From India to Chile to Lebanon, protesters are using the coronavirus pandemic to strategise in preparation for when people are allowed out again, as well engaging in lockdown relief work.
For student protester and freelance journalist Shaheen Abdulla, the focus during the last few months has been on the anti-government protests dominating India.
“Authorities have already cleaned any anti-government writing or murals at our university and other protest sites.” Abdulla, 24, told. “The spread of the virus has been linked to mass gatherings, in particular one attended by Muslims from inside and outside the country.
"We are also trying to put out a lot of discourse on our protests, for example how it was formed and why it is important. There's a lot of people across different states who are opposed to what's happening, so we are trying to connect all these dots. We want to build a fraternity of people to push this beyond a Muslim issue to one about dignity for all citizens.”
In Chile, for example, the lockdown has led to home-based protests with people banging pots and pans to vent their frustrations. In Lebanon earlier last month, protesters held a small gathering in which people wore masks and stood at a distance, and now they are organising more virtual gatherings. Climate change activist Greta Thurnburg and #FridaysForFuture, meanwhile, have also been running digital strikes.
Soldiers monitor the entry of people into the city of Santiago, Chile, during a city-wide quarantine to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus, Monday, April 6, 2020. The mural of eyes are a reference to the eye injuries of some protesters who demonstrated against Chile's President Sebastian Piñera from Sept. 2019 to March 2020.
Melgaco, however, said there are growing concerns around whether coronavirus emergency measures, including the banning of large gatherings and the increased use of certain surveillance tolls, will remain after the pandemic is under control, and what impact this could have on political activism.
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