Protesters took to the streets in their thousands demanding the resignation of President Ahmadinejad after his landslide victory during presidential elections amid widespread allegations of ballot fixing and vote-tampering.
The Arab Springs were a wave of protests and rebellions that resulted in the ousting of the Egyptian, Tunisian, Yemeni and Libyan government as well as other countries in Northern Africa and the Middle East. The Arab Springs sparked the civil war in Syria and sustained massive protests in Bahrain. To date, they have resulted in 2,500 deaths.
Also known as the Jasmine Revolution, The Tunisian Revolution was an intensive 28-day campaign of civil resistance. It included a series of street demonstrations and led to the ousting of longtime president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011. It eventually led to a thorough democratisation of the country.
The Libyan Revolution was an armed conflict in North Africa, fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government. The war was preceded by protests in Zawiya on 8 August 2009 and finally ignited by protests in Benghazi beginning on 15 February 2011. The protests escalated into a rebellion that spread across the country.
In February 2014, a series of violent events involving protesters, riot police, and unknown shooters in the capital, Kyiv, culminated in the ousting of the elected Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, and the overthrow of the Ukrainian Government.
On 5 August 2016, protesters demanded social and political reforms, including an end to human rights abuses (including government killings of civilians, mass arrests, government land seizures, and political marginalisation of opposition groups). The government responded to this by restricting access to the internet and arresting as well as attacking protestors.
