2014 Thai coup d'état page on Facebook constituted a criminal offence. Thai coup protesters used the three-finger salute from "The Hunger Games" film series, symbolising their opposition to the coup. Three extended fingers represent equality, liberty, and brotherhood. The military announced that it would arrest anyone who displayed the salute. Protesters then adopted the sandwich as their new anti-coup symbol. They handed out sandwiches, shouting "sandwiches for democracy!". On 22 June 2014, a student eating sandwiches in front of Siam Paragon and a group of students who were to organise a sandwich activity at the same venue were apprehended and were later placed in
Prime Minister of Brazil to establish a republican Provisional Government was taken when Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca (who had already proclaimed "Long Live His Majesty the Emperor" during the public acts of the coup) received from his republican co-conspirator Benjamin Constant Botelho de Magalhães the false news that the Emperor intended to appoint Gaspar da Silveira Martins, a declared enemy of Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, as the next Prime Minister in the Viscount of Ouro Preto's stead. Once the Republic was proclaimed, a presidential Executive replaced the parliamentary system of Government. After the coup d'état that abolished the monarchy and proclaimed Brazil a republic,