After some pressing, he said that he had held similar protests before, though not in several years.

"Security is too tight to hold protests," said a university student in Beijing.

Forty employees of the dismissed companies have held protests at an entrance to the market.

These laws prevent workers from being able to hold protests or strikes.

Law schools across the country held seminars and protests today.

For the next two days, Weatherman held no rallies or protests.

Critics of the plan have started petition drives and held protests.

The organisation held protests in 2001 at the time of the teachers' strikes.

Artists held several loud protests and were arrested by the dozens.

The criticism was sharp and colleges across the country held massive protests against it.