11. The Rishon Le Zion killings sparked off a wave of sympathy protests in Jordan, particularly in the Palestinian refugee camps outside Amman and Irbid. 12. This replaced the original plan whose severity had sparked off street protests in February and March and which had been abandoned in mid-April. 13. The assassinations in Tunis sparked off angry protest in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, in defiance of widespread curfews imposed by the Israeli occupying authorities. 14. The economic crisis and escalating unemployment prompted a rising tide of protest in eastern cities in March, the biggest turnouts being in Leipzig. 15. However, reports in the Hong Kong and Western media alleged that some students carried out various acts of protest in late May and early June. 16. The ceremony adopting the Constitution was boycotted by a number of Union of Democratic Forces and other opposition Assembly members and accompanied by mass protests in Sofia. 17. Pro-life and pro-choice groups continued protests in Wichita, Kansas, though on a smaller scale than in July and August. 18. In the first week of October opposition groups reported widespread anti-government protests in Tehran following strikes which shut petrol stations. 19. The announcement of the dissolution of the FIS gave rise to protests in the east of Algeria, in Constantine, Jenis and Jechan. 20. The killings prompted spontaneous protests in several German cities. |