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
2010–2012 Algerian protests 2011 Bahraini uprising 2011 Turkish Cypriot protests 2011 Djiboutian protests 2011 Egyptian revolution 2011–2012 Jordanian protests 2011 Iraqi protests 2011 Lebanese protests First Libyan Civil War 2011–2012 Mauritanian protests 2011–2012 Moroccan protests 2011 Western Saharan protests 2011 Omani protests 2011–2012 Palestinian protests 2011–2012 Saudi Arabian protests 2011–2013 Sudanese protests Syrian revolution Tunisian revolution Yemeni revolution
Other Arab uprisings 2012–2013 Egyptian protests Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–2014) 2012–2013 Iraqi protests 2015–2018 Iraqi protests 2013–2014 Tunisian political crisis
2018 Tunisian protests 2018 Jordanian protests 2018 Iraqi protests Sudanese Revolution (2018–19) 2019 Gaza economic protests 2019 Egyptian protests 2019–2021 Iraqi protests 17 October Revolution Hirak (Algeria) 2021 Tunisian protests 2021 Palestinian protests
2019–2022 Latin American protests
2018–2022 Haitian protests 2019 Bolivian revolution 2019 Venezuelan protests Telegramgate 2019 Ecuadorian protests 2019–2020 Colombian protests Social Outburst (Chile) 2020 Dominican protests 2020 Bolivian protests 2020 Peruvian protests 2020–2021 Argentine protests 2021 Paraguayan protests 2021 Colombian protests 2021 Cuban protests 2021 Brazilian protests 2022 Ecuadorian protests 2022 Panamanian protests Peruvian protests (2022–2023)
Gen Z protests (2020–present)
2020 protests End SARS 2022 protests Aragalaya 2024 protests July Uprising 2024 Hungarian protests Kenya Finance Bill protests 2025 protests in Africa 2025 Cameroonian protests 2025 Malagasy protests 2025 Moroccan Gen Z protests 2025 Mozambican protests 2025 Tanzanian election protests 2025 Togolese Gen Z protests 2025 protests in Asia 2025 Burmese protests 2025 Japanese protests 2025 Korean protests 2025 Indonesian protests 2025 Oust Anwar rally 2025 Maldivian protests 2025 Mongolian protests 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests 2025 Philippine protests 2025 Thai protests 2025 Timor-Leste protests 2025 protests in Europe 2025 Bulgarian protests Bloquons tout 2025 Georgian protests 2025 Greek protests 2025 Italian protests 2025 Macedonian protests 2025 Romanian protests 2025 Serbian protests 2025 Turkish protests 2025 protests in Latin America 2025 Colombian protests 2025 Mexican protests 2025 Paraguayan protests 2025 Peruvian protests 2025 protests in the Middle East 2025 Iranian protests 2026 protests 2026 Ugandan protests Flamingo Revolution (Albania)
Other
(2001, Philippines): Second EDSA Revolution (2001, Philippines): EDSA III (2004–2019, Syria, Iraq, Turkey): Rojava Revolution 2010 Kyrgyz Revolution (2013–2014, Ukraine): Euromaidan (2014): Abkhazian Revolution 2014 Burkina Faso uprising 2017–2019 Romanian protests 2018 Armenian Revolution 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests 2020–2021 Belarusian protests United States racial unrest (2020–2023) 2020–2021 Bulgarian protests 2020–2021 Armenian protests 2021 Greek protests 2022 Armenian protests Myanmar protests (2021–present) 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 2025 Gaza Strip anti-Hamas protests
Specific issues Against elections
2003–2004 Armenian protests Protests against Faure Gnassingbé (Togo, 2005–2021) Jeans Revolution (Belarus, 2006)
2008 Armenian presidential election protests April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests 2009 Iranian presidential election protests (Peru) 2011–2013 Russian protests Yo Soy 132 (Mexico, 2012) 2012 NIS public opinion manipulation scandal (South Korea) 2013 Venezuelan presidential election protests 2013 Malaysian general election protest 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 Kyrgyz Revolution 2020–2021 Belarusian protests January 6 United States Capitol attack 2021 Russian election protests 2022–2023 Brazilian election protests 2024 Indonesian local election law protests 2024–2025 Mozambican protests
Anti-austerity
2016 Newfoundland and Labrador budget protests (Canada) Anti-austerity movement in Greece Anti-austerity movement in Ireland 2011 Rome demonstration 2012 Sicilian protests 2013 Italian social protests Anti-austerity movement in Portugal Anti-austerity movement in Spain Asturian miners' strike of 2012 Anti-austerity movement in the United Kingdom 2019–2021 Lebanese protests
Anti-war
Protests against the war in Afghanistan Protests against the Iraq War Protests regarding the Russo-Georgian War Protests against the 2011 military intervention in Libya 2014 anti-war protests in Russia Protests against the Sri Lankan civil war Protests in Canada against the Sri Lankan civil war 2013 anti-Sri Lanka protests Protests against the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Protests against the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) Gaza war protests Israeli hostage deal protests
Arab Summer (Post-Arab Spring protests)
2016 Tunisian protests 2018 Tunisian protests 2013–2014 Tunisian political crisis 2019 Egyptian protests 2020 Egyptian protests 2012–2013 Egyptian protests Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–2014) 2019–2021 Algerian protests 2018 Jordanian protests 2018–2019 Gaza border protests 2019 Gaza economic protests Sudanese revolution 2019–2022 Sudanese protests 2019–2021 Lebanese protests 2015–2016 Lebanese protests 2019–2021 Iraqi protests 2012–2013 Iraqi protests 2015–2018 Iraqi protests 2020 Libyan protests Bahrain Tamarod Hirak Rif Movement 2021 Tunisian protests 2025 Gaza Strip anti-Hamas protests
Autonomy or independence
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 Catalan protests 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine Hong Kong 2014 Hong Kong protests 2016 Mong Kok civil unrest 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests 2016–2017 Kashmir unrest (India) Kurdistan December 2009 Kurdish protests in Turkey 2011 Kurdish protests in Iraq 2011–2012 Kurdish protests in Turkey 2014 Kobanî protests 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) Ladakh protests (India)
Climate
Extinction Rebellion (XR) School strike for climate / Fridays for Future (FFF) 2021–2022 Serbian environmental protests
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)
Women's rights
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 (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)
2020–2021 women's strike protests in Poland Mahsa Amini Protests (Iran, September 2022)
Student protests
(Canada): 2005 Quebec student protests 2006 student protests in Chile
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
(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
2014 Hong Kong class boycott campaign 2014, Hong Kong Umbrella Movement (2014, Taiwan): Sunflower Student Movement (2015, South Africa): #RhodesMustFall (Canada): 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 2019 student protests in Costa Rica
(Turkey): 2021 Boğaziçi University protests September 2022 Iranian protests 2022 Indonesian student protests 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses 2025 Indonesian student protests 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests 2024-present Serbian student demonstrations
Other protests by country International
Anti-Japanese protests 2005 anti-Japanese demonstrations 2012 China anti-Japanese demonstrations Black Lives Matter George Floyd protests 2018–2019 Gaza border protests 15 October 2011 global protests May Day 2009 May Day protests 2012 May Day protests 2013 May Day protests 2014 May Day protests 2015 May Day protests 2017 May Day protests 2025 May Day protests Ni una menos NiUnaMenos (Peru) Occupy movement Protests against Donald Trump 2017 Women's March Protests against Executive Order 13769 2018 Women's March 2019 Women's March 2020 Women's March People's March Pro-immigrants protests Baxter protests 2006 United States immigration reform protests Day Without Immigrants 2017 Protest "Volem acollir" Protests against the Trump administration family separation policy Citizenship Amendment Act protests Anti-immigrants protests Russian marches 2015 Geldermalsen riot 2018 Chemnitz protests 2024 United Kingdom riots School strike for climate / Fridays for Future (FFF) Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic 2020 Brazilian protests 2021 Brazilian protests
Protests over COVID-19 policies in Germany COVID-19 protests in the Netherlands COVID-19 anti-lockdown protests in New Zealand 2020 Serbian protests 2020 United States anti-lockdown protests COVID-19 anti-lockdown protests in the United Kingdom 2022 COVID-19 protests in China Strikes during the COVID-19 pandemic Gaza war protests Gaza war protests in the United States Gaza war protests in the United Kingdom 2025 Italian general strikes and protests for Gaza Gaza war protests in Israel
National
See also
Gen Z protests Gen Z protests in Asia 2020s in political history List of strikes
References