Topic: Protests and Demonstrations

The Monitor's View Brazil protests in a global trend

The Brazil protests follow those in Turkey and India, all three developing countries with established democracies. While the sparks for the protests differ, the theme is the same: Fix democracy; don't replace it.

Brazilians stage largest protests in 20 years, bearing a multitude of complaints

Poll shows Erdogan's popularity has taken a hit. Could he lose his mandate?

Latin America Monitor Brazil protests: a blip, or the making of a movement?

Erdogan's supporters rally, dismissing Turkish protests as a 'big game' (+video)

Changing times: G8 leaders head to bucolic Northern Ireland (+video)

Turkish police clear Gezi Park on eve of pro-Erdogan rally

Violent crackdown follows Erdogan's speech

Turkey: Thousands rally in support of Erdogan while protesters continue sit-in

Global News Blog Erdogan quiets Istanbul with softer tone, but calm is likely to be brief

Yemen struggles to keep the lights on amid frequent power line sabotage

Will Erdogan's referendum bid be enough to quiet Turkey's furious crowds? (+video)

Turkish government offers referendum: Will it quell protests?

Global News Blog US-bashing TV station gives interview to its benefactor, Vladimir Putin

Erdogan, protesters circle in eye of Taksim storm (+video)

Gay pride fines: Russa passes anti-gay bill in 436-0 vote

Turkey's faltering economy, not protesters, could bend Erdogan

Tear gas, water cannons end party in Istanbul's Taksim Square

Global News Blog Four teens arrested for Islamic school fire in apparent Woolwich murder fallout

Are Calif. labor-protest laws constitutional? Supreme Court turns away case

Can protesters wave gruesome signs? Supreme Court declines free speech case

Erdogan calls Turkish protesters 'those who burn and destroy'

Opposition in Turkey flounders in efforts to dislodge Erdogan

Across Arab world, mixed feelings about Turkey's Erdogan

English Defence League back in the limelight after Woolwich murder