jakarta protests
• December 2016 Jakarta protests
• February 2017 Jakarta protests
• 2019 Indonesian protests and riots

• 2011–12 Iranian protests
• 2017–18 Iranian protests
• 2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests
• * 2018 Iranian water protests
• * 2019 Iranian fuel protests
• 2019–20 Iranian protests

• 2006 Israeli reserve soldiers' protest
• Cottage cheese boycott
• 2011 Israeli social justice protests
• July 2019 Ethiopian Jews protest in Israel

• No Berlusconi Day

• Zhanaozen massacre
• 2016 Kazakh protests
• 2019–20 Kazakh protests

• 2006–08 Lebanese protests
• 2011 Lebanese protests
• 2015–16 Lebanese protests

• 2010 Macau transfer of sovereignty anniversary protest

• 2011 Malawian protests

• 2007 Bersih rally
• 2007 HINDRAF rally
• Bersih 2.0 rally
• Bersih 3.0 rally
• People's Uprising rally, 2013
• Bersih 4 rally
• Bersih 5 rally

• 2020 Malian protests

• 2019–20 Maltese protests

• Mexican Indignados Movement
• 2017 Mexican protests

• 2013 "Pro Europe" demonstration in Moldova
• 2015–16 protests in Moldova

• 2008 Podgorica protest
• 2015–16 Montenegrin crisis
• 2019–20 Montenegrin crisis
• 2019–2020 Clerical protests in Montenegro

• Saffron Revolution

• 2006 democracy movement in Nepal
• Protest against Guthi Bill

• 2014–20 Nicaraguan protests
• * 2018–20 Nicaraguan protests

• 2011 Macedonian protests
• 2015 Macedonian protests
• 2016 Macedonian protests

• Lawyers' Movement
• Long March
• 2014 Azadi March
• Inqilab March
• 2017 Faizabad sit-in
• 2019 Azadi March

• 2017 Paraguayan crisis

• 2009 Peruvian political crisis
• 2017–20 Peruvian political crisis
• 2018 Peruvian agrarian strike

• Million People March
• Burial of Ferdinand Marcos
• Protests against Rodrigo Duterte

• December 2016 Polish protests

• Telegramgate

• 2012–2015 unrest in Romania
• * 2012 Romanian protests
• * 2012–14 Romanian protests against shale gas
• * 2013 Romanian protests against the Roșia Montană Project
• * 2015 Romanian protests
• 2017–2019 Romanian protests

• Dissenters' March
• Strategy-31
• 2011–2013 Russian protests
• 2017–2018 Russian protests
• 2018 Russian pension protests
• 2019 Moscow protests
• 2020 Khabarovsk protests

• 2008 protests against Kosovo declaration of independence
• 2017 Serbian protests
• 2018–2020 Serbian protests

• Murder of Ján Kuciak

• 2012–13 Slovenian protests

• Western Cape 2012 Farm Workers' strike
• 2019 service delivery protests

• 2008 US beef protest in South Korea
• 2016–17 South Korean protests
• Taegukgi rallies

• 2011–13 protests in Sudan

• Million Voices Against Corruption, President Chen Must Go
• 1025 rally to safeguard Taiwan
• 517 Protest

• 2010 Thai political protests
• 2013–2014 Thai political crisis

• 2017–2018 Togolese protests

• 2016 Tunisian protests

• Republic Protests
• Gezi Park protests
• 2017 March for Justice

• Ukraine without Kuchma
• Rise up, Ukraine!
• No to capitulation!

• 2011 London anti-cuts protest
• 2011 England riots
• Belfast City Hall flag protests

• 2015 Armenian March for Justice
• 2011 United States public employee protests
• Tea Party protests
• Occupy Wall Street
• 2011 Wisconsin protests
• 2018 United States gun violence protests
• Indigenous Peoples March
• George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul

• 2005 Andijan unrest

• Venezuelan general strike of 2002–03
• 2007 RCTV protests
• Venezuelan protests
• * 2014 Venezuelan protests
• * 2017 Venezuelan protests
• * 2019–20 Venezuelan protests
• Mother of All Marches

• 2014 Vietnam anti-China protests
• 2017 Hanoi hostage crisis

• 2016–17 Zimbabwe protests
• Zimbabwe fuel protests