It might strike some as a banner year, but there are critical parts of history in which protests and large social movements made waves. So what stood out in 2019?

Multiple people have been killed in the South Asian nation over the past week as public anger swells over a citizenship law that critics say excludes Muslims and threatens the country's secular democracy.

Tens of thousands of Indian farmers marched to parliament on Friday in a protest against soaring operating costs and plunging produce prices.