2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest, In music and popular media
Since the beginning of protests many songs have been released by singers, songwriters describing the protest and showing unity and solidarity. Several clips of the protest featured in an international collaboration "Ek Din" by Bohemia, The Game and Karan Aujla. Canadian rapper Nav also came out in support of the farmers. Kanwar Grewal who has been involved in gathering support for the protests since the beginning said "Wherever Punjabis are settled in the world, they will always be connected to their roots, their land, and their community", and praised the support of those who were living abroad.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests
Protests began on 11 July 2020 in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, in support of the then governor, Sergei Furgal, after his arrest. Subsequently, a few protests in support of Furgal also took place in other cities including Novosibirsk, Vladivostok and Omsk.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Background
In September 2018, Sergei Furgal won Khabarovsk Krai's gubernatorial election, beating the incumbent from the United Russia party in a landslide victory. The Financial Times reported that "voters who flocked to Mr Furgal say they did so not for his or his party’s distinct policies, but as a protest vote against the United Russia incumbent." In December, President Putin changed the capital of the Far Eastern Federal District from Khabarovsk to Vladivostok.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Background
In September 2019, elections to the Legislative Duma of Khabarovsk Krai resulted in Furgal's party, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), to win by a landslide and the defeat of the ruling United Russia party.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Background
On 9 July 2020, Furgal was arrested by the Investigative Committee of Russia and flown to Moscow on charges of involvement in the murders of several businessmen in 2004–2005. He denied the allegations. According to the Liberal Democratic leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, he suggested Sergei Furgal temporarily resign his powers for the period of the investigation, to avoid a "hard scenario". According to him, Furgal was going to come to Moscow to resign a week before his arrest, however, because of the death of his brother, he remained in Khabarovsk. In the case of a conviction, Zhirinovsky promised to seek a pardon for Furgal.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline
From 11 July 2020, protesters in Khabarovsk for months joined daily to support the now-fired governor Furgal and called for Putin to go.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, July
On 11 July, 10 to 12 thousand people took part in a rally in Khabarovsk according to estimates by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The newspaper Kommersant mentioned an estimate of 30-35 thousand people "according to various sources". The protests are held conjointly with the internet campaign "I am/We are Sergei Furgal".


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, July
On 12 July, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia — Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev arrived in Khabarovsk, who assessed the organisation of work of the region's leadership as poor, and said about the protests that "people have the right to express their opinions".


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, July
On 15 July, the federal authorities started to use the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic to discourage people from attending the rallies.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, July
On 18 July, the second major rally in Khabarovsk took place. The mayoral office gave an estimate of up to ten thousand protesters. Dvhab.ru estimated between 15 and 30 thousand participants. Kommersant estimated 50,000 participants. The police did not interfere and distributed face masks to the protesters. In Vladivostok, around 500–1,000 people took part in a rally according to Vl.ru. Two activists were arrested. In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, around 1,000 people partook to the rallies.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, July
On 20 July, President Vladimir Putin dismissed Sergei Furgal due to a "loss of confidence". Mikhail Degtyarev, an MP from the city of Samara, who is also a member of the LDPR, was appointed acting governor until next year's election. Protesters reacted negatively to the appointment of Degtyarev who arrived in the region on 21 July. In response to calls to go back to Moscow, Degtyarev said that he would not leave and that someone else would replace him if he did.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, July
During his press conference, Degtyarev said that he does not intend to compete with Furgal in the election if he is acquitted and decides to run for governor again. In this case, Degtyarev will "pack up and return to Moscow". Degtyarev suggested, without evidence, that foreign citizens had flown to Khabarovsk to help organise the protests.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, July
On 21 July, two regional lawmakers in Khabarovsk, Pyotr Yemelyanov and Aleksandr Kayan, opted to leave the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia in protest against Furgal's dismissal.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, July
On 25 July, the third major rally in Khabarovsk took place. The mayoral office gave an estimate of 6,500 protesters, while independent estimates gave higher figures, with some sources estimating it to have been the largest one so far or as large as the last rally. The coordinator of Alexei Navalny's headquarters in Khabarovsk, Alexei Vorsin, gave an estimate of 40,000 participants. The executive director of Open Russia, Andrei Pivovarov, gave an estimate of at least 50,000 participants. Kommersant gave an estimate of at least 50,000 participants. Protests in the city were held for the fifteenth day in a row. DVhab estimated the number of participants to 15-20 thousand people.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, July
On 28 July, the first arrest was made in Khabarovsk. The owner of the "Furgalmobile" food truck was charged under Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, August
On 1 August, the fourth major rally in Khabarovsk took place. Kommersant estimated the turnout to be no less than in the last two weeks, despite the heavy rain in the first half of the day, however the mayoral office gave an estimate 3,500 people. Other independent estimates ranged from 15 to 50 thousand people. Protests took place in other Russian cities, including Irkutsk, Kazan and Krasnodar. In St. Petersburg and Moscow, dozens were detained. According to The Moscow Times, the protests became increasingly anti-Kremlin in the last couple of weeks, with the authorities starting to crack down as two protesters that week were handed two-week long prison sentences and another two on the eve of Saturday's rally were detained and held overnight.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, August
On 8 August, the fifth major rally in Khabarovsk took place. Witnesses and participants quoted by the press suggested that there were tens of thousands of participants, while the mayoral office gave an estimate of 2,800 protesters.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, August
On 15 August, the sixth major rally in Khabarovsk took place. City officials claimed a "significant decline" in turnout with ten times fewer protesters than in the first rally, One news outlet, Baikal 24, gave estimates of a turnout as large as previous rallies. Some protesters expressed solidarity with protesters in Belarus and showed support for them. There were also protesters in Minsk who had shown support for the protesters in Khabarovsk.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, August
On 22 August, the seventh major rally in Khabarovsk took place. The mayoral office gave an estimate of 1,500 protesters however eyewitnesses said there were significantly more. Some expressed support for opposition figure Alexei Navalny and protesters in Belarus.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, August
On 29 August, the eighth major rally (the fiftieth rally overall) in Khabarovsk took place. The mayoral office gave an estimate of 1,200 protesters, while other estimates were higher. It was reported that there was a very small police presence with no police in front of the regional administration building where the protesters were standing.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, September
On 5 September, the ninth major rally in Khabarovsk took place. The website Dvhab.ru reported that there were approximately 5,000 participants according to eyewitnesses. The mayoral office declared that "hardly a thousand people" came out and assessed it as a sharp decline in the number of participants. The BBC Russian Service reported that the protests were declining.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, October
On 10 October, police broke up demonstrations in Khabarovsk and used force against some participants, with 25 being arrested. According to the mayoral office, there were around 500 participants in the initial rally, with opposition groups estimating around 1,000 participants. This was the first time the demonstrations were dispersed.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, November
On 23 November, 17 of the 35 deputies of the Khabarovsk City Duma, including the chairman, became independents after the deputies announced their resignation from their party, LDPR, due to disagreement with the regional branch of the party. However two days later, it was announced by the chairman that the decision was reversed after a meeting with the regional party leader and the acting governor Mikhail Degtyarev.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2020, December
On 12 December, the 23rd major rally and 155th rally overall in Khabarovsk took place, on Constitution Day. According to Deutsche Welle, over 100 people took part.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2021, January–March
On 2 January 2021, the regional administration in Khabarovsk stated that the rallies had stopped.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2021, January–March
On 9 January 2021, over 100 people gathered at a demonstration.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2021, January–March
On 23 January 2021, in concurrence with the 2021 Russian protests, around 1,000 protesters gathered in Khabarovsk by Lenin Square in support of both Navalny and the arrested former governor Sergey Furgal before police dispersed the crowd and started detaining participants.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2021, April–June
On 19 June 2021, approximately 500 people gathered at a sanctioned rally in Khabarovsk "against political arbitrariness" in support of Furgal. The rally was attended by Furgal's son, Anton.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Timeline, 2021, July
From 2 July 2021, local authorities introduced a ban on events with more than 10 people after a spike in coronavirus cases.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Polls
In a Levada Center poll carried out from 24 to 25 July 2020, 83% of Russian respondents knew or had heard about the protests, with 45% of them viewing the protests positively, 26% neutrally and 17% negatively.


2020–2021 Khabarovsk Krai protests, Polls
In a Levada Center poll carried out from 20 to 26 August 2020, 75% of Russian respondents knew or had heard about the protests, with 47% of them viewing the protests positively, 32% neutrally and 16% negatively. Of those who knew or had heard about the protests, when asked why they thought Furgal was arrested, 32% of them said that the federal government removes politicians that enjoy widespread support, 30% said that Furgal broke the law and that there were no hidden political motives and 15% said that he began to cut the incomes and privileges of officials. Of those who knew or had heard about the protests, when asked if they thought the authorities would make concessions to the protesters, 45% of them said no, 37% said partially and 4% said yes, including the release of Furgal.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest
The 2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest are a wave of local civil unrest, comprising peaceful demonstrations and riots, against systemic racism towards black Americans, notably in the form of police violence. The Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area in U.S. state of Minnesota experienced prolonged unrest in 2020 and 2021 largely as a cultural reckoning on topics of racial injustice. A number of events occurred beginning soon after the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man, by a European-American Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest
The vast majority of protests over Floyd's death were characterized as peaceful events, however, Minneapolis–Saint Paul experienced widespread rioting, looting, and property destruction over a three-night period in late May that resulted in $500 million in property damage—the second-most destructive period of unrest in United States history, after the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Local protests sparked a global protest movement about police brutality and racial justice, and had an effect on state and local policies, local economic conditions, and the well-being of residents.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest
Unrest over Floyd's death continued throughout 2020 and 2021 as protesters sought justice for Floyd and made broader calls to address structural racism in Minnesota and residents reacted to other incidents, with many protest events part of the larger Black Lives Matter movement. While some demonstrations were violent and generated controversy, protesters from varying backgrounds came rallied against what they perceived as the normalization of the killings of innocent black lives.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020
Arrangement is chronological by the beginning date of each notable event series; timelines for some topics overlap.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, George Floyd protests, May 26–ongoing
Protests began in Minneapolis on May 26, the day after the killing of George Floyd and when a video of the incident had circulated widely in the media. By mid day, people had gathered by the thousands at the location of Floyd's death and set up a makeshift memorial. Organizers of the rally emphasized keeping the protest peaceful. Protesters and Floyd's family demanded that all four officers at the scene of his arrest and death be charged with murder and that judicial consequences were swift.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, George Floyd protests, May 26–ongoing
That evening, the protest rally turned into a march to the Minneapolis Police Department's third precinct station where the officers were believed to work. After the main protest group disbanded, a small skirmish the night of May 26 resulted in minor property damage at the station and the police firing tear gas at demonstrators.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, George Floyd protests, May 26–ongoing
Protests were held at several locations throughout the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area in subsequent days. The situation escalated the nights of May 27 to 29 where widespread arson, rioting, and looting took place, which were noted as a contrast to daytime protests that were characterized as mostly peaceful events. Some initial acts of property destruction on May 27 by a 32-year-old man with ties to white supremacist organizations, who local police investigators said was deliberately inciting racial tension, led to a chain reaction of fires and looting.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, George Floyd protests, May 26–ongoing
The unrest, including demonstrators overtaking the Minneapolis third precinct police station and setting it on fire the night of May 28, garnered significant national and international media attention. After state officials mobilized Minnesota National Guard troops in its largest deployment since World War II, the violent unrest subsided and mostly peaceful protests resumed. However, the violence had resulted in two deaths, 617 arrests, and upwards of $500 million in property damage to 1,500 locations, making it the second-most destructive period of local unrest in United States history, after the 1992 Los Angeles riots.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, George Floyd Square occupation protest, May 26, 2020–June 20, 2021
On May 26, the day after George Floyd's death, an occupation protest emerged at the East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue intersection in Minneapolis of the arrest incident. Protesters turned the area into a makeshift memorial and erected barricades to keep automobile traffic out, and police officers largely avoided the area in the following months. Thousands of visitors protested and grieved at the site, which was adorned with public art installments and described as like a "shrine". When Minneapolis city officials attempted to negotiate the re-opening of the intersection in August 2020, protesters demanded that the city meet a list of 24 demands before removing cement barricades around the intersection.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, George Floyd Square occupation protest, May 26, 2020–June 20, 2021
The Minneapolis Planning Commission recommend to the city council that the length of Chicago Avenue between 37th and 39th streets be named as “George Perry Floyd Jr Place” and the city designated the intersection as one of seven cultural districts in the city. The city also allocated $4.7 million to establish a permanent memorial at the site, though by the end of 2020, the city was unable to reach agreement with community organizations who had presented officials with a list of demands before opening the intersection back up. The occupation protests persisted in 2021. City crews removed cement barricades at the intersection on June 3, 2021, as part of a phased reopening process and vehicular traffic resumed several weeks later on June 20, 2021, after having being closed for over a year.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Police abolition movement, June 6–ongoing
Protesters over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and elsewhere began calling for reforms of the police forces, including the defunding, downsizing, or abolishing traditional police departments. thousands of protesters marched in Minneapolis on June 6, 2020, in an event led by local organization Black Visions Collective. The marched ended at the home of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. The crowd demanded that he come outside, and then when Frey appeared asked if he supported abolishing the city's police force. After Frey responded that he did not, the crowd ordered him to leave and booed him away.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Police abolition movement, June 6–ongoing
On June 7, 2020, at a Powderhorn Park rally organized by Black Visions Collective and several other black-led social justice organizations, nine of the 13 members of the Minneapolis City Council vowed before a large crowd to dismantle the city's police department. Activists that organized the rally wanted to replace the police department with unarmed public safety responders, but concrete details about it were less defined.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Police abolition movement, June 6–ongoing
The effort to replace the Minneapolis police department with a public safety department continued in 2020 and 2021.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Christopher Columbus statue toppling, June 10
An American Indian Movement group tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the state capitol building in Saint Paul on June 10 as the global protest movement turned towards removing monuments and memorials with controversial legacies. Members of the American Indian Movement, led by Mike Forcia of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, announced via social media their intentions to topple the statue earlier in the day.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Christopher Columbus statue toppling, June 10
State Patrol troopers and a Department of Public Safety tribal liaison met with organizers prior to the event, encouraging them to follow a legal process for removal and warning them that they could face charges for destruction of public property. Forcia countered that they had already waited far too long, having worked through official channels for years without success. American Indian Movement members and other demonstrators, including Dakota and Ojibwe community members, looped a rope around the statue and pulled it off its granite pedestal. The group drummed, sang songs, and took photos with the fallen statue. No one was arrested at the event. State Patrol troopers watched from a distance and did not intervene. Troopers eventually formed a line to protect the statue before it was transported offsite.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Christopher Columbus statue toppling, June 10
In December, Michael Forcia of Ramsey County agreed to a plea deal and accepted 100 hours in community service in connection with the incident. Officials estimated the cost to repair the statue would be over $154,000.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Minneapolis police union protests, June 12
The Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, the union representing Minneapolis Police Department officers, and its elected leader were the subject of several protest events. Protesters gathered at the Police Officers Federation building in Minneapolis on June 12 to demand the resignation of Bob Kroll, head of the city's police union, who had characterized the protests and Black Lives Matter as a "terrorist organization". Thousands of people stretched in every direction from the federation building and listened to speeches by community leaders. Protesters returned on June 25. Kroll had earlier said he would not step down from the post. Protesters said they would continue protesting until their demands were met.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Hennepin County prosecutor protest, June 12
A protest group gathered at the Hennepin County Government Center on June 12 to demand Freeman's resignation over his handling of previous officer-involved shootings in Minneapolis, such as the case involving the shooting of Jamar Clark and prosecution of former police officer Mohamed Noor in the shooting of Justine Damond. A group also launched a petition drive to have Freeman recalled.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, State capitol protest, June 24
In June, George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul broadened to issues of historic racism and police brutality, with events occurring nearly each day. Protesters gathered outside the governor's mansion in Saint Paul on June 24 and called on the governor to reconvene the legislature in a special session for the purpose of passing police reform measures. Lawmakers had recently adjourned a special session without agreeing to legislation on the topic.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Juneteenth commemoration, June 19
On June 19, dozens of Juneteenth commemorations were held in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, including in Minneapolis near the former third precinct station and at the location where Floyd died. Participants at the events connected recent instances of police brutality to the historic legacy of slavery in the United States. The Minnesota Black Lives Matter chapter that rallied at the state capitol building in Saint Paul called on state lawmakers who were meeting in a special legislative session to agree on police reform measures.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Juneteenth commemoration, June 19
Walz issued a proclamation declaring eight minutes 46 seconds of silence at 11:00 a.m. CDT on June 9, 2020, in memory of Floyd, which coincided with the beginning of Floyd's funeral in Houston, Texas He also proclaimed June 19 as "Juneteenth Freedom Day" and called on the legislature to make it an annual state holiday.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Calvin Griffith statute removal, June 19
The Minnesota Twins removed the statute of former owner Calvin Griffith outside the team's Target Field baseball stadium in Minneapolis on June 19. In a statement, the team said the "statue reflects an ignorance on our part of systemic racism present in 1978, 2010 and today". Griffith's legacy was tarnished after racist comments he made in a 1978 speech at the Waseca Lions Club, but a statute of him was placed in the stadium's plaza when it opened in 2010.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Breonna Taylor protests, June 26
Protesters seeking justice for Breonna Taylor held a "Red Sunday" march on June 26 and gathered at several locations in the Twin Cities.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Pride parade protests, June 28
Despite cancellation of official Twin Cities Pride event, protesters on June 28 gathered in downtown Minneapolis and called for justice for Floyd, greater protections for black transgender people, community control of policing, and the freeing of "political prisoners". Restrictions on public gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic prevented organizers from holding a more celebratory event of LGBTQ+ people as in past years, which had been among the most well-attended Pride parade events in the United States. The 2020 Pride parade in the Twin Cities intersected with the Black Lives Matter movement and returned to the way it began, as a protest movement.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Hachalu Hundessa protests, June 30
On June 30, several hundred protesters from Minnesota's Oromo diaspora gathered outside the Minnesota state capitol building in Saint Paul to protest the killing of Hachalu Hundessa, a popular musician and political activist who was shot and killed in Addis Ababa on June 28, resulting in considerable unrest in Ethiopia. In the evening of July 1, hundreds of protesters blocked Interstate 94 in Minneapolis to call for justice for Hundessa and the Oromo people.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, "Black 4th" rallies, July 4
Thousands took part in several peaceful demonstrations in Minneapolis and called for racial equity and justice for George Floyd on July 4. Organizers of two marches, dubbed "Black 4th", through predominately white areas of the city sought to continue the momentum for police reform and raise awareness about social justice issues.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Philando Castile commemoration, July 6
Four years after the shooting of Philando Castile by a police officer in the Twin Cities' suburb of St. Anthony, several Black Lives Matter rallies were held on July 6 that commemorated Castile and connected it to the global protest movement about racism and police brutality sparked by Floyd's death.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Calvin Horton Jr. protests, July 21
On May 27, during unrest over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Calvin Horton Jr., a 43-year-old man from Minneapolis, was fatally shot by the owner of the Cadillac Pawn & Jewelry shop who believed he was burglarizing his business. The incident took place on East Lake Street about one mile (1.6 km) from the main protest sites. The shop owner was arrested the night of the shooting and held in Hennepin County Jail for several days, but he was released pending further investigation.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Calvin Horton Jr. protests, July 21
There were no new developments in the case by July 21, 2020, when family and supporters of Horton, Jr. protested outside the store and demanded the owner be charged with murder. In December 2020, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman's office declined to file charges against the pawn shop owner after a six-month investigation due to a lack of evidence to prove the shooting was not self-defense.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Powderhorn Park encampment closure, August 14
A sprawling encampment at Powderhorn Park generated controversy as it grew to 560 tents by mid July. Numerous sexual assaults, fights, and drug use at the encampment generated alarm for nearby residents. The city had made a push to connect people experiencing homeless with services, including establishing three new shelters, and shelter beds remained available. Officials adopted a de-escalation for disbanding camps due to the ongoing civil unrest, and when they attempted to remove tents at non-permitted sites, they faced opposition from a sanctuary movement and protest groups. After violence and multiple sexual assaults at Powderhorn Park camp site, the park board cleared it of tents on August 14, 2020, as police faced off with protesters and fired pepper spray.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Sympathy protest for Portland, Oregon, July 23
On July 23, Minnesotans gathered at a federal courthouse and marched through downtown Minneapolis in opposition to the deployment of federal troops to protests in Portland, Oregon.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Bob Kroll residential protests, August 15
A 100-person protest group led by Nekima Levy Armstrong's Racial Justice Network gathered outside Kroll's home in Hugo, Minnesota on August 15 to call for his resignation from the Minneapolis police union. Protesters also criticized Kroll's partner, WCCO television reporter Liz Collins, for having a conflict of interest in stories about police violence. Remarks by John Thompson, a Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for the state legislature from St. Paul, drew controversy. Thompson said in his speech, "You think we give a [expletive] about burning Hugo down?" and also "[Expletive] Hugo."


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Bob Kroll residential protests, August 15
Some of Thompson's remarks were said to be directed at children who were present. The event also featured the bashing of piñata effigies of Kroll and Collins. Several local media members condemned the symbolic display of violence against a woman journalist. Inflammatory rhetoric at the event was also condemned by leaders of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor and Republican parties, and led to an apology statement from the Thompson.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Police station vandalized, August 15
Late at night in Minneapolis on August 15, a group of approximately 50 people marched to the city's fifth police precinct station in what was initially described as a peaceful protest, but it became violent when people threw rocks at windows, threw paint on the building, and shot commercial-grade fireworks at police officers, before fleeing the scene. In statements, Mayor Frey and Minneapolis City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins said that the destruction was not the solution to issues surrounding policing.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Jacob Blake protests, August 24
On August 23, Jacob Blake, an African-American man, was shot four times in the back during an arrest by police officer Rusten Sheskey. The incident occurred in Kenosha, Wisconsin as police officers were attempting to arrest Blake. In reaction to the incident, protests and unrest occurred in Wisconsin and other places in the United States. On August 24 in Minneapolis, a 100-person protest over Blake's shooting took place in the city's downtown area, and after the main protest group disbanded, some protesters became violent and broke windows and threatened to breach a jail facility, resulting in 11 arrests. One Minneapolis police officer suffered a broken hand during a confrontation with a demonstrator.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Riots over false rumors of a police shooting, August 26–27
Rioting and looting in downtown Minneapolis came as reaction to false rumors that Eddie Sole Jr., a 38 year old African American man, had been shot and killed by Minneapolis police officers on August 26. Surveillance video showed that Sole Jr. had died by suicide, a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, during a manhunt for a homicide suspect in which he was the person of interest as police officers closed in to arrest him after a foot chase. Controversially, the police released the CCTV camera footage of the suicide in attempts to stop the unrest.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Riots over false rumors of a police shooting, August 26–27
Overnight destruction from August 26 to 27 reached a total of 72 property locations in Minneapolis and four locations in neighboring Saint Paul. In Minneapolis, four businesses were set on fire, including a downtown restaurant and three other businesses located miles away from the city's downtown area. State and local officials arrested a total of 132 people during the unrest. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz declared a state of emergency and deployed National Guard troops, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey imposed on overnight curfew. Nearly 1,000 members of law enforcement and 400 Minnesota National Guard troops amassed in the metro area to prevent more lawlessness, and calmness prevailed after August 27.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Wall of Forgotten Natives, September 3
Two years after a large camp was disbanded near Hiawatha and Franklin avenues in Minneapolis, on September 3 a group backed by protesters and American Indian Movement advocates re-occupied a site they referred to as the Wall of Forgotten Natives. The site had been barricaded by the state in 2018 when an encampment closed after experiencing drug overdoses, spread of disease, violence, fires, and deaths. In September 2020, reoccupation of the encampment with 40 tents came after the city closed another encampment on 13th Avenue due to health and safety concerns and after officials sought help from nonprofit organizations. Reestablishment of the Hiawatha encampment also came during time of increasing confrontation between Minneapolis officials and homeless advocates, as the city had hoped to close all encampments by October.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Pretrial hearing for Chauvin, Lane, and Keung, and Thao protests, September 11
Hundreds rallied outside the Hennepin County Government Center, a downtown Minneapolis local government and court building, on September 11 during a pretrial hearing for the four police officers at the scene of Floyd's death—former officers Chauvin, Lane, and Keung, and Thao. Confrontations between some in the crowd and the officers' attorney were described as "angry". On November 5, defense attorneys cited the exchange on September 11 and safety concerns in their arguments in court to have a change of venue to another jurisdiction for the trial, but the Peter Cahill, the presiding judge, rejected their motion.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Blocking the third precinct, September 16
After the third precinct station burned down during the late May riots, police officers worked out the convention center in downtown Minneapolis. In August, officials pursued a lease agreement for a temporary police station at a privately owned building on Minnehaha Avenue in the Seward neighborhood. A neighborhood group that supported the police abolition movement pushed back against the city and organized a "Blocked the Precinct Block party" protest rally near the site. The city's lease agreement fell apart in September after opposition from community groups and threats of violence against the property owner and police officers. Police investigated threats to burn the property down and the building was tagged with anti-police graffiti, including a call for “the literal deaths of individual police officers”.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Derek Chauvin bail protests, October 7
In October 7, protesters took to the streets and held rallies at several places in Minneapolis to express anger over the release of former Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin on bail. Chauvin was the officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck for several minutes as he suffocated and died on May 25. Chauvin was later arrested and charged with murder in connection with the incident, but he posted $1 million bail for his release pending trial. Governor Walz sent 100 National Guardsmen, as well as 100 state police troops and 75 conservation officers, to keep the peace. Law enforcement made 51 arrests late at night on October 7, of which 49 were for misdemeanor offences such as unlawful assembly, one arrest for assault, and one arrest for having an outstanding felony warrant.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Election night demonstration, November 3
Several business in Minneapolis and Saint Paul boarded up windows and doors on November 3 preparing for possible unrest related to the election. Some of the businesses had suffered damages during the aftermath of George Floyd's death, and wanted to be prepared for the possibility of further unrest. The Minnesota National Guard was placed on standby and police forces in the two cities activated extra staff. A group of demonstrators marching behind an "America is Over" banner made their way through Uptown in Minneapolis late at night on Tuesday.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Election night demonstration, November 3
Minneapolis police officers kept their distance as the group blocked several intersections, spray painted storefronts, and threw traffic signs and debris into the street. When protesters shot fireworks at officers and refused to disburse, the police advanced and made 14 arrests for suspicion of rioting and fourth-degree assault. No injuries were reported.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Anti-Trump rally on Interstate 94, November 4
On November 4, several social justice organizations converged for protest marches through Minneapolis with the mantra, "Don't Let Trump Steal the Election". After marching through downtown, protesters marched onto Interstate 94. As demonstrators attempted to exit the highway, Minneapolis police and Minnesota state patrol officers kettled and arrested 646 people for public nuisance and unlawful assembly, blocking traffic for several hours. Most of those arrested were cited and released. A 19-year-old woman from Golden Valley was charged with felony second-degree riot for pointing a laser in a police officer's eyes, and a 29-year-old woman from Minneapolis was charged with fourth-degree assault and obstructing the legal process for kicking a police officer.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Thanksgiving Day statue vandalism, November 26
In the early morning hours of November 26, a statute of George Washington at Washburn Fair Oaks Park in Minneapolis was toppled and defaced with anticolonial graffiti. A few miles away at BF Nelson Park, a monument depicting three generations of pioneers was spray painted with the words “no thanks”, “no more genocide”, “decolonize”, and “land back”. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board said they were investigating the incidents, but were aware of the controversy about the historic context of the statutes. The vandalism came six months after a protest group toppled a Christopher Columbus statue outside the Minnesota state capitol building in Saint Paul.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Reaction to the killing of Dolal Idd, December 30
Protests emerged the evening of December 30 after police shot and killed a man at a Holiday gas station near the intersection Cedar Avenue and East 36th Street in Minneapolis who was later identified as Dolal Idd. The shooting happened at approximately 6:15 p.m. less than a one mile (1.6 km) from the location where George Floyd was killed in May and it was the first fatal police shooting in the city since then. Few details were known about the shooting incident as approximately 100 protesters gathered at the scene. Some protesters shouted expletives and threw snowballs at police officers.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, Reaction to the killing of Dolal Idd, December 30
Officers prepared to use pepper spray if assaulted by demonstrators. By late evening, the scene was more calm as protesters blocked an intersection and built a bonfire. Several people attended a vigil on December 31 near the intersection of Cedar Avenue and East 36th Street for Idd and other victims of police violence.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, New Year’s Eve riot, December 31
Seventy-five demonstrators gathered in downtown Minneapolis on December 31 to protest police brutality. Police learned of the rally from a social media posting calling on people to wear black clothing and masks and to help "burn the precincts & the prisons  [sic]". From the downtown area, demonstrators walked to Commons Park near U.S. Bank Stadium, where police observed the group shooting fireworks at motorists, painting graffiti on the walls of local government buildings, and disrupting traffic. That night, authorities gave orders for a crowd to disperse, but some people refused to leave. At least 15 people were detained for allegedly rioting and 21 people were cited and released. Five people were charged with felony riot and for being armed with a dangerous weapon.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2020, New Year’s Eve riot, December 31
The demonstration was scheduled several weeks prior and was unrelated to the killing of Dolal Idd in Minneapolis on December 30.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021
Arrangement is chronological by the beginning date of each notable event series; timelines for some topics overlap.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Dolal Idd protest march, January 3
As many as 1,000 protesters on January 3, 2021, marched peacefully in south Minneapolis to express outrage over the killing of Dolal Idd by Minneapolis police and a controversial search of the Idd family home by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Downtown Minneapolis racial justice protest, January 9
Several hundred people gathered in downtown Minneapolis on January 9, 2021, to protest racial injustice at a rally that featured speeches, hand-drawn signs, and chats. Protesters connected Dolal Idd's death on December 30, 2020, to George Floyd and Jacob Blake, a black man shot and wounded by Kenosha, Wisconsin police in 2020. The week prior to the downtown Minneapolis gathering, a Wisconsin prosecutor declined to press charges against the police officer that shot Blake, which protesters at the rally objected to.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Downtown Minneapolis racial justice protest, January 9
Protesters then marched from the Hennepin County Government Center to the Minneapolis Police Department's first precinct station for more speeches and chants. The protest group expressed outrage over the mob that stormed the United States Capitol building on January 6, 2021, and speakers contrasted the recent police-related homicides in Minneapolis to the mob of apparent white supremacists that overwhelmed Capitol police in Washington, D.C. who took little action to stop them.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Presidential inauguration protest, January 20
On the day of the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden, nearly 120 members of several progressive organizations held a peaceful rally in Minneapolis to pressure the incoming Biden administration to commit to several left-wing policy positions during its first 100 days in office, such as to reverse Trump administration policies affecting immigrant and minority communities. Protesters gathered at South High School and marched along Lake Street past the Minneapolis Police Department's third precinct building that was set on fire in May 2020 after George Floyd's death.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Presidential inauguration protest, January 20
The day's events were organized by the local Black Lives Matter chapter and other social justice organizations. The groups demands also included dropping criminal charges against people who were prosecuted during the 2020 George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul and the 600 people who were arrested on November 4, 2020, for blocking traffic on Interstate 94.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Police reform protests, March 6
Approximately 150 people marched and rallied at the governor's mansion in Saint Paul ahead of the trial of Derek Chauvin scheduled for March 8, 2021. The event, organized by Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence, sought to pressure state and local officials to enact police reform legislation and re-evaluate cases were people died under police pursuit or arrest. In another protest march, demonstrators in Minneapolis marched from the George Floyd Square to the Hennepin County Government Center and back.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Trial of Derek Chauvin protests, March 7–April 19
On March 7, 2021, several hundred protesters marched in downtown Minneapolis and rallied outside the Hennepin County Government Center building to mourn George Floyd and call for reform of policing. The event, dubbed the "'I Can't Breathe' Silent March For Justice" by its organizers, came one day ahead of jury selection in the trial of Derek Chauvin slated for March 8. Protesters carried a white-colored replica coffin adorned with red flowers. Another group of faith leaders, held a "Pray for MN" gathering at the government center building later that afternoon.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Trial of Derek Chauvin protests, March 7–April 19
Approximately a thousand protesters gathered peacefully outside a downtown courthouse as Chauvin's trial commenced on March 8 to call for justice for Floyd and raise broader issues of racial injustice. Officials had surrounded the facility with a temporary concrete barrier, metal fencing, and barbed wire in anticipation of potential unrest. Protests and rallies planned for the George Floyd Square were halted for several days after a fatal shooting there on March 6, 2021.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Trial of Derek Chauvin protests, March 7–April 19
On March 28, 2021, the day before opening statements in the trial of Derek Chauvin, several rallies and protests were held in Minneapolis. The family of George Floyd and Al Sharpton hosted a vigil at the Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Minneapolis. Separately, protesters marched in downtown Minneapolis to demand justice for Floyd and rallied at the Hennepin County Government Center and City Hall, and some demonstrators parked cars on the Metro light-rail tracks, which closed train traffic for several hours.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Trial of Derek Chauvin protests, March 7–April 19
At 38th and Chicago Avenue, the street intersection where Floyd was killed, a group of people who self-identified as "anarchists" and "anti-fascists" held a training workshop at the square on how to avoid arrest and keep calm if detained by police. Protesters claimed that the street intersection was not public property and demanded that journalists leave the area before the training workshop began.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Trial of Derek Chauvin protests, March 7–April 19
The George Floyd Square remained an important gathering place during the trial of Derek Chauvin for people protesting racial injustice and seeking justice for Floyd. The square hosted daily visitors from around the United States who made pilgrimages to the intersection. Groups of protesters also gathered outside Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis during the trial of Derek Chauvin and marched on the streets calling for justice. On April 6, several civil rights leaders, including Al Sharpton and former New York Governor David Paterson, led a rally outside the government building and prayed for the conviction of Derek Chauvin. The trial concluded on April 19, 2021, and the jury began deliberations.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, "Stop Asian Hate" rally, March 28
Hundreds of people, and more than 20 community organizations, participated in a "Stop Asian Hate" rally at the state capitol building in Saint Paul on March 28, 2021. The event was in reaction to recent Atlanta spa shootings in the U.S. state of Georgia where eight people had died, most of whom were Asian-American women.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Daunte Wright protests, April 11–ongoing
On April 11, 2021, at 1:48 p.m., an officer with the police department of Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a black man, during a traffic stop. Wright had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. As officers attempted to detain him, a struggle ensued and Wright re-entered his vehicle. An officer discharged their firearm, believing they were using their taser gun instead, striking Wright before he drove off. Wright crashed his vehicle several blocks away. Though EMS arrived and attempted to revive him, Wright was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. Wright's girlfriend was also a passenger in the car. She sustained non-life threatening injuries from the crash and was transported to the hospital.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Daunte Wright protests, April 11–ongoing
The event unfolded as the trial of Derek Chauvin—the police officer who on May 25, 2020, knelt on George Floyd's neck for several minutes as he died—was underway in nearby Minneapolis. Wright's death occurred approximately 10 miles from the street intersection where Floyd died. As news of the Brooklyn Center incident spread, family members of Wright, neighbors to the car crash, and protesters began gathering at the car crash scene in Brooklyn Center in what was initially a peaceful demonstration.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Daunte Wright protests, April 11–ongoing
Several protesters came from another rally organized by families of people who had been killed by police, that they had held earlier in the day in nearby Saint Paul, Minnesota. The crowd grew to several hundred people by evening as they demanded more information from police investigators. As tension at the scene rose over the ensuing hours, police in tactical gear arrived, formed a line, and moved in when demonstrators began climbing on police vehicles and throwing bricks.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Daunte Wright protests, April 11–ongoing
Over the proceeding days, tense protests and sporadic looting took place and resulted in the deployment of the Minnesota National Guard, Minnesota State Patrol, and Hennepin County sheriff's office. Thousands of people participated in protests and rallies in Brooklyn Center and other locations. Authorities clashed with some protesters, resulting in several dozen arrests.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Demonstrations awaiting the Chauvin trial verdict, April 19
The trial of Derek Chauvin concluded in Minneapolis just after 5 p.m. on April 19, 2021, and the jury began deliberations the same evening. The trial had been one of the most closely watched cases of police brutality in the United States. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz declared a peacetime emergency and deployed 3,000 Minnesota National Guard troops and state patrol officers to assist local law enforcement. He also sought deployment of law enforcement officers from nearby states.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Demonstrations awaiting the Chauvin trial verdict, April 19
Some schools in the metropolitan area announced plans to proactively move to distance learning and business had been boarding up out of worries of potential unrest. The killing of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center on April 11, 2021, and the subsequent protests, intersected with the looming verdict. Days earlier, U.S. Representative Maxine Waters' told demonstrators in Minnesota that they should "stay on the street" and "get more confrontational" if Chauvin's trial resulted in acquittal.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Demonstrations awaiting the Chauvin trial verdict, April 19
On April 19, 2021, twenty activist groups coordinated a large demonstration and march through the streets in Minneapolis near the Hennepin County Government Center building where the trial of Derek Chauvin was held. Protesters made several demands: lengthy sentences for the officers they deemed responsible for George Floyd's death, police reform legislation in Minnesota, to have charged dropped against demonstrators in Brooklyn Center and at other recent events, and for officials to end Operation Safety Net and other counter-protest measures. Protesters and law enforcement authorities did not engage with one another and the event was peaceful. A protest group of about 40-50 people gathered outside the Brooklyn Center police station that evening.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Demonstrations awaiting the Chauvin trial verdict, April 19
Protest events occurred without incident and officials described them as "peaceful". Officials with the Operation Safety Net also reported three business burglaries in Minneapolis and that a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources vehicle deployed for potential unrest was broken into and had a firearm stolen from it. Officials did not make any arrests connected to April 19 events.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Chauvin verdict announcement demonstrations, April 20
Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd on April 20, 2021. People gathered outside the Hennepin County Government Center where the trial was held and at the 38th and Chicago Avenue street intersection in Minneapolis where Floyd died, to await the verdict at approximately 4 p.m. Crowds chanted in approval as the verdict was read that found Chauvin guilty on all charges. As news of the Chauvin verdict spread, thousands of people marched in downtown Minneapolis and others gathered at 38th and Chicago Avenue in elation over the outcome. Protesters also called for reforms to policing and justice for other black men killed by police.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Winston Boogie Smith protests and Uptown unrest, June 3–ongoing
Winston Boogie Smith, a 32-year-old black man, was shot and killed by law enforcement authorities on June 3, 2021, as they attempted to apprehend him at a parking ramp in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. Protests following the killing began on June 3 and continued for several days, primarily in Uptown. Soon after the shooting, Smith's family demanded greater law enforcement transparency and the release of any surveillance footage that might have captured the incident. Civil rights activists and Smith's friends and family disputed the law enforcement accounts of the incident.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Winston Boogie Smith protests and Uptown unrest, June 3–ongoing
Local organization Communities United Against Police Brutality held a press conference near the shooting site on June 4 to call for officials to release video footage and other details of the shooting. Family and friends of Smith held a peaceful vigil the evening of June 4 at the parking ramp where he was killed, and participated in a protest march on June 6. Activist Nekima Levy Armstrong led a protest on June 8 outside the home of Minnesota's U.S. Marshal, Ramona Dohman, calling for her resignation. Armstrong alleged that Dohman, a Trump administration appointee, had a conflict of interest due to a past working relationship with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Protests were held over subsequent days with demonstrators periodically occupying a street intersection near where Smith was killed.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Vehicle-ramming incident, June 13
On June 13, 2021, a man drove a car into a crowd of demonstrators who had gathered as a part of the ongoing, aforementioned Winston Boogie Smith protests, killing Deona M. Knajdek and injuring three others. That evening, demonstrators had blocked the intersection of West Lake Street and Girard Avenue. At approximately 11:39 p.m. CDT, a man in a Jeep Cherokee drove into the crowd at a high speed, striking a parked vehicle that had been used to block off the intersection to traffic, which then collided with protesters. On June 16, 2021, the driver was charged with second-degree intentional murder and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon in relation to the crash, after allegedly telling investigators that he had accelerated towards the crowd in an attempt to clear the barricades that were protecting protesters.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, "Taking Back Pride" and vehicle blocking incident, June 27
In a protest event referred to as "Taking Back Pride", demonstrators marched in downtown Minneapolis on June 27 as a counter to contemporary Pride parade festivities, and referenced the protest-origin of the LGBTQ movement in the United States that began with the Stonewall riots in 1969. Participants of the June 27 march said that police were not welcome at the event and that they refused cooperating with law enforcement for permits and did not invite corporate partnerships. Demonstrators demanded police accountability for the killings of Daunte Wright and Winston Smith, and called for greater protections of Black transgender people.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, "Taking Back Pride" and vehicle blocking incident, June 27
A group of activists that included Donald Hooker Jr, a leader with Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar (referring to Jamar Clark), confronted Minneapolis Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins near Loring Park in the afternoon. Jenkins—a transgender, African American woman—had attended the earlier Pride event. For several hours, the group blocked the car she was a passenger in and presented a list of six demands that Jenkins was asked to sign her agreement to.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, "Taking Back Pride" and vehicle blocking incident, June 27
The demands including dropping charges against protesters in recent demonstrations, calling for the immediate resignation of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, continuing the closure of George Floyd Square, and providing more information about investigations of recent police killings. After Jenkins signed the agreement, activists moved out of the way to allow the vehicle to drive away. Hooker posted a 23-minute video of part of the encounter to Facebook. In a statement about the incident, Jenkins said she was treated inhumanely and held against her will by the demonstrators.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Philando Castile commemoration, July 6
Five years after the shooting of Philando Castile by a police officer in the Twin Cities' suburb of St. Anthony, family of Castile and crowd of 200 people gathered and marched outside the governor's mansion in Saint Paul. Activists express their desire for the state legislature to enact several police reform measures, such as limiting pretextual traffic stops.


2020–2021 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest, Events in 2021, Leneal Frazier demonstration, July 7
On July 7, a group of approximately 40 people who were mourning the death of Leneal Frazier, a 40-year old man from Saint Paul, blocked Lyndale Avenue in the Camden neighborhood of Minneapolis. Frazier, an uninvolved bystander, was killed on July 6 by a Minneapolis police squad car that was pursuing a robbery suspect in a vehicle that was reportedly carjacked earlier. While in pursuit, the squad car struck several vehicles, including Frazier's vehicle, near the intersection of Lyndale Avenue and 41st Avenue North at approximately 12:30 a.m. CDT. Frazier was a relative of Darnella Frazier, the then-teenager who filmed the murder of George Floyd her cellphone on May 25, 2020.


2020–2021 Nepalese protests
The 2020–2021 Nepalese protests was a national uprising and massive protest movement which had been cracked down on since December 2 in Nepal, after a decision by prime minister K. P. Sharma Oli to discuss and take away the government and dissolve parliament. The mass protests led by tens of thousands of protesters have been taking place in Kathmandu and two other major towns. Growing anti-government discontent has been silenced but police brutality has been stepping up during strikes as well, fearing another massacre like the Tiakpur massacre.


2020–2021 Nepalese protests
On 29 December, after 6 protests,  thousands took to the streets demanding the resignation of K. P. Sharma Oli and the restoration of the National monarchy. Nepalese civilians protested peacefully throughout Nepal, not just Kathmandu. On 8–10 January 2021, a two-day strike was held nationwide in protest at the government. A mass rally was held on 20–21 January 2021, when thousands took to the streets to protest the dissolution of parliament. Clashes took place between police and protesters.


2020–2021 New Caledonian protests
The 2020 protests in New Caledonia began on 28 October 2020 over a plan to sell a Vale-owned nickel and cobalt mine to a consortium led by Trafigura. The nickel mine and plant is known as the Goro mine. Independence leaders and pro-independence protesters wanted for the nickel plant to be owned by citizens of New Caledonia rather than foreign investors, though various arrangements have been proposed.


2020–2021 New Caledonian protests
The controversy over the nickel mining industry, a key part of New Caledonia's economy, rekindled interest in independence about a month after the French territory voted narrowly in a referendum to remain a territory of France. Protests, riots, counter-protests and general civil unrest occurred in New Caledonia as a result of the planned sale of the Goro mine. Tension ran high in the territory, and lead to a collapse of its coalition government after resignations from pro-independence politicians.


2020–2021 New Caledonian protests, Background
New Caledonia holds as much as a quarter of the world's known nickel reserves. The Vale-owned Goro mine has been wracked with difficulties over the years. Riots occurred in 2014 after about 100,000 litres of acid-tainted effluent spilled from the site into a local river. This concerned youth groups and environmentalists, and also resulted in protests at the plant. Similar mining effluent spills have damaged the New Caledonian barrier reef. Vale has lost billions on maintaining operations at the Goro mine, and it was a financial drain on the company for years.


2020–2021 New Caledonian protests, Background
In November 2016, the French government afforded a state loan to Vale which consisted of 200 million euros. The nickel sector employs about 1 in 5 people in New Caledonia.


2020–2021 New Caledonian protests, Background
According to the Asia Times, "The territory’s 290,000 population is closely divided between the Kanaks, who are Melanesian, and settlers who began arriving in the mid-19th century when France set up a penal colony." Conservative loyalist Sonia Backès has claimed that the Kanak independence movement is risking a civil war.


2020–2021 New Caledonian protests, Background
Two referendums relating the question of independence were held, and a third could follow, as per the Nouméa Accord.


2020–2021 New Caledonian protests, Sale of Goro mine
Vale, a Brazilian corporation, owned the Goro nickel mine and plant for years. It was planned that the Goro mine would be sold to Trafigura, a Swiss-based commodity trader. Following unrest and public backlash from people in New Caledonia, the deal was challenged.


2020–2021 New Caledonian protests, Sale of Goro mine
Vale postponed the sale of the mining operations, at the request of the territory's authorities. The company stated that if the sale fails, it will shut down the plant. The Fiji Times said this could result in job loss for thousands of workers. The French newspaper Le Monde claimed that some 3,000 jobs are at stake.


2020–2021 New Caledonian protests, Reaction and unrest
A group known as the Indigenous Customary Negotiating Body (Instance Coutumière Autochtone de Négociation), or ICAN opposed the deal to sell the mine to a foreign company, and along with independence leaders, wanted the mine sold to the domestic company Sofinor instead, backed by Korea Zinc. This has also been backed by the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front. The French government was dismissive of the proposal to sell the mine to a domestic company. The USTKE union, which backs the Labour Party, called for a general strike.


2020–2021 New Caledonian protests, Reaction and unrest
Protests and roadblocks across New Caledonia resulted in the nickel industry's day-to-day functions coming to a halt, including the prevention of successful delivery of nickel ore to the territory's Doniambo smelter plant in Nouméa. Roadblocks and demonstrations also reached the island's main port, and colonial authorities suspended international flights. Armed counter-protesters displayed French flags while occupying roadblocks previously held by independence activists. France banned the transport of weapons to counter violence. The roadblocks were later removed. Dozens of protesters were arrested, and several police officers injured. Police reportedly fired tear gas at protesters in central Nouméa.


2020–2021 New Caledonian protests, Reaction and unrest
French President Emmanuel Macron and his overseas minister, Sebastien Lecornu, were asked to intervene in the crisis and to help to form a nickel strategy for the island which could be broadly accepted.


2020–2021 New Caledonian protests, Reaction and unrest
Vale stated that a fire had broken out at the mining plant and local security forces were protecting it. Vale suspended activities in New Caledonia.


2020–2021 New Caledonian protests, Reaction and unrest
Anti -independence counter-protesters organized a march in Nouméa, led by New Caledonia president Thierry Santa, which over 20,000 people attended. Regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands Province banned police mobile squads flown in from mainland France from entering the islands because they were allowed to leave quarantine early at the height of the unrest. Kanak leaders called the move to allow police to escape mandatory quarantine a violation of health measures.


2020–2021 New Caledonian protests, Reaction and unrest
Negotiations with protesters resulted in blockades being removed. This allowed nickel ore to once again be delivered to the nickel smelter. There were multiple cases of arson at mining-related sites. A proposal by the president of New Caledonia's southern province would allow for fifty-one percent of the nickel plant's stake to go to New Caledonians. Tensions were high in New Caledonia, with pro-independence figures wanting foreigners to hold zero stake in the mine. Anti -independence figures accused the pro-independence FLNKS movement of enacting a coup against the government, describing it as terrorism.


2020–2021 New Caledonian protests, Reaction and unrest
Following the unrest in the territory and resignations from pro-independence officials, the coalition government in New Caledonia collapsed, requiring Congress to elect a new government. Pro -independence parties won a majority in the elections for a new government.


2020–2021 Peruvian agrarian strike
The 2020-2021 agrarian strike in Peru refers to a series of protests that initially took place in the department of Ica, since November 30, 2020, by farmers who reported being victims of mistreatment and poor working conditions. They were joined by farmers from the department of La Libertad. The workers requested the repeal of the Agrarian Promotion Law, whose validity had been extended the previous year, in the Government of President Martín Vizcarra, until December 31, 2031.


2020–2021 Peruvian agrarian strike
The protesters were heard by the Council of Ministers, who in conversations with Congress, after several days approved Bill No. 5759 that repealed Law No. 27360. Thus, on the fifth day of the agricultural strike, The protesters released the Panamericana Sur highway. The protests left two dead. On December 21, a day after the parliamentarians in the Congress of the Republic failed to reach an agreement to approve the new agrarian law, the protesters took up the blockade of the Panamericana Sur highway.


2020–2021 Peruvian agrarian strike
The agricultural unions announced that it will be officially developed A national agricultural strike since December 29, 2020. Since the restart of the strike, twelve deaths have been registered, all in the department of La Libertad. On January 17, the last protest related to the agrarian strike was registered, by protesters demanding justice for the deceased.


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review
The 2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review was an external review by Quintet Consulting of the workplace culture at Rideau Hall—which hosts the governor general of Canada and her staff—initiated by the Privy Council Office following allegations of harassment and verbal abuse by Governor General Julie Payette and her secretary, Assunta di Lorenzo. The review ultimately produced a report in January 2021 concluding that Payette and di Lorenzo presided over a toxic work environment, resulting in their resignations on January 21.


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Background, Appointment of Payette
On July 13, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his recommendation of Julie Payette to succeed David Johnston as the 29th governor general of Canada. Payette was formally appointed by the Queen on October 2, 2017. The role of the governor general is to represent the monarch of Canada, Queen Elizabeth II when she is not in the country and includes granting royal assent to legislation passed by Parliament, and dissolving Parliament for an election on the advice of the Prime Minister.


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Background, Appointment of Payette
Trudeau's method of selection for the role was criticized for failing to appropriately vet candidates, as the Advisory Committee on Vice-Regal Appointments established in 2012, was left dormant following Trudeau's taking office in 2015.


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Background, Appointment of Payette
Following the 2021 resignations, critics alleged that "when he picked the former astronaut, Mr. Trudeau and his advisers were apparently so enthralled with ticking those symbolic boxes, of installing the candidate who neatly fit the image, that they obviously didn’t do enough to check on who she really was", blaming the government and the Privy Council Office for "failing to spot red flags before Payette’s appointment, and then failing to act once the media had highlighted them."


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Background, Toxic workplace allegations
On July 21, 2020, CBC News reported that Rideau Hall staff faced harassment and verbal abuse by the Governor General. Sources detail that early into her tenure, Payette would question staff regarding topics unrelated to what was being discussed at meetings, such as by "put[ting] staff on the spot by quizzing them about outer space". Payette was alleged to also have thrown tantrums in her office, yell at and belittle employees, and refer to their work as "shit". Staffers were seen leaving her office in tears.


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Background, Toxic workplace allegations
Secretary to the Governor General Assunta di Lorenzo, who manages the Office of the Governor General, also was reported to bully staff, calling them lazy and incompetent. The position of secretary is typically filled by a seasoned public servant; however, di Lorenzo, a lawyer and friend of Payette, was described by staff as not having understood how the public service works two years into her term. The government had to create a new position of associate secretary to assist di Lorenzo on managing the office.


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Background, Toxic workplace allegations
Rideau Hall's press secretary issued a statement denying the allegations:


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Background, Toxic workplace allegations
“We deeply regret this reporting, which has no basis in the reality of working at the OSGG (Office of the Secretary to the Governor-General), and obscures the important work done by our dedicated staff in honouring, representing, and showcasing Canadians”


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Background, Toxic workplace allegations, Reactions
New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh commented that "I think the first step would be to follow up on complaints and then there could be a thorough investigation of these. And if there were enough evidence to warrant suspending the Governor General from her duties, then that would be assessed at that point".


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Background, Toxic workplace allegations, Reactions
When asked about the harassment allegations against the Governor General on July 24, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer declined to comment, but said he hoped there would be a “comprehensive” look at other allegations in the Prime Minister's office.


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Background, Toxic workplace allegations, Rideau Hall response
After the story broke, Rideau Hall's press secretary said her office "strongly believes in the importance of a healthy workplace, we have taken many steps to foster this, we will continue to do so and will work at constantly improving," and called for a review.


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Background, Toxic workplace allegations, Rideau Hall response
The CBC reported on August 12 that the Office of the Governor General was bringing in psychologists specializing in workplace stress to speak to employees and Payette released a memo on July 31 telling staff that she was listening to concerns and urging them to "stay united":


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Background, Toxic workplace allegations, Rideau Hall response
"Rest assured that I take workplace harassment very seriously and fully support the review of our practices and the continuation of concrete actions to ensure a healthy and safe work environment for everyone, at all times and in all circumstances".


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Background, Investigation
In response to the allegations, the Privy Council Office announced on September 1 that it would retain Quintet Consulting to launch an independent, third-party review of the workplace culture at Rideau Hall. Current and previous employees were invited to be voluntarily interviewed about their experiences at Rideau Hall. The Privy Council Office’s independent report found that Payette and her second-in-command Assunta Di Lorenzo presided over a toxic work environment, detailing “yelling, screaming, aggressive conduct, demeaning comments and public humiliations.”


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Background, Investigation
During the investigation, the CBC reported that the Prime Minister's Office failed to conduct checks with Payette's previous employers prior to her appointment as Governor General. Sources who previously worked with Payette at the Canadian Space Agency, the Montreal Science Centre, Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Lands Company describe similar experiences working with Payette, as well as previous departures from the Montreal Science Centre in 2016 and Canadian Olympic Committee in 2017 following complaints and investigations into similar matters.


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Resignations of Payette and di Lorenzo
On January 21, 2021, Payette and di Lorenzo resigned from their roles, following the conclusion of the Quintet report and a meeting the previous evening with the Prime Minister and President of the Privy Council Dominic LeBlanc. Had Payette declined to resign, her dismissal could have triggered a constitutional crisis involving intervention by the Queen.


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Resignations of Payette and di Lorenzo
The Governor General's Office released a statement following her resignation which included an apology by Payette:


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Resignations of Payette and di Lorenzo
"Everyone has a right to a healthy and safe work environment, at all times and under all circumstances. It appears this was not always the case at the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General. Tensions have arisen at Rideau Hall over the past few months and for that, I am sorry."


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Resignations of Payette and di Lorenzo
Richard Wagner, the chief justice of Canada assumed the role of administrator of Canada in the interim and acted as Governor General until the appointment of Mary Simon.


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Resignations of Payette and di Lorenzo, Reactions
Liberal leader and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated: "Every employee in the government of Canada has the right to work in a safe and healthy environment, and we will always take this very seriously. Today's announcement provides an opportunity for new leadership at Rideau Hall to address the workplace concerns raised by employees during the review."


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Resignations of Payette and di Lorenzo, Reactions
Conservative leader Erin O'Toole cited problems with Trudeau's selection of Payette, accusing him of not vetting properly and called on him to meet with party leaders to discuss selecting the next governor general, stating: "[c]onsidering the problems with his last appointment and the minority Parliament, the Prime Minister should consult opposition parties and re-establish the Vice-Regal Appointments Committee."


2020–2021 Rideau Hall workplace review, Resignations of Payette and di Lorenzo, Reactions
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh stated: "The people we need to keep in mind here are the workers that had to endure an unsafe work environment. It takes more than the Governor General resigning. The prime minister must take the necessary measures that ensure the health and safety of workers and a harassment-free work environment."


2020–2021 Slovenian protests
Shortly after the Third Janša government took office in early 2020, a series of ongoing, large, mostly peaceful protests began to take place. The start of the protests coincided with the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic in Slovenia, with temporary restriction of movement and public gatherings in force to curb the spread of the disease. Early protest actions included displaying flags and banners from balconies and windows. At the end of April, public rallies began to be organised, with most protesters riding a bicycle (as epidemic movement restrictions allowed for movement in public places for the purpose of sports recreation). At the end of October, public rallies were voluntarily suspended by the protesters due to the worsening of the COVID-19 epidemic in Slovenia.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests
On November 5, protests organized by multiple groups not associated with the larger regular protests descended into rioting. Police used tear gas and water cannons in to disperse the rioters.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Background
Janez Janša has been accused of eroding freedom of media since assuming office. According to a report by the International Press Institute, Slovenia has experienced a swift downturn in media and press freedom. IPI accused Janša of creating a hostile environment for journalists through his tweets, which IPI described as "vitriolic attacks". He has also been accused of usurping power and corruption. He is often compared to Viktor Orbán because of his authoritarianism.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, March
After formation of the 14th government of Slovenia, Slovenians began displaying flags and banners on the balconies and windows. Street protests were not organized in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, April
On 27 April, the first street protests occurred in Ljubljana, Maribor, and few smaller cities. Protests were organized by Facebook group "Resistance to government of Slovenia".


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, May
On 1 May, around 3,500 cyclists held a peaceful protest in Ljubljana.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, May
On 8 May, around 7,000 cyclists protested in front of National Assembly Building. Former prime minister Marjan Šarec expressed his sympathy for the protestors.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, May
On the night of 14 May, police placed a fence in front of the national assembly. The following day, protestors jumped over the fence and wrote "our property" inside the fenced area. The environmental group, Youth for Climate Justice, also participated in the day's protests. One person was arrested.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, May
On 22 May, a protest was held in front of National Assembly Building. As with the protest on 14 May, environmental groups joined the protests.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, May
On 29 May, protestors turned their back to the National Assembly and stood in silence for 2 minutes. Several protestors were fined for writing with chalk on the sidewalk, including theater director Jaša Jenull. The size of this protest has been disputed. Police estimated that around 5,000 people gathered during protest, while other sources have estimated that as many as 10,000 were in attendance.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, June
On 5 June, after many protestors wrote with chalk on sidewalk in the style of the 29 May protest, the police abandoned their plan to fine protestors for the act.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, June
On 12 June, protestors folded paper airplanes and threw them at the police officers who were guarding fenced area in front of the National Assembly. The paper planes were inscribed with the phrase "Death to Janšism, freedom to everyone," in reference to the anti-Axis resistance slogan. The slogan was also shouted by some of the protestors. Around 8 PM local time, police clashed with protestors who attempted to remove the fence in front of the National Assembly. A group of protestors jumped over the fence, but were stopped before reaching the National Assembly. Seven people were taken to the police station and fined. Among those who jumped over the fence was artist Jaša Mrevlje Pollak, he was arrested and held in police van, he was released after 30 minutes with no criminal charges.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, June
On 19 June, peaceful protests were held in Ljubljana, Maribor and Celje. Protestors called on police to join the protests.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, June
On 25 June, on which Statehood day is celebrated in Slovenia, protestors organized an "alternative celebration" prior to the official festivities. Protestors were met by around 30 counter-protestors in yellow vests, and police created a corridor between the two groups to prevent their confrontation. The anti-protestors called themselves "yellow vests," inspired by the French protest movement. Eight counter-protestors were later identified to be members of the Slovenian neo-Nazi group Blood & Honour.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, June
On 26 June, during a series of peaceful protests in Ljubljana, protestors put chains on the hands of the France Prešeren statue. The move was viewed as symbolic of their argument that civil liberty in Slovenia was declining under the new government.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, July
On 3 July, pro-government counter-protestors again appeared to counter the peaceful protest in Ljubljana. Nearly 100 organizations and initiatives have strongly condemned the actions of the counter-protestors, while representatives of the counter-protest told the media that their aims were to prevent a coup.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, July
On 10 July, after a long time National Assembly wasn't fenced for the protest but there was large police presence.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, July
On 17 July, protestors created "protest Protest people's assembly" in order to establish clearer demands.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, July
On 24 July, some protestors gathered earlier to protest for women's rights and express support for MeToo movement. Protest people's assembly continued to form demands and made expectations for future of Slovenia.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, July
On 31 July, protestors made a giant puppet of Janez Janša to mock him. Protest people's assembly made 245 proposals, ideas and demands about change in education, health, changes in electoral legislation, workers' rights and environmental protection.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, August
On 7 August, protests started in coastal town of Izola after a report that town paid two hotel rooms for Agriculture Minister Aleksandra Pivec. Protests continued in Ljubljana.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, August
On 14 August, protest was significantly smaller due to heavy rain. Government has announced that it will increase military spending that week which protestors on Friday described as "theft" and have strongly opposed.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, August
On 21 August, peaceful protest was held in Ljubljana. In speeches protestors talked about rise of authoritarianism in their country.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, August
On 28 August, protestors focused on environmental issues, protest took place in front of National Assembly and building of Ministry of Environment.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, September
On 4 September, protestors were peaceful, in speeches protestors again called for resignation of the entire government and encouraged people who encounter corruption at work to become whistleblowers.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, September
On 11 September, "flame of protest" was lit as symbol of resistance, speakers of the protest criticized opposition parties for shifting towards Janšism. They asked oppositions leaders what will they do to change the government, saying that if they refuse to answer they will remember that. Protest ended with no incidents.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, September
On 18 September, protestors carrying torches surrounded the National Assembly and shouted "We are the State" and "Streets are ours". Police on horseback guarded both front and back entrances of the National Assembly. Despite the tensions protest ended without incidents.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, September
On 25 September, protestors focused on economic issues and new tax reform which will make rich pay lower taxes. They placed large writing over the entrance of ministry of finance reading "Ministry for the rich". Protestors also pointed out that during COVID-19 crisis privileges for the rich have increased.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, October
On 2 October, protest took place in front Ministry of Health. They called Slovenian public healthcare catastrophic and demanded reform, they said that government has been privatizing healthcare and making it closer to the elite.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, October
On 9 October, protestors gathered at Prešeren Square, police started removing them from the square over violations of the decree limiting public gatherings, police also IDed the protestors. Demonstrators called police's action repression and disgrace, activist Jaša Jenull said that protestors were responsible: wore face masks and kept safe distance. Some organizations claimed that police used excessive force and demanded public apology and clarification of the events. Police has denied those claims, and general director of the police Andrej Jurič said that police only performed their task of maintaining public order and peace. Six people were detained but were released without criminal charges.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, October
On 16 October, police presence was increased because of incidents on previous Friday, protests were peaceful and have ended without incidents.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, October
On 23 October, handful of protestors gathered despite complete ban on movement and public gatherings, they were monitored by the police. There were no incidents, but the police IDed 11 people. After this protest further Friday street protests have been cancelled due to increased number of people infected with COVID-19 in Slovenia, activist said that people should protest from their homes.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, October
On 29 October, protest was held on Thursday in support of Polish protests.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, November
In November, Friday protests were not held due the spread of COVID-19. Instead, Friday protestors started protesting from homes. However, new group of conspiracy theorists who do not believe in COVID-19 started staging protests.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, November
On 5 November, members of OPS (Aware People of Slovenia, Slovenian: "Osveščeni prebivalci Slovenije") and Anonymous Slovenia groups organized protest. OPS members believe COVID-19 is a conspiracy and that it doesn't exist. Anonymous Slovenia group distanced itself from OPS, members of Anonymous Slovenia group also wore face masks. Ljubljana police department was reinforced by police departments from other cities and by special police unit of Slovenia. OPS members gathered around 5 PM, and soon attacked the police with torches, stones and pyrotechnics and police responded with tear gas and water cannons.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, November
Protestors at one point tried to storm into National Assembly but were unsuccessful. Around 8 PM police started to surround the protestors and managed to clear the Prešeren Square around 9:30 PM. Fifteen policeman were injured, two protestors were severely injured, one journalist was injured as well. Protest people's assembly of Friday protestors said that government attempted to us these riots to link violence to cyclist protestors who have protested peacefully for months, they also said that they believe those riots were staged by the government.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, 2021 protests
On April 27, thousands rallied in Ljubljana to protest against Janez Janša and his increasing government authoritarianism and accusations of governmental corruption. Around 20,000 rallied in the capital, according to organisers.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, 2021 protests
On May 28, 10,000 people gathered to mobilise against Janez Janša, demanding new elections and gathering in Prešeren Square and close to the presidential palace, with this protest named All Slovenia. Uprising.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, 2021 protests
Journalists of Radio Student in Slovenia, one of Europe's oldest and strongest non-commercial radio stations, and its supporters, gathered on Friday for a protest walk in the capital Ljubljana following the recent move of the Culture Ministry to cut state money for the station. The march started from Metelkova Street, an important site on the Ljubljana cultural, artistic and alternative scene, near the Culture Ministry, and ended at the city centre with a concert, coinciding with the large anti-government rally on 11 June against Janez Janša.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, 2021 protests
On June 18, thousands again marched to protest the so-called Orbanisation of Slovenia referring to Janez Janša, the prime minister's increasing authoritarianism and links to Viktor Orbán, the prime minister of Hungary. They gathered in public squares, with the biggest in Prešeren Square.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Timeline, 2021 protests
On June 25, tens of thousands packed the streets of Ljubljana to demonstrate against the current government of Janez Janša and his ruling party, raising their fists and clashing with supporters of the current government, also known as the yellow vests. This protest happened on Statehood day.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Protest groups
There are currently three groups in Slovenia that protest against the government but they do not collaborate and even oppose each other. Those are Friday cyclist protestors, OPS - Aware People of Slovenia Organization and Anonymous Slovenia.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Protest groups, Friday cyclist protestors
First Friday protest was organized on 27 April by Facebook group "Resistance to government of Slovenia"  Those protestors advocate for peaceful protest and most of them protest on bicycles but they accompanied by protestors on foot. They protested on every Friday between 27 April and 23 October when further protests were cancelled due to second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Multiple organizations are taking part of this protest most prominent being: Youth Activist Organization and Slovenian Antifa.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Protest groups, Friday cyclist protestors
On 17 July those protestors created "Protest people's assembly", which by the end of July made 245 demands, proposals and ideas to the government focusing on social, economic, and environmental issues. Theater director and activist Jaša Jenull is the most prominent speaker of Friday protests. When Anonymous Slovenia announced that it will be staging the protest and OPS announced that it will join them, Friday protestors urged people not to go on that protest. Their symbol is the white bicycle sign on red Triglav symbol.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Protest groups, Anonymous Slovenia
Anonymous Slovenia group is part of larger international Anonymous group. They were first to call for people to gather on protest on 5 November and OPS later announced that they will join them. Anonymous Slovenia distanced itself from OPS when OPS announced that they will join them. On protest on 5 November they wore Guy Fawkes masks and shouted "thieves" at the police in front of National Assembly.


2020–2021 Slovenian protests, Protest groups, Anonymous Slovenia
Once protests on 5 November finished, Anonymous Slovenia spokesperson on twitter wrote “as we unfortunately expected, certain individuals or groups effectively discredited our protests”, they also insisted that they called people to protest peacefully. After Friday protestors urged people not to go on protest on 5 November Anonymous Slovenia spokesperson on twitter called them "traitors" and called them out saying that they don't really want Janez Janša out of office.


2020–2021 Taal Volcano eruptions
Taal Volcano in Batangas, Philippines began to erupt on January 12, 2020, when a phreatomagmatic eruption from its main crater spewed ashes over Calabarzon, Metro Manila, and some parts of Central Luzon and Ilocos Region, resulting in the suspension of school classes, work schedules, and flights in the area. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) subsequently issued an Alert Level 4, indicating "that a hazardous explosive eruption is possible within hours to days." Volcanic activity continued into 2021, when smaller eruptions occurred in July 2021.


2020–2021 Taal Volcano eruptions, Volcanic activity, 2020
The volcano erupted on the afternoon of January 12, 2020, 43 years after its previous eruption in 1977. According to PHIVOLCS director Dr. Renato Solidum, seismic swarms began at 11 am and were later followed by a phreatic eruption from Volcano Island Main Crater at around 1 pm Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8). Loud rumbling sounds were also felt and heard from the volcano island.


2020–2021 Taal Volcano eruptions, Volcanic activity, 2020
By 2:30 pm, PHIVOLCS raised the alert status to Alert Level 2, although PHIVOLCS through its Taal Volcano Observatory had advised residents of Volcano Island to evacuate at around 1 pm Stronger explosions began around 3 pm that spewed an ash column exceeding a kilometer high, prompting PHIVOLCS to upgrade the alert status to Alert Level 3 by 4 pm. Furthermore, Solidum confirmed that there was a magmatic intrusion that was driving the volcano's unrest. PHIVOLCS advised evacuation of the towns of Balete, San Nicolas, and Talisay in Batangas and other towns within the shores of Taal Lake.


2020–2021 Taal Volcano eruptions, Volcanic activity, 2020
By 7:30 pm, PHIVOLCS upgraded the alert status to Alert Level 4 after volcanic activities intensified as "continuous eruption generated a tall 10 to 15 kilometres (6.2 to 9.3 mi) steam-laden tephra column with frequent volcanic lightning that rained wet ashfall on the general north as far as Quezon City and Caloocan." Ashfall from the volcano were also experienced in Cavite and Laguna, and reached as far as Metro Manila and Pampanga.


2020–2021 Taal Volcano eruptions, Volcanic activity, 2020
On January 13, PHIVOLCS reported that the activity on its main crater had transitioned into a lava fountain between 2:48 am to 4:28 am. A lava fountain was recorded at 3:20 am. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) presented a study that the air quality index of cities in Metro Manila had worsened; Mandaluyong had the highest amount of inhalable coarse particulate matter (PM10) with 118, followed by Las Piñas (108) and Taguig (104), all of which were "considered unhealthy for sensitive groups" with respiratory issues. Meanwhile, the cities with the least amount of PM10 were San Juan and Malabon, both with "good" amounts of 22 and 28 respectively. These were followed by "moderate/fair" amounts of PM10 in Pasig (55), Parañaque (62) and Makati (63).