“The Vanishing Culture of the Right to Peaceful Protest – Athan
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PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY
“The Vanishing Culture of the Right to
Peaceful Protest
By Webmaster
! JUN 4, 2025
An analysis of the (possible) reasons for the decline in public participation in nonviolent movements and peaceful
protests, based on data from February 2024 and February 2025
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The
Introduction
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The military has been violating the most fundamental of human rights, the right to freedom of thought and expression. When
the spring revolution started, they tried to stop peaceful protests using violence. As more people joined non-violent
movements, the military responded with more violence – beating, arresting, and jailing protesters, especially in early 2021.
Through these violent actions, they created fear among people who opposed their illegal takeover, whether those people
expressed themselves through writing, speaking, or just thinking differently.
This document analyzes and compares the possible reasons for the decreased public participation in non-violent
movements and peaceful protests and assemblies, based on non-violent public movements and peaceful demonstration
processes carried out by the public in February 2024 and February 2025. Some pro-military demonstrations also emerged
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