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Civil Unrests, Movements and Protests in 2019

Name the location of major civil unrests, movements and protests that started in 2019
Source: Wikipedia
Exclude ongoing protests that started before 2019, e.g. Yellow vests movement
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11 January
  • 2019 ______ presidential crisis
  • Crisis in ______
  • Resignation of Nicolas Maduro
  • Creation of a transitional government
  • Free and fair elections
  • Venezuela
    14 January
  • 130% increase in fuel prices
  • Elimination of the fuel price increase.
  • Zimbabwe
    2 February
  • Corruption within the government
  • Authoritarianism of Milo Đukanović
  • Accusations of electoral fraud
  • Media censorship
  • Particracy
  • Freedom of speech
  • Resignation of Đukanović and several senior state officials
  • Technical government
  • Free and fair elections
  • Montenegro
    16 February
  • Opposition to President Bouteflika's 5th term, regime and corruption
  • Resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika then Abdelkader Bensalah, his government and Ahmed Gaid Salah.
  • Algeria
    16 February
  • Suspected vote buying in the 2017 ______ parliamentary election
  • Corruption
  • Organised crime in the government
  • Raising wages
  • Removal of Edi Rama and the Socialist Party
  • Democratic Elections
  • Albania
    14 March
  • Opposition to Hamas regime and corruption in the ______
  • Reducing cost of living
  • Reducing taxation
  • Gaza
    31 March

    9 June (large-scale break out)
  • Proposal of the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019
  • Alleged misconduct by the ______ Police Force against protesters (since 12 June)
  • _____–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)
  • Full withdrawal of the extradition bill from the legislative process
  • Retraction of the characterisation of the 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
  • Hong Kong
    3 April
  • Lack of delivery of municipal services
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    South Africa
    21 May
  • former general Prabowo Subianto's refusal to accept that he had lost the 2019 ______ presidential election to incumbent President Joko Widodo
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    Jakarta
    20 June
  • Russian MP Sergey Gavrilov visited ______ within the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy and occupied the chair of the speaker of parliament
  • Resignation of Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze and MP Zakaria Kutsnashvili responsible for the invitation of MP Gavrilov to ______.
  • Resignation of the Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Gakharia and proper punishment to the police officials, whose actions caused injuries and used inappropriate force;
  • Immediate release of all prisoners detained during the protest;
  • Introduction of fully proportional election system instead of the existing semi-proportional
  • Georgia
    2 July
  • Killing of a young Ethiopian-______ by police officer
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    Israel
    14 July
  • The rejection to allow the independent candidates to participate in the 2019 ______ City Duma election.
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    Moscow
    19 August
  • ______ independence movement
  • Racist incident in Surabaya
  • ______ Independence
  • Papua and West Papua provinces
    20 September
  • Repression
  • Corruption
  • Nepotism
  • Resignation of president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
  • Release of all political prisoners
  • Egypt
    12 September
  • RSF killings of civilians
  • toxic effects of cyanide and mercury from gold mining in Northern state and South Kordofan
  • show trials of SPA coordinators
  • new Chief Justice and Attorney-General
  • dismissal and trials of officials from al-Bashir government
  • release of Abdelrahman Hassan arrested in Cairo during 2019 Egyptian protests
  • Khartoum massacre investigation
  • Sudan
    23 September
  • Ratification of the Revision of Corruption Eradication Commission Law (RUU KPK)
  • Proposal of the Revision of Criminal Code (RKUHP) Bill
  • Proposal of other bills including on mining, land and labour
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    Indonesia
    3 October
  • Austerity measures
  • Return of fuel subsidies
  • End of austerity measures
  • Resignation of President Lenín Moreno
  • Ecuador
    8 October
     
  • Release of political prisoners,
  • free and fair elections,
  • end of violence against women,
  • resignation of president Ilham Aliyev
  • Baku
    14 October
  • Sentencing of nine ______ independence leaders by the Spanish Supreme Court
  • ______ independence movement
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    Catalonia
    14 October
  • Rise in public transport fares
  • Rising cost of living Income inequality
  • Corruption scandals
  • Increase in crime rates
  • Reversal of public transport fares.
  • Reforms in education, healthcare and pension systems.
  • Better wages, minimum wage increase.
  • Resignation of President Sebastian Piñera.
  • Draft a new constitution.
  • Chile
    17 October
  • Austerity (planned taxes on gasoline, tobacco and online phone calls such as through WhatsApp)
  • Confessionalism
  • Political corruption
  • Recession
  • Unemployment
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    Lebanon
    20 October
  • Suspension of the Transmission of Preliminary Electoral Results (TREP) by the Plurinational Electoral Organ
  • Accusations of electoral fraud in regions of the country
  • Self-proclamation of ______ President Evo Morales as re-elected president, when the votes have not yet been fully calculated
  • Ballotage
  • Review of votes with observation of international institutions
  • Resignation of President Evo Morales
  • Bolivia
    14 November
  • Rise of Matteo Salvini's support
  • Anti-immigration policies
  • Hate speech in politics
  • Euroscepticism surge
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    Italy
    15 November
  • Increase in fuel prices
  • Economic hardships
  • Opposition to President Hassan Rouhani and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
  • Opposition to the Islamic Republic
  • Opposition to ______ involvement in regional conflicts
  • Social and economic stability
  • Prosecution of corrupt government officials
  • Removal of Ali Khamenei
  • Regime change and removal of the Islamic Republic of ______
  • Iran
    20 November
  • Business and alleged political involvement in the plot to assassinate journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
  • Governmental corruption
  • Governmental influence on judiciary
  • Governmental influence on criminal investigations Maladministration
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    Malta
    21 November
  • Support of the ______ peace process
  • Against the government of Iván Duque Márquez
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    Colombia
    4 December
  • Introduction of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
  • Anticipation of implementation of the National Register of Citizens of ______
  • Police brutality at university campuses
  • Violent crackdown against protesters
  • Repeal of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019
  • Evasion of implementation of the National Register of Citizens of ______
  • Independent Judicial probe into various Police departments for police brutality
  • India
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