Catholic emancipation Reaction against this led to riots in Scotland in 1779 and then the Gordon Riots in London on June 2, 1780. Further relief was given by an Act of 1782 allowing the establishment of Roman Catholic schools and bishops. The British Roman Catholic Relief Act 1791 was adopted by the Irish Parliament in 1792–93. Since the electoral franchise at the time was largely determined by property, this relief gave the votes to Roman Catholics holding land with a rental value of £2 a year. They also started to gain access to many middle-class professions from which they had been excluded,
Anti-globalization protests in Prague Anti-globalization protests in Prague Anti-capitalist Protests in Prague took place during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank summit in September 27, 2000 in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. This protest followed similar protests in Seattle and Washington. Thousands of activists who travelled from all over the world protested and some clashed with police in the streets of Prague for several days. About 12,000 demonstrators were involved in the protests and over 900 people were detained. 64 policemen and 20 demonstrators were injured in the events. Various anti-capitalist protesters were seeing this institutions as one of reasons for