This is a list of pro-Palestinian protests in Slovenia including demonstrations, marches, sit-ins, direct actions, and campus encampments in support of Palestinian rights.
List
Estimated attendance is either mentioned explicitly in the references or a midpoint is used, i.e., 50 when dozens are mentioned, 500 when hundreds are mentioned, and so on.
Pre-2023
Date Municipality Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)17 January 2009500Demonstration in the city center.18 July 2014?Demonstration in the city center.23 July 201420Demonstration in front of the European Commission Representation in Slovenia.21 May 2021800Demonstration in the city center. Ended with police intervention. One protester was injured. Two protesters were arrested.
2023
Date Municipality Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)19 October 2023500Demonstration and march through the city center. 9 November 2023 500 Demonstration in the city center.
2024
Date Municipality Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)7 April 2024600Demonstration and march through the city center. Protesters laid down clothes representing Palestinians killed by Israel.8 May 202450Occupation of the main lecture hall at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana. Lasted until 13 May, after protesters having all of their demands met by the university.22 May 2024 Koper50Demonstration in the Port of Koper against the arrival of a ship allegedly transporting military cargo for the Israeli armed forces.3 October 2024?Demonstration in the city center.27 November 2024 Maribor100Night rally through the city center.
2025
Date Municipality Estimated attendance Description Ref(s)5 June 2025?Demonstration in the city center.4 August 2025?Demonstration with a musical protest in honor of ten-year-old Palestinian girl Sara Hamed Elkarnavi killed by Israel on 2 August.6 August 20252,000Demonstration and march through the city center.1 September 2025 Bled?Demonstration in front of the Bled Festival Hall.11 October 2025?Demonstration as part of the "festival miru" ("peace festival"). Participants read out the names of Palestinian children killed in the Gaza genocide.
2026
Date Municipality Estimated attendance Description Ref(s) 9 September 2026 2,000 Demonstration and march through the city center to protest against the opening of the first Israeli embassy in the city.
See also Gaza war protests Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Lists of pro-Palestinian protests
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