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09 July 2023

PROTEST or VIOLENT RIOTS ...Definite threat ... what’s the difference?

 seems the authorities do not know the difference and/or cannot or will not apply the law

Protest organizers threaten unprecedented protests
Protesters against the judicial reform have threatened protests of unprecedented scale and severity if the reasonableness clause is reduced.


WHAT IS A PROTEST:
Generally speaking, a protest in the sense relevant here is “a usually organized public demonstration of disapproval” (of some law, policy, idea, or state of affairs), while a riot is “a disturbance of the peace created by an assemblage of usually three or more people acting with a common purpose and in a violent and …

WHAT IS A RIOT:
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets. Law. a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons acting together in a disrupting and tumultuous manner in carrying out their private purposes.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROTESTS AND RIOTS:
Both refer to a group of people gathering out in the public aiming to complain against a particular law, principle, rule, etc. However, 'riot' includes acts of violence and it disturbs the peace, whereas, 'protest' is when some people hold placards and voice their objection without any disorderly conducts.


 What is A Weapon??

  • a thing designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage.
  • a means of gaining an advantage or defending oneself in a conflict or contest.  "resignation threats had long been a weapon in his armory"



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