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
1936 Iraqi coup d'état 1936 Iraqi coup d'état The 1936 Iraqi coup d'état, also known as the Bakr Sidqi coup was the first military coup in modern Iraq (and actually the first military coup among Arab countries), initiated by general Bakr Sidqi in order to otherthrow Prime Minister Yasin al-Hashimi. The coup succeeded in installing Hikmat Sulayman as the new Prime Minister, while Sidqi was de'facto ruler of Iraq as powerful Chief of Staff. Bakr Sidqi was assassinated the next year in Mosul. After Baqr Sidki's coup and until 1941, in a wave of political instability, the Kingdom of Iraq experienced 6 more political