5 Most Shaking Demonstrations in the World, Including in Indonesia?
The Alliance of Pati United Communities (AMPB) and other groups held a demonstration in front of the parliamentary complex in Jakarta on Thursday (27/8/2026). The AMPB rally and other members of the public voiced their opinions focusing on two demands: urging the House of Representatives and the government to immediately pass the Asset Forfeiture Bill and to impose the harshest penalties on corruptors.
Public protests, commonly known as demonstrations, are inseparable from a country’s political process. Especially in democratic countries, demonstrations are an important aspect for the public to express their opinions.
Apart from that, large-scale demonstrations have not only occurred in Indonesia. The following are a number of ‘giant’ demonstrations compiled by CNBC Indonesia.
- Indian Farmers’ Demonstration (2020-2021)
According to Live Science, in September 2020, agricultural workers in India blocked roads and railway lines in the Punjab and Haryana regions. According to a report by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, around 250 million people took to the streets to demonstrate.
The farmers protested against planned changes to laws concerning agricultural products. As a result of the legal changes, there would be relaxed rules regarding the sale, pricing, and storage of agricultural products.
Therefore, farmers protested and took to the streets. Some farmers began burning their fields and there were also hunger strikes.
In November 2021, the Narendra Modi government revoked the law and the protesters withdrew in early December 2021.
- No Kings Demonstration in the United States (2026)
The third ‘No Kings’ protest took place on 28 March 2026, with an estimated eight million participants spread across more than 3,300 locations nationwide, according to Britannica, making it one of the largest protests in United States history. The demonstration generally highlighted abuse of authority by the executive branch, with protesters opposing the 2026 Iran War, rising living costs, and various ongoing immigration enforcement actions.
- Albania Demonstration (2026)
In what local media called the largest protest in Albania’s history, around 250,000 people took to the streets in late June to oppose the sale of a coastal area in the Zvernec area of Vlora for a tourism project reportedly linked to Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner.
The protesters urged the cancellation of the project and the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government. They also demanded that both Rama and opposition leader Salih Berisha be held legally accountable.
- Serbia Demonstration (2025)
Hundreds of thousands of people filled the Serbian capital on Saturday to protest the deaths of 15 people caused by the collapse of a railway station building. Although the government estimated the number of participants across Belgrade at 107,000, independent monitors said that 325,000 people or more had gathered, making it the largest protest ever held in Serbia.
The building collapse in Novi Sad last November sparked anger against the government and President Aleksandar Vucic. The protesters considered corruption and the cutting of safety standards as the cause of the loss of life in the incident.
In the end, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic ended his 12-year leadership this year. The announcement followed 18 months of anti-government demonstrations by students.
- Anti-Iraq War Protests (2003)
History has recorded an invasion carried out by America against Iraq in 2003. At that time, US President George W. Bush considered that Iraq had violated UN resolutions regarding weapons of mass destruction.
However, the invasion plan was opposed by many parties. On 15 February 2003, millions of people demonstrated in more than 600 cities around the world against President George W. Bush’s plan.
In Rome, 3 million people took part in the demonstration. Then 750,000 people demonstrated in London and more than 1.5 million people protested in Madrid, as well as tens of thousands more in other cities.
However, in the end, the movement had little impact on policy. The US still carried out the invasion of Iraq which began on 20 March 2003.