Symposium on Protest and Legal Mobilization: From the Rule of Law to the “Rude of Law”- Protesting in a World of Shrinking Freedoms
[Mikel Díez Sarasola is an Assistant Lecturer at the University of the Basque Country] In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, protests and demonstrations erupted worldwide, challenging an established order that had seemed unbreakable. The Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia saw thousands take to the streets against a corrupt, oppressive regime, leading to the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in early 2011...