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Protests Begin
A 65 man starts off the protests by demonstrating in Samtah, Jizan. This demonstration inspired hundreds of other people to rally all over Saudi Arabia. -
"Day of Rage"
26,000 members, and a few hundred demonstrating. The demonstrations evolved from destructive to peaceful, back to destructive, and again to peaceful. Back and forth. It was an interesting demonstration. -
Women's Right to Drive Campaign
In May,motivated by the Arab Spring, Manal al-Sharif and other women organised a women's right-to-drive campaign, with the main action to take place on 17 June. Al-Sharif drove a car in May and was detained on 22 May and from 23‒30 May.Learn more about it here. -
Labor Rights Protest
A protest for labor rights took place in Riyadh with security forces using live fire against protestors, killing four, and arresting medical personnel. -
Funeral Demonstration
In the nearly 100,000 strong funeral for Abdallah on 16 January in al-Awamiyah and the daily Qatif region protests that followed, protestors chanted slogans against the House of Saud and Minister of Interior, Nayef. -
February Protest
In a 10 February protest an effigy of Nayef was thrown at tanks and participants described Nayef as a "terrorist", "criminal" and "butcher". -
School Protests
first-year female students from the science and art faculties at Tabuk University gathered on 8 April 2012 to protest alleged abuse by teachers, favoritism, nepotism and the crowded lecture schedule.