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A supporter of a female Russian punk band holds a photo placard of the band while she and others picket the Moscow Central Court in Moscow, Wednesday, March, 14, 2012. Supporters of a female Russian punk band have picketed Central Court in Moscow to protest the group's jailing for trying to mount an impromptu concert inside the city's main cathedral.

Animals rights activists protest during a demonstration calling for the abolition of bullfights in Valencia March 18, 2012. Placards read, "They killed me this Fallas festival". Reuters

A demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest against Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in front of the Beyazit mosque in Istanbul March 18, 2012. Reuters

Women shout slogans as they protest against the suicide of Amina al-Filali, 16 who was forced to marry the man who raped her outside parlament in Rabat on March 17, 2012. They called for changes to a penal code that allows a rapist to stay out of jail if he marries his victim with the consent of her parents. Sign reads '' Rape me, Marry me, My life is futile , I am maroocan''. Getty

Women clap during a Polish minority protest about the autonomy of their schools in Vilnius March 17, 2012. They demonstrated against the lack of regard for ethnic minorities seen in a law which enforced that history and geography lessons must be taught in Lithuanian at all schools, as well as the sole use of Lithuanian from 2013 in all pre-university exams taken by students to enable them to study at local universities, according to local media. Reuters

Russian opposition supporters shout during a rally in central Moscow, on March 17, 2012. The rally was originally announced as campaigning for the release of Udaltsov, the radical leftwing leader of the Left Front movement, who was sentenced on Thursday to 10 days in jail for defying police at an earlier rally and participants protest against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule. Getty

Protesters affiliated with Occupy Wall Street participate in a 'spring training' protest outside the New York Stock Exchange on March 16, 2012 in New York City. The movement is planning an upcoming series of 'spring training' protests ahead of its planned 'May Day' strike. Getty

A mother carries a picture of her son, a kidnapped student, as she joins relatives of other kidnapped students during a protest march against violence in downtown Monterrey March 16, 2012. Relatives of victims and students from different universities marched on Friday to demand the government to stop violence, kidnapping and denouncing the forced disappearance. The banner reads, "Student kidnapped on January 11, 2011". Reuters

Writer and activist Starhawk (ground) demonstrates how to act when being arrested during the "Occupy the Midwest" regional conference in St. Louis, Missouri March, 16, 2012. Two demonstrators were charged on Friday with assaulting a police officer following the arrests of 15 people at the start of a Midwest protest designed to help reinvigorate the "Occupy" movement against economic inequality. Reuters

Egyptian activist Samira Ibrahim, second left attends a rally while fellow activists chant anti Military Supreme Council slogans during a protest in Tahrir square, Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Egyptian activists protested a military tribunal verdict acquitting an army doctor of an accusation of public obscenity filed by a protester who claimed she was forced to undergo a virginity test while in detention among seven women detained by the military a year ago. (Nasser Nasser)

A member of Socialist Unity Center of India (SUCI) shouts slogans as she participates in a rally in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. The protest was against a price hike on essential commodities as well as rampant corruption. (Saurabh Das)

Activists wear costume and masks of endangered animals during a protest against animal cruelty outside the Supreme Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Animal protection activists staged the protest demanding Supreme Court to bring to justice palm oil companies that involved in the killings of orangutans in central Borneo last year. (Tatan Syuflana)

Costumed protesters shout slogans outside Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) during an anti-nuclear demonstration in Tokyo, Sunday, March 11, 2012. Japan marked Sunday the first anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami which devastated the northeast Japan cities and triggered a massive accident of Fukushima nuclear power plant, run by TEPCO. (Junji Kurokawa)

Relatives of missing Kashmiri youth participate in a protest demonstration organized by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) in Srinagar, India, Saturday, March 10, 2012. According to APDP some 8,000-10,000 people have gone missing since the beginning of the Kashmir conflict in 1989, after being arrested by Indian security forces and other security agencies. (Dar Yasin)

A demonstrator tries to scale a barrier to enter the Cambridge University Students' Union to protest against speech being given to students by former International Monetary Fund chief Dominic Strauss-Kahn, in Cambridge, England, Friday, March 9, 2012. The 62-year-old French politician, often called DSK, was invited to speak at the university's debating society despite calls for the event to be canceled. (Sang Tan)

A woman protests against violence against women during a demonstration marking the International Women's Day in Mexico City, Thursday March 8, 2012. (Alexandre Meneghini)

Female protesters raise their clenched fists as they shout slogans during a rally in celebration of International Women's Day Thursday, March 8, 2012 near the presidential palace in Manila, Philippines. The protesters denounced President Benigno Aquino III and the three big Filipino oil companies for a series of oil price hike as well as U.S. military's presence in the country. (Pat Roque)

South African protestors march downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday March 7, 2012. Tens of thousands of South Africans marched peacefully through their main cities in a protest organized by the country's biggest trade union federation against economic decisions made by the governing African National Congress. The Congress of South African Trade Unions, known as COSATU, is a close ally of the ANC, but often among its sharpest critics. (Jerome Delay)

A woman carries posters with photos of activists of human rights allegedly killed during a march to mark the International Day of Victims of State Crimes and ask the government for the restitution of land for victims of the country’s prolonged armed conflict and protection for activists in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday March 6, 2012. (Fernando Vergara)

Russian police officers detain opposition activists during a protest against alleged vote rigging in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 5, 2012. More then 100 protesters were arrested in St. Petersburg, where some 2,000 gathered for an unauthorized rally to protest Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's victory in Russian presidential election. (Dmitry Lovetsky)