ACLED’s 2020 annual report reviews the past year of data on political violence and demonstration activity around the world. Access the full report as well as an executive summary of key findings below. Download Report Executive Summary One year since the official start of the pandemic in March 2020, COVID-19 has killed more than two million…
On 17 January 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested, sparking a wave of demonstrations in opposition to President Vladimir Putin. ACLED Europe Research Manager Franklin Holcomb, Europe Assistant Research Manager Olha Polishchuk, Europe Researcher Aidar Dossymov, and Research Analyst Adam Miller map the spike in unrest. © 2021 Armed Conflict Location & Event…
Our annual special report reviews the past year of data for 10 key conflicts with a look toward trends to watch in the coming months. Access ACLED data directly through the export tool, and find more information about ACLED methodology in our Resource Library. To explore an interactive visualization of this special report, click here.…
Political disorder1The term disorder is used in this report to refer to all political violence and demonstrations. This effectively includes all events in the ACLED dataset, minus Strategic developments — which should not be visualized alongside other, systematically coded ACLED event types due to their more subjective nature. For more on Strategic developments and how…
China’s new education policy in Inner Mongolia sparked rare mass demonstrations across the province. ACLED Research Analyst Adam Miller and East Asia Research Manager Laura Sorica chart the surge in unrest and the state’s subsequent crackdown. © 2020 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights reserved.
President Alberto Fernandez’s coronavirus response — and the subsequent economic fallout — has been a driving force behind rising anti-government demonstrations in Argentina. ACLED Research Analyst Adam Miller and South America Research Manager Bhavani Castro track the uptick in protest activity amid the pandemic. This infographic is part of our special CDT Spotlight series. © 2020…
In 2019, the promulgation of the new Religious Freedom Law sparked mass demonstrations across Montenegro led by the Serbian Orthodox Church. The church felt unfairly targeted by the law, which would potentially enable the state to seize Serbian Orthodox Church property. The demonstrations ultimately led to the victory of a group of opposition parties —…
Since July, thousands of people have taken part in daily anti-corruption demonstrations in cities across Bulgaria. ACLED Research Analyst Adam Miller, Europe Research Manager Franklin Holcomb, and former Europe researcher and current South Asia Assistant Research Manager Katerina Bozhinova assess the state of the protest movement and its potential to gain momentum ahead of the…
Supplemental data collection drawing on Malay language sources adds 60 new events to ACLED’s Malaysia dataset for 2018-2020. In this infographic, Research Analyst Adam Miller reviews the latest data. © 2020 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights reserved.
Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Peru has experienced one of the largest increases in demonstration events in the world. ACLED Research Analyst Adam Miller breaks down the latest data. This infographic is part of our special CDT Spotlight series. © 2020 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). All rights reserved.