List of protests in the 21st century

This is a list of protests in the 21st century.

Revolutions and uprisings

Plants (Colour) revolutions

Rose Revolution (Georgia, 2003)
Tulip Revolution (Kyrgyzstan, 2005)
Cedar Revolution (Lebanon, 2005)
Orange Revolution (Ukraine, 2004–2005)
Saffron Revolution (Myanmar, 2007)

Arab Spring

Demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square on 8 February 2011

2011 Bahraini protests

Arab Winter

Second Arab Spring

2019–2021 Algerian protests

2019–2022 Latin American protests

"Marcha Más Grande de Chile" during the 2019–2021 Chilean protests.

Protesters gather during the 2021 Colombian protests.

Other

2017–2018 Romanian protests against government policies and corruption

2018 Armenian revolution

Sri Lankans protesting in front of the presidential office in Colombo.

Protests broke out across Myanmar after the military coup d'état.

The victory march by Bangladeshi protestors after resignation of Sheikh Hasina

(2000–2005, Palestine): Second Intifada
(2001, Philippines): Second EDSA Revolution
(2001, Philippines): EDSA III
(2004–2019, Syria, Iraq, Turkey): Rojava conflict
Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010
(2013–2014, Ukraine): Euromaidan
(2014): Abkhazian Revolution
2014 Burkinabé uprising
2017–2019 Romanian protests
2018 Armenian revolution
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
2020–2021 Belarusian protests
United States racial unrest (2020—present)
2020–2021 Bulgarian protests
Serbian protests (2020–present)
2020–2021 Armenian protests
2021 Greek protests
2022 Sri Lankan protests
2022 Armenian protests
2021–2023 Myanmar protests
2022 Albanian protests
2022 Karakalpak protests
2022 North Macedonia protests
2022 Sierra Leone protests
Mahsa Amini protests
2022 Mongolian protests
2023 Armenian protests
2024 Citizenship Amendment Act Protests in India
(2024, Bangladesh): Student–People's uprising

Specific issues

Anti-austerity

Anti-austerity movement in Spain

Anti-war

Protest against the Iraq War in London on 15 February 2003

Autonomy or independence

Supporters of Catalan independence protest in Barcelona in October 2019

2019–2020 Hong Kong protests

2005 Ahvaz unrest (Iran)
Catalonia
- 2010 Catalan autonomy protest
- 2012 Catalan independence demonstration
- Catalan Way (2013)
- Catalan Way 2014
- Free Way to the Catalan Republic (2015)
- Go ahead, Catalan Republic (2016)
- National Day for Yes (2017)
- 2017 Catalan general strike
- Wake Up Europe! (2017)
- Fem la República Catalana (2018)
- 2019 Catalan general strike
- 2019–2020 Catalan protests
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
Hong Kong
2016–2017 Kashmir unrest (India)
Kurdistan
2019 Papua protests (Indonesia)
March and Rally for Scottish Independence (2012–2013)
Hirak Rif Movement (Morocco)
Telangana movement (India)
Gdeim Izik protest camp (Morocco)
2024 New Caledonia unrest (France)

Against elections

2011–2013 Russian protests

2020-2021 Belarusian protests

January 6 United States Capitol attack.

2003–2004 Armenian protests
Protests against Faure Gnassingbé (Togo, 2005–2021)
Jeans Revolution (Belarus, 2006)
2006 Mexican political crisis [es]
2008 Armenian presidential election protests
April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests
2009 Iranian presidential election protests
2010 Ucayali protests [es] (Peru)
2011–2013 Russian protests
Yo Soy 132 (Mexico, 2012)
2012 NIS public opinion manipulation scandal (South Korea)
2013 Venezuelan presidential election protests
Malaysia's Post General Election rally 2013
Protests against Donald Trump (United States, 2016–2020)
Demonstrations in support of Donald Trump
2016–2017 Brazilian protests
2017 Serbian protests
2017–2018 Honduran protests
Venezuelan presidential crisis
2018 Armenian revolution
May 2019 Jakarta protests and riots
2019 Bolivian protests
2020 Kyrgyzstani protests
2020–2021 Belarusian protests
January 6 United States Capitol attack
2021 Russian election protests
2022 Brazilian election protests
2024 Indonesian local election law protests

Post-Arab Spring protests

17 October Revolution.

Women's rights

"Ele Não" protester in Porto Alegre, Brazil

March for Women's Lives (2004) (United States)
Ni una menos (Argentina, 2015–2021)
NiUnaMenos (Peru, 2016)
2017 Women's March (United States)
Protests against Executive Order 13769 (United States, 2017)
Ele Não movement (Brazil, 2018)
2018 Chilean feminist protests and strikes
It also happens here [es] (Mexico, 2018)
2018 Spanish women's strike
2018 Women's March (United States)
2019 Women's March (United States)
Vanitha Mathil (India, 2019)
2019 Swiss women's strike (Switzerland)
2019 feminist protests in Mexico [es]
2020 feminist protests in Mexico [es]
2020–2021 women's strike protests in Poland
Mahsa Amini Protests (Iran, September 2022)

Pro-life

March for Life and Family (Poland, 2007–2009)
March for Life (Prague) (Czech Republic, 2001–2014)
March for Life (Paris) (France, 2005–2019)
March for Life (Washington, D.C.) (United States, 2000–2021)
Salvemos las dos Vidas (Argentina, 2017–2020)

Student protests

(Canada): 2005 Quebec student protests
2006 student protests in Chile
2007 Brazilian student protests [pt]
2007–2009 university protests in France
(2007, South Africa): #FeesMustFall
(2008, Netherlands): Dutch pupil strike
2008 student protests in Chile
2009 student protests in Austria
2009 student protests in Croatia
2009 German student protests [de]
(Ireland): 2010 student protest in Dublin
2010 United Kingdom student protests
2010–2011 University of Puerto Rico strikes
2011 Colombian student protests
2011–2013 Chilean student protests
(2012, Hong Kong): Moral and National Education controversy
(Canada): 2012 Quebec student protests
2012 Spanish general educational strike [es]
2014 Hong Kong class boycott campaign
2014, Hong Kong Umbrella Movement
(2014, Taiwan): Sunflower Student Movement
(2015, South Africa): #RhodesMustFall
(Canada): 2015 Quebec student protests [fr]
2015 Bangladesh student protests against VAT on education
(2015, Taiwan): Anti-Black Box Curriculum Movement
(2015, Malaysia): Tangkap Najib rally
(2015–2016, Japan): SEALDs (Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy)
(2015–2016, United States of America): 2015–2016 University of Missouri protests
2016 student protests in Brazil
2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests
(Mexico): 2018 UNAM protests
2018 student protests in Colombia
2018–2019 student protest in Albania
2019 student protests in Brazil [pt]
2019 student protests in Costa Rica
2019 medical student protests in Ecuador [es]
(Turkey): 2021 Boğaziçi University protests
September 2022 Iranian protests
2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses

Other protests by country

International

Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis

Black Lives Matter Protest in Rome on 7 June 2020

Protest against the Polish government led by the Law and Justice (PiS) party

2017–2018 Russian protests

School Strike for Climate in Vicenza, Italy, 15 March 2019.

National

Abkhazia

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Argentina

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Belarus

Belize

2005 Belize unrest

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Burundian unrest (2015–2018)

Cambodia

2013–2014 Cambodian protests

Cameroon

Canada

Chad

2022 Chadian protests

Chile

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

2018 Costa Rican protests

Cuba

2021 Cuban protests

Czech Republic

2017 Czech government crisis
Milion chvilek pro demokracii (2018–2021)
Je to na nás!

Djibouti

2011 Djiboutian protests

DR Congo

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

Estonia

Bronze Night (2007)
Enough of False Policy [et] (2012)

Eswatini

2021 Eswatini protests

Ethiopia

France

2005 French riots
2010 French pension reform strikes
Republican marches (2015)
2015 Corsican protests
Nuit debout (2016)
2017 French riots
Protests against Emmanuel Macron (2017–2020)
- Yellow vests movement (2018–2020)
- 2019–2020 French pension reform strike
2021–2022 social unrest in the French West Indies
2022 Corsica unrest
2023 French pension reform strikes
2024 Mayotte crisis

Gabon

2016 Gabonese protests

Georgia

Germany

Greece

2021 Greek protests

Guatemala

Guinea

Haiti

2018–2021 Haitian protests

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hong Kong 1 July marches (2003)
December 2005 protest for democracy in Hong Kong
Anti-Hong Kong Express Rail Link movement (2009)
Hong Kong new year marches (January 2010, January 2013)
2010 Hong Kong democracy protests
2014 Hong Kong protests
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Italy

Japan

2018–2019 Japanese protests

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kuwait

2011–2012 Kuwaiti protests

Kyrgyzstan

Lebanon

Libya

Macau

2010 Macau transfer of sovereignty anniversary protest

Madagascar

Malawi

2011 Malawian protests

Malaysia

Mali

2020 Malian protests

Malta

2019–2020 Maltese protests

Mauritania

2011–2012 Mauritanian protests

Mexico

Moldova

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

2010 Mozambican uprising

Myanmar

Saffron Revolution (2007–2008)
2021 Myanmar protests

Nepal

Netherlands

Dutch farmers' protests

New Zealand

2022 Wellington protests

Nicaragua

2014–2020 Nicaraguan protests
- 2018–2020 Nicaraguan protests

Nigeria

North Macedonia

Pakistan

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Second EDSA Revolution
Million People March (2013)
Burial of Ferdinand Marcos (2016)
Protests against Rodrigo Duterte (2016–2021)
Protests against Bongbong Marcos

Poland

December 2016 Polish protests
Protests against Polish judiciary reforms (2017)
2018 Polish protests [pl]
Rainbow Night (2020)

Puerto Rico

Romania

Russia

Saudi Arabia

2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests

Senegal

Serbia

Slovakia

Murder of Ján Kuciak (2018)

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Syria

Taiwan

Million Voices Against Corruption, President Chen Must Go (2006)
1025 rally to safeguard Taiwan (2008)
517 Protest (2009)
Sunflower Student Movement (2014)

Thailand

Togo

Tunisia

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Yemeni Revolution

Zimbabwe