The Genoa Group of Eight Summit protest from July 18 to July 22, 2001 was one of the bloodiest protests in Western Europe's recent history, as evidenced by the wounding of hundreds of policemen and civilians forced to lock themselves inside of their homes and the death of a young Genoese anarchist named Carlo Giuliani — who was shot in the face while trying to throw a fire extinguisher on a police car — during two days of violence and rioting by fringe groups supported by the nonchalance of more consistent and peaceful masses of protesters, and the hospitalisation of several of those peaceful demonstrators just mentioned.

The British government was subsequently forced to release Besant and make significant concessions after a period of intense protests.

They staged silent nonviolence protests and forced a meeting with President Charles Taylor and extracted a promise from him to attend peace talks in Ghana.

* 1989 – East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.

On October 5, 2000, Slobodan Milošević was forced to concede defeat after days of mass protests across Serbia.

** President Hossain Mohammad Ershad of Bangladesh is forced to resign following massive protests.

But street protests forced him to step down, and Gbagbo became president on October 26, 2000.

Li was raised to the position of Premier thanks partially to the departure of Hu Yaobang, who was forced to resign as General Secretary after the Party blamed him for a series of student-led protests in 1987.

In January 1987, after two weeks of student protests demanding greater Western-style freedoms, a clique of Party elders and senior military officials forced Hu to resign on the grounds that he had been too lenient with student protesters and for moving too quickly towards free market-style economics.

Because of disagreements with the dean over her taking a loyalty oath and submitting to fingerprinting, the campus was thrown into protests and she was forced to go to court to remain able to teach.

Although the levy was widely popular with the electorate, Colley was forced into a humiliating climbdown at the behest of the backbenchers and the authority of the government was shaken — particularly when the levy withdrawal was met with mass protests.

The student protests triggered by the sudden death of former CPC General Secretary Hu Yaobang, widely admired as a reform-minded leader, created a crisis in which Zhao was forced into a confrontation with his political enemies.

In 1987, Hu Jintao handled the local students protest parallel to the Democracy Wall carefully, whereas in Beijing similar protests resulted in Hu Yaobang's forced resignation.

The Singur controversy in West Bengal led to further questions over Tata ’ s social record, with protests by locals and political parties ( though the involvement of Mamata Banerjee's party is widely criticized as an act for political gains ) over the forced acquisition, eviction and inadequate compensation to those farmers displaced for the Tata Nano plant.

These protests expanded into massive riots, which eventually forced Satō to close the prestigious University of Tokyo for a year in 1969.

The deportations were stopped-despite heavy opposition from Germany, which demanded their resumption-in October 1942 by Slovaks, when it became clear that Nazi Germany had not " only " abused the Slovakian Jews as forced labour workers but had also executed many of them in death camps, and when public protests arose as well as pressure from the Holy See to stop the deportations of Jewish civilians.

Neville attempted to rule in the king's name ; however, constant protests by the king's supporters forced the Earl to release the king.

On 5 October 2000, Slobodan Milošević was forced to concede defeat after days of mass protests all across Serbia.

After storms of protests from both Protestants and Catholics, Hoffmann was forced to resign and, by political means, the churches were able to prevent complete disestablishment.

The alliance between the Norwegians and the Danes threatened to shift the political and military power in the Nordic and Baltic areas, and in 1365 a series of German protests in the city of Bergen eventually forced the Hanseatic office on Bryggen in the city to be closed until 1366, which temporarily damaged the trade for the kingdom.

José López Rega, officially Minister of Social Welfare, broadly vetted Perón's domestic and foreign policy until protests forced him to flee to Spain in July 1975.

Even though the Colonial Office initially decided to appoint Shea, it was forced to withdraw his name in the face of protests organized by Carter.

It was not long, however, before protests from NSU / UNLV students forced a slight change to their Confederate mascot, but the " Rebels " moniker remains to this day.

During the 1970s public protests and political pressure forced on the New Zealand Rugby Union ( NZRU ) the choice of either fielding a team not selected by race, or not touring the Republic.

* 1999 – In Seattle, Washington, United States, protests against the WTO meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.

* In December 2004, controversy surrounding the play Behzti sparked violent protests leading to the play's cancellation.

The cancellation of general mobilization led to furious protests from Sukhomlinov, Sazonov, and Russia ’ s top generals, all urging Nicholas to reinstate it.

The cancellation of the show on HGTV caused dismay among many of her fans ; whose protests might have influenced the decision to continue broadcasting it on the DIY Network ( owned by the same parent company Scripps Networks ).

" Following the cancellation, protests and legal action by CFI against the Wyndgate Country Club were pursued.

* In Seattle, Washington, the first major mobilization of the anti-globalization movement catches police unprepared and forces the cancellation of the opening ceremonies of the WTO Meeting of 1999 ( protests end on December 3 ).

The opening of Korea to foreign Christian missionary activity in the late 19th century saw some improvement in the status of the baekjeong ; However, everyone was not equal under the Christian congregation, and protests erupted when missionaries attempted to integrate them into worship services, with non-baekjeong finding such an attempt insensitive to traditional notions of hierarchical advantage.

The opening of the new terminal was met by new protests by Community Air activists protesting the proposed increase in flights.

In March 2010, the opening of Porter's new terminal was met by new protests by Community Air activists protesting the increase in flights.

While the Austrian Green movement began in 1978 with the successful campaign to prevent the opening of the nuclear power plant in Zwentendorf ( which had been favoured by Bruno Kreisky's government ), the Green Party was born in 1984 during the successful sit-in protests which prevented the Danube power plant at Hainburg from being built.

In 1968 the EEOC, following two years of protests by NOW, banned all help wanted ads which specified which sex a job applicant should be, except those jobs for which being a certain sex was a bona fide occupational requirement ( such as actress ), opening many hitherto unattainable jobs to women.

The government also announced a few days prior to the opening ceremonies that three " demonstration parks " would be opened for protests, requiring a written request form five days in advance, although at the end none of the requests were granted.

Due to the protests about the toll hike, the opening was pushed back two months after it was physically completed.

Bless This House centres around life in Birch Avenue, Putney, where travelling stationery salesman Sid Abbott ( note: the spelling of their surname varies ; the opening credits of early series one episodes spell it " Abbot " while in the closing credits it is spelt " Abbott ") and his wife Jean live with their teenage children, Mike, who is fresh from art college and more preoccupied with protests than finding a job, and Sally, a trendy schoolgirl.

Activities by Piratbyrån members include lectures at universities and conferences, the publication of reports, participation in art projects and research projects, an interview with Vanity Fair in February 2007, participation in the planning of The Oil of the 21st Century conference in Berlin, presentations at a Norwegian computer party ( The Gathering ), interviews to the media regarding the raid on The Pirate Bay, opening of a webshop to sell Kopimi Klothing, participation in the organisation of protests to mark the one year anniversary of the police raid on The Pirate Bay, attendance of the BELEF07 festival in Belgrade ( Serbia ), and participation in the organisation of a one day art event in Stockholm titled " Who Makes And Owns Your Work ".

Comparing it to the Arab Spring, Graeber has claimed that Occupy Wall Street and other contemporary grassroots protests represent " the opening salvo in a wave of negotiations over the dissolution of the American Empire.

In the final months preceding Narita Airport's opening, there were a number of violent protests at the airport.

Since he believes the killer may still be inside the Museum, he orders it closed until the police have finished searching, despite the protests of museum director, Dr. Cuthbert ( Hunt ) about the upcoming opening.