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the overthrow of president omar al bashir in a military coup d état 6 the khartoum massacre and the transfer of power from a military junta to the transitional sovereignty council but led to a civil war in 2023 in algeria a series of mass protests resulted in the resignation of president abdelaziz bouteflika and the postponement of the scheduled presidential election other protests also took place in egypt jordan lebanon morocco syria and tunisia along with economic protests in the gaza strip 7 8 9 10 2 context and background edit main articles arab spring and arab winter tesbih habbal and muzna hasnawi syrian editors writing in the nation in october 2019 argued that the sustained street protests in the arab world since 2018 constituted a second wave of the process that started with the 2010 2011 arab spring syrian protestors in october 2019 held signs stating syria egypt iraq you ve revived the spirit of the arab people from the atlantic ocean to the persian gulf habbal and hansawi described the process as having profoundly changed the political consciousness of the region overcoming fear of political activity and setting a crucial precedent for challenging the persistence of authoritarianism habbal and hansawi argued that the october 2019 protests in syria proved that even ruthless repression and tyranny cannot deter the resistance 11 habbal and hansawi argued that the new wave of protests frequently included usage of the early arab spring slogan ash shab yurid isqat an nizam the people want the fall of the regime 11 the protests were often described as being inherently anti systemic covering the entirety of the political establishment rather than opposition to a single policy fueling this is large scale unemployment specifically youth unemployment as well as frustration towards many government policies reliance on international aid for basic necessities corruption and reliance of hydrocarbons fossil fuels which all led to discontent towards the often cronyistic system widely in use in middle eastern countries 12 names edit the alternative names second arab spring new arab spring and arab summer refer to a similarity with the preceding arab spring wave of pro democracy protests which took place in the early 2010s 13 however in this wave of protests the similarities and differences suggest more an upgrading than a replay of the arab spring 14 the wider call for democracy and human rights was replaced by more day to day demands on issues including excessive costs of living and high unemployment rates 14 timeline by country edit morocco edit main article 2017 2018 moroccan protests the 2017 2018 moroccan protests began in jerada in eastern morocco following the deaths of two miners with protesters decrying poor standards of living 15 while the country was mainly spared from the violence seen in other arab countries it still occasionally saw socioeconomic and anti corruption demonstrations 16 methods of protesting included mostly young ultras chanting political slogans at moroccan soccer club stadiums 17 18 socioeconomic conditions continued to deteriorate as a result of the covid 19 pandemic 19 20 in february 2021 protests in fnideq against the closure of the borders with ceuta and melilla were suppressed by police with authorities claiming that the protests violated the state of health emergency imposed in response to the pandemic 21 22 in july 2021 local authorities in sidi bennour confiscated a food cart belonging to a 25 year old man yassine lekhmidi as he wasn t wearing a face mask he paid a fine but the police did not return his cart as a result lekhmidi self immolated in an act of protest and died of his injuries on 6 august 23 his death led to demonstrations in sidi bennour which garnered nationwide attention but otherwise failed to make any significant changes in the political landscape 23 24 jordan edit main article 2018 jordanian protests the 2018 jordanian protests started as a general strike organized by more than 30 trade unions on 31 may 2018 after the government of hani mulki submitted a new tax law to parliament the bill followed imf backed austerity measures adopted by mulki s government since 2016 that aimed to tackle jordan s growing public debt although jordan had been relatively unscathed from the violence that swept the region following the 2011 arab spring its economy had taken a hit from the surrounding turmoil and from an influx of a large number of syrian refugees into the country jordan also hosts a large contingent of iraqi and palestinian refugees further straining its finances the unhcr places jordan as the world s second largest host of refugees per capita 25 the day following the strike on the 31st of may the government raised fuel and electricity prices responding to an increase in international oil prices this led to crowds of protesters pouring onto the 4th circle in amman near the prime ministry s offices that night other jordanians also gathered across the country in protest of the measure in unprecedented large numbers on the 1st of june king abdullah intervened and ordered the freeze of the price hikes the government acquiesced but said the decision would cost the treasury 20 million the protests continued for four days until mulki submitted his resignation to the king on the 4th of june and omar razzaz his education minister became prime minister protests only ceased after razzaz announced his intention of withdrawing the new tax bill the protests have not been led by traditional opposition groups like the muslim brotherhood or leftists but by diverse crowds from the middle and poor classes although some protesters set aflame tires and blocked roads multiple nights protests were largely peaceful and few casualties were reported they were staged after daylight hours as it was during the month of ramadan tunisia edit main articles 2018 tunisian protests and 2021 tunisian protests see also 2025 tunisian protests the 2018 tunisian protests were a series of protests occurring throughout tunisia beginning january 2018 protests erupted in multiple towns and cities across tunisia over issues related to the cost of living and taxes 26 as of 9 january the demonstrations had claimed at least one life and revived worries about the fragile political situation in tunisia 26 the popular front an alliance of leftist opposition parties called for continued protests against the government s unjust austerity measures while tunisian prime minister youssef chahed denounced the violence and called for calm claiming that he and his government believe 2018 would be the last difficult year for tunisians 27 a new series of protests started on 15 january 2021 amidst the 10th anniversary of the tunisian revolution thousands rioted in cities and towns across tunisia which saw looting arson as well as mass deployment of police and army in several cities and the arrests of hundreds of people after 7 months of discontinuous protests on 25 july president kais saied sacked the prime minister and froze the parliament which resulted in a political crisis iraq edit main articles 2015 2018 iraqi protests and 2019 2021 iraqi protests 2 october 2019 in iraq the 2018 2019 iraqi protests over deteriorating economic conditions and state corruption started in july 2018 in baghdad and other major iraqi cities mainly in the central and southern provinces during the nationwide protests erupting in october 2019 iraqi security forces killed over 500 28 people and over 27 000 have been injured leading iraq s president barham salih to call the actions of security forces unacceptable 29 some police have also been killed in the protests 30 31 the protests are the deadliest unrest in iraq since the fall of saddam hussein 5 with the death toll reaching 511 by 2 january 2020 28 and 669 by 13 january 2020 32 algeria edit main article hirak algeria the 2019 algerian protests also called revolution of smiles 33 34 or hirak movement 35 began on 16 february 2019 ten days after abdelaziz bouteflika announced his candidacy for a fifth presidential term in a signed statement these protests without precedent since the algerian civil war have been peaceful and led the military to insist on bouteflika s immediate resignation which took place on 2 april 2019 36 by early may a significant number of power brokers close to the deposed administration including the former president s younger brother saïd had been arrested 37 38 egypt edit main articles 2019 egyptian protests and 2020 egyptian protests the 2019 egyptian protests consisted of protests by thousands of people in cairo alexandria damietta and five other egyptian cities starting on 20 and 21 september 2019 in which the protestors called for president of egypt abdel fattah el sisi to be removed from power 39 40 security forces responded with tear gas rubber bullets and live bullets 40 and as of 6 october 2019 update 3000 arrests had been made 41 based on data from the egyptian center for economic and social rights the egyptian commission for rights and freedoms and the arabic network for human rights information 42 43 prominent arrestees included human rights lawyer mahienour el massry 44 journalist and former leader of the constitution party khaled dawoud and two professors of political science at cairo university hazem hosny and hassan nafaa 42 the wave of arrests was the biggest in egypt since sisi formally became president in 2014 45 41 human rights watch called for all those arrested for peacefully expressing their opinions to be released immediately 46 amnesty international described the sisi government being shaken to its core by 20 21 september protests and that the authorities had launched a full throttle clampdown to crush demonstrations and intimidate activists journalists and others into silence 47 two thousand people including sudanese professionals association spa representatives protested in khartoum on 26 september in support of waleed abdelrahman hassan a sudanese anti islamist student detained by egyptian authorities who gave a forced confession on mbc masr television 48 49 the spa stated the era when sudanese citizens were humiliated inside or outside their country has gone and will never return 48 the sudanese foreign ministry summoned the egyptian ambassador 50 and waleed abdelrahman hassan was freed on 2 october 2019 51 on the evening of 2 october during the lead up to the 2023 egyptian presidential election a nation s future party rally in mersa matruh turned into anti sisi protests with protesters burning photos of him and chanting anti sisi slogans 52 palestine edit main articles 2019 gaza economic protests and 2023 gaza economic protests a series of economic protests in gaza 53 54 began in february 2019 and it was initiated with the popular calls we want to live and revolt of the hungry by groups of civilians and activists the group has been nicknamed the 14 march movement 53 the protests aim at the overall dire conditions of living in the gaza strip half of the 2 million residents live in poverty 55 civilians claimed that the nonviolent protests were not meant to threaten the current ruling power but rather asking to improve social and economic conditions among their requests one is to strengthen labour organizations to safeguard workers rights ease taxes reduce the extremely high costs of living and establish check and balance mechanisms to contrast corruption within the private sector 56 the majority of the protestors were young people who cried out about the urgency of labour reforms according to the world bank gaza s economic conditions are in decline every year with a rate of youth unemployment of 70 percent 54 57 58 over the previous decade gazans were already dependent on external humanitarian aid the already difficult situation owing to internal mismanagement also worsened due to us president donald trump s drastic cuts to us funded palestinian aid programme 57 the continued wars initiated by hamas and the palestinian islamic jihad against israel and subsequent disproportional israeli responses and the lack of support from the palestinian authority the peaceful protests were brutally crushed by the ruling hamas which dispatched security forces to disperse people the neutralization by hamas saw a spillover of violence there have been reports of armed patrols breaking into people s homes mass arrests and beatings in gaza city jabaliya refugee camp deir al balah khan yunis and rafah 54 although there are no killings recorded over 1000 people got threatened beaten and detained journalists photographers and activists were forbidden to cover the manifestation local correspondents who were able to document parts of the protests have been assaulted by hamas officers 59 numerous political organisations and human rights groups condemned the aggressive repression by the hand of hamas security forces to the nonviolent demonstrations 57 58 the palestinian center for human rights denounced their actions as a crime and violation according to the national and international laws and urged the security forces to respect the right to peaceful assembly and right to freedom of expression 54 human rights watch reported that hamas authorities routinely arrest and torture peaceful critics and opponents with impunity 59 amnesty international called for a thorough and transparent investigation into the unnecessary and excessive use of force arbitrary arrest and detention and torture and other ill treatment by security forces 58 supporting groups of the demonstrators directed attention to a number of domestic political issues that worsened since the israeli and egyptian blockade in 2007 and the takeover of hamas among those the rivalry between hamas and fatah resulted in the failure to assure stability and security notwithstanding the financial pressure put on by the palestinian authority 54 the hamas led government responded with apologies on behalf of the security forces for the attacks on palestinians and condemned their conduct the protests were described as a moment that shook hamas authority since their takeover in 2007 53 in june and july 2021 palestinian civilians in the west bank staged anti government protests against fatah including mahmoud abbas due to their perceived passiveness in the conflict with israel 60 61 62 63 in late july 2023 protesters against the hamas government rose up once more however due to the inaccessibility of the strip and the subsequent government crackdown the scale of the protests was unknown and may have been a larger demonstration than the protests in 2019 64 65 lebanon edit main article 17 october revolution the lebanese protests were a series of protests that constituted a reaction against sectarian rule stagnant economy unemployment 66 endemic corruption in the public sector legislation such as banking secrecy that is perceived to shield the ruling class from accountability 66 67 68 69 it is suspected that 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