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Gallery: Political protests and rallies from around the world

By Irene Ogrodnik Global News
Posted December 2, 2013 9:27 am
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Video: Drone footage from protests at Government House in Bangkok (Dec 1)

TORONTO – As thousands of Ukrainian protesters continue to call for the government’s ouster over the president’s decision to ditch a deal for closer ties with the European Union Monday, Thailand’s prime minister says the demands of anti-government protesters are unacceptable under the constitution.

Below is a look at some protests currently ongoing in many cities and countries around the world.

Ukraine:
Protesters shout and wave flags marching towards government headquarters in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013. Hundreds of Ukrainian protesters have blocked entrances to the government building and called for the ouster of the prime minister and his cabinet. The Monday blockade followed a massive rally in the capital a day earlier by hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians angered by President Viktor Yanukovych’s refusal to sign a political and economic agreement with the European Union and opting instead for closer ties with Moscow. (Photo credit: AP Photo)

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Thailand:
A Thai anti-government protester throws a paving stone to the police during an ongoing rally outside Government House in Bangkok on Dec. 2, 2013. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra rejected protester demands to suspend the country’s democratic system and indicated she would not resign on Dec. 2 amid rolling clashes between security forces and demonstrators bent on toppling her government. (Photo credit: Getty Images)

A Thai anti-government protester throws a paving stone to the police during an ongoing rally outside Government House in Bangkok on December 2, 2013. View image in full screen
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Click here for our latest coverage of the Thai protests.

France:French policemen take position as trucks block a section of highway A25 in Englos to protest the “ecotax,” a controversial tax on heavy vehicles, on Dec. 2, 2013. French President Francois Hollande’s government has already been forced to suspend the planned introduction of a new environmental “ecotax” on commercial vehicles carrying cargo of more than 3.5 tonnes after violent protests in Brittany, a predominantly agricultural region in northwestern France. Opponents of the tax, which critics say unfairly penalises remote areas dependent on deliveries by road freight, are demanding it be scrapped altogether. (Photo credit: Getty Images) View image in full screen
France:French policemen take position as trucks block a section of highway A25 in Englos to protest the “ecotax,” a controversial tax on heavy vehicles, on Dec. 2, 2013. French President Francois Hollande’s government has already been forced to suspend the planned introduction of a new environmental “ecotax” on commercial vehicles carrying cargo of more than 3.5 tonnes after violent protests in Brittany, a predominantly agricultural region in northwestern France. Opponents of the tax, which critics say unfairly penalises remote areas dependent on deliveries by road freight, are demanding it be scrapped altogether. (Photo credit: Getty Images). Getty Images
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Honduras:Riot policemen stand guard as supporters of Honduran presidential candidate for the Libertad y Refundacion (LIBRE) party, Xiomara Castro, protest against the results of the presidential election in Tegucigalpa, on Dec. 1, 2013. Officials said late Saturday that conservative Juan Orlando Hernandez defeated his rival, leftist presidential hopeful Xiomara Castro, by eight percentage points in the Nov. 24 election. Castro rejected the results of the election and called for mass protests claiming there was a “monstrous fraud” in the crime-stricken Central American country.  (Photo credit: Getty Images) View image in full screen
Honduras:Riot policemen stand guard as supporters of Honduran presidential candidate for the Libertad y Refundacion (LIBRE) party, Xiomara Castro, protest against the results of the presidential election in Tegucigalpa, on Dec. 1, 2013. Officials said late Saturday that conservative Juan Orlando Hernandez defeated his rival, leftist presidential hopeful Xiomara Castro, by eight percentage points in the Nov. 24 election. Castro rejected the results of the election and called for mass protests claiming there was a “monstrous fraud” in the crime-stricken Central American country.  (Photo credit: Getty Images). Getty Images
Mexico City:People hold signs reading, “When injustice becomes a tradition, protesting becomes a duty” and “Mexico is not in mourning, it is pissed off,” as they take part in a protest against Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, on the first anniversary of his government in Mexico City on Dec. 1, 2013. (Photo credit: Getty Images) View image in full screen
Mexico City:People hold signs reading, “When injustice becomes a tradition, protesting becomes a duty” and “Mexico is not in mourning, it is pissed off,” as they take part in a protest against Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, on the first anniversary of his government in Mexico City on Dec. 1, 2013. (Photo credit: Getty Images). Getty Images
Egypt:Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood supporters flash the four-finger sign around a fire during a demonstration on Talaat Harb Square (near Tahrir square) on Dec. 1, 2013 in Cairo. Protesters were chanting in Tahrir Square “Down with the military regime!” “People want the fall of the regime!” and “Rabaa Rabaa,” as demonstrators flashed a four-finger sign that has become associated with a government crackdown on pro-Morsi supporters in Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adawiya square on Aug. 14. (Photo credit: Getty Images) View image in full screen
Egypt:Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood supporters flash the four-finger sign around a fire during a demonstration on Talaat Harb Square (near Tahrir square) on Dec. 1, 2013 in Cairo. Protesters were chanting in Tahrir Square “Down with the military regime!” “People want the fall of the regime!” and “Rabaa Rabaa,” as demonstrators flashed a four-finger sign that has become associated with a government crackdown on pro-Morsi supporters in Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adawiya square on Aug. 14. (Photo credit: Getty Images). Getty Images

Click here for our latest coverage on the ongoing protests in Egypt.

– With a file from the Associated Press

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