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PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION [2 records]

Record 1 2020-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Movements
  • Rights and Freedoms
CONT

Famine and chronic unemployment, coupled with the lack of suffrage in northern England, led to a peaceful demonstration of 60 000–80 000 persons, including women and children. The demonstration was organized and rehearsed, with a "prohibition of all weapons of offence or defence" and exhortations to come "armed with no other weapon but that of a self-approving conscience. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements sociaux
  • Droits et libertés
CONT

[En vue] d'atteindre des buts communs et de régler leurs doléances, les peuples autochtones se sont adonnés à plusieurs formes d'activisme, dont l'organisation politique, les manifestations pacifiques, les marches et les occupations.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of Human Relations
OBS

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on 21 March. On that day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid "pass laws". Proclaiming the Day in 1966, the General Assembly called on the international community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Droits et libertés
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
OBS

La Journée internationale pour l'élimination de la discrimination raciale est célébrée chaque année le 21 mars, pour commémorer ce jour de 1960 où, à Sharpeville (Afrique du Sud), la police a ouvert le feu et tué 69 personnes lors d'une manifestation pacifique contre les lois relatives aux laissez-passer imposées par l'apartheid. En proclamant la Journée internationale en 1966, l'Assemblée générale a engagé la communauté internationale à redoubler d'efforts pour éliminer toutes les formes de discrimination raciale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Designaciones de años, semanas y días especiales
  • Derechos y Libertades
  • Problemas sociales
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
OBS

El Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial se celebra el 21 de marzo de cada año. Ese día, en 1960, la policía abrió fuego y mató a 69 personas en una manifestación pacífica contra las leyes de pases del apartheid que se realizaba en Sharpeville, Sudáfrica. Al proclamar el Día en 1966, la Asamblea General instó a la comunidad internacional a redoblar sus esfuerzos para eliminar todas las formas de discriminación racial.

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