Iconic places of protest around the world 0 SHARES Share it! The sit-in started on April 6 and has grown in size as pressure mounts against the military authorities in scenes reminiscent of other iconic places of protest in cities around the world. – Cairo: Tahrir, 2011 –The massive Tahrir Square near the Nile River is most famous for the two-week sit-in that pushed Hosni Mubarak to quit in 2011 after 30 years in power. – Manama: Pearl Square, 2011 –Pro-democracy demonstrations that erupted in Bahrain in February 2011 focused on Pearl Square in the capital Manama, the site of a large monument of a giant pearl on top of sweeping arches. People returned and demonstrations escalated until security forces moved in to clear the month-old protest camp.

Source: Manila Bulletin April 27, 2019 02:15 UTC