2019 on fire: Protests happening around the world

2019 on Fire: Protests happening around the world

  A protest is a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something. This is what happening around the world. Citizens who are denying the policy implemented or supposed to be implemented are protesting in different parts of the world. Protest can be a powerful political tool for enacting change, 2019 has largely been about protests, climate crisis and West Asia tensions.

  Worldwide protests are going on. Major demonstrations and rioting rocked much of the world. In South America, there's been unrest in Venezuela, Haiti, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia. West Asia was hit y a similar wave of chaos, especially in Iran, Iraq, Algeria, Sudan and Lebanon. Moreover, also protests are happening in places like Hong Kong, Cairo, Paris, Moscow, and many parts in India. 

 So, let's have a look at the protests happening around the world:

1) 2019 Chilean Protest

 The 2019 Chilean protest is ongoing civil protests all over Chile in response to a rise in the Santiago Metro's subway fare, the increased cost of living, privatisation and inequality prevalent in the country.

 The Protests began in the capital of Chile in Santiago by secondary school students which led to make it a massive one and open clash with the 'Caeaineros de chile' (the national militarised police force).

Caused by: Rise in public transport fares

                        Rising cost of living

                        Income inequality

                        Privatisation

Goals:          Reversal of public transport fares

                    Reforms in education, healthcare, and pension systems

                    Better wages, minimum wage increase

                    Resignation of President Sebastián Piñera

                    Draft a new constitution

2) 2019 Hong Kong Protest

The 2019 Hong Kong protests, also known as the Anti–Extradition Law Amendment Bill movement or the "water revolution", are an ongoing series of demonstrations in Hong Kong triggered by the introduction of the Fugitive Offenders amendment bill by the Hong Kong government. If enacted, the bill would have allowed the extradition of criminal fugitives who are wanted in territories with which Hong Kong does not currently have extradition agreements, including Taiwan and mainland China. This led to concerns that the bill would subject Hong Kong residents and visitors to the jursidiction and legal system of mainland China, which would undermine the region's autonomy and Hong Kong people's civil liberties.

Caused by :

Proposal of the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019

Alleged misconduct by the Hong Kong Police Force against protesters (since 12 June)

Hong Kong–Mainland China conflict, political screening, economic and social inequality

The failure of the 2014 Umbrella Revolution

Implementation of anti-mask law and the invocation of the Emergency Regulations Ordinance (since 3 October)

Goals :

Full withdrawal of the extradition bill from the legislative process

Retraction of the characterisation of the 12 June 2019 protests as "riots"

Release and exoneration of arrested protesters

Establishment of an independent commission of inquiry into police behaviour

Universal suffrage for Legislative Council and Chief Executive elections

Resignation of Carrie Lam

Dissolution and reorganisation of the Hong Kong Police Force

3) Protest in Indonesia

Thousands of students have taken to the streets in Indonesia to protest against a “disastrous” draft criminal code that would include outlawing extramarital sex and a controversial new law that could weaken the nation’s anti-corruption body.

Caused by

Ratification of the Revision of Corruption Eradication Commission Law

Proposal of the Revision of Criminal Code

Proposal of other bills including on mining, land and labour

Methods

Demonstration

Barricades

Civil disobedience

Vandalism

Riot

Looting

4) 2019 Latin American Protest

The 2019 Latin American protests, also called Primavera Latinoamericana ("Latin American Spring"), are a series of escalating examples of civil disobedience in various countries across Latin America protesting against austerity measures and political corruption in the region, described in several sources as a "wave". The Guardian discussed different opinions on whether the wave of protests constituted a "Latin American spring"; by November 2019, media outlets were using the term more widely. It is a wave of the greater Latin American Spring that has been causing unrest around the region since 2014.

Caused by

Austerity

Income inequality

Privatization

Political corruption

Political scandals

Goals

Democracy

Regime change

Reform

End to austerity

End to political corruption

5) CAA, NRC Protest in India

  Demonstrators in eastern India on Saturday set fire to more than a dozen buses and vandalised at least six railway stations, as violent protests against a new citizenship law continued for a fourth straight day.  

  

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government says the new law will save religious minorities such as Hindus and Christians from persecution in neighbouring Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan by offering them a path to Indian citizenship. But critics say the law, which does not make the same provision for Muslims, weakens the secular foundations of India.

 The eastern part of the country, where movements against Bangladeshi immigrants have raged for decades, has been among the worst hit.

On Saturday, protesters torched at least 15 buses on an expressway in West Bengal state, some 20km (12 miles) from the state capital, Kolkata, holding up traffic for several hours, two police officials said.

At least half a dozen railway stations in the state were vandalised and set on fire, leading to the cancellation of many long-distance trains.

  Students at the prominent Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) protested against the citizenship law and were mobilising Muslims via doorstep invitations for a bigger protest on Sunday.

  Also in New Delhi, hundreds of students gathered within and outside the gates of the Jamia Millia Islamia University, making speeches and holding peaceful protests against the citizenship law amid a heavy police presence.

 Police on Friday used tear gas and batons to disperse the protesting students, wounding dozens of them.

 On Saturday, the university declared a 20-day winter break beginning December 16, according to an official notice reviewed.

 The annual break at Jamia usually begins around December 24 and the decision to go on an early break was taken due to the student protests, a university staff member said, declining to be named.

6) Russian protest against Vladimir Putin

  In Moscow Monday, thousands of Russians gathered after a court ruled that the state media regulator was allowed to block the popular messaging service, Telegram, in the country. Protesters held signs, chanted, and threw paper airplanes, the symbol of Telegram, to demand that their internet remain free from government cencorship.

  The demonstration quickly turned into an anti-Vladimir Putin rally, with speakers like anti-corruption activist and former opposition presidential candidate Aleksei Navalny leading chants of “Down with the Czar!” according to the New York Times. Activists have called another protest, this one nationwide, for May 5 to protest Putin’s fourth presidential inauguration.

7) 2019 Thailand Protest

     More than 1,000 people gathered in the northern city of Chiang Mai, Thailand to protest the construction of a housing project for judges and government officials in the foothills of a sacred mountain. According to the BBC, it was one of the country’s largest demonstrations since 2014, when the military seized control of the Thai government.

8) 2019 Mexico Protest

 Thousands of people gathered in the capital Mexico City to demand justice for three students who murdered and their bodies were put in Acid.
 There's a problem of youth disappearance in Mexico's drug war. 15,516 people between the ages of 13 and 29 are officially listed as missing in Mexico.


There are also many protests in different parts. We've only mentioned about eight protests which are on a large scale. The protests in Hong Kong and in India against CAA & NRC are massive one. In the Latin American Protests, many countries are protesting against Privatisation, Scandal, Corruption. 
 There are also many countries which are protesting against their State or Government. As in Middle Eastern countries like Tunisia, Iran, Jordan, Yemen etc. 
 2019 has been a year of violence, protests, unlawful activities and crimes than any other. These all Protests which we've mentioned started only in 2019 and still going on. 

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