People have been arrested for holding up anti-royalist slogans (Picture: PA/AFP/Getty) Protesters have been holding up blank signs during a demonstration in defence of free speech after a number ...

‘If you fear a blank sheet of paper, you are weak inside.’ — One much-quoted social media post from China. The antecedents of white-paper protests stretch back at least as far as 1924, when ...

Protesters with blank pieces of paper have become a common sight at demonstrations against Chinese authorities in recent days. People held blank signs at a vigil in Shanghai for victims of an ...

People are holding up blank white sheets of paper in China to protest COVID lockdowns. It's become a symbol of defiance against the Communist Party. By Cheryl Teh ...

The blank paper is reported to be a statement about protesters being silenced and also to taunt authorities as they cannot be arrested for holding signs saying nothing.

Demonstrators hold blank signs during a protest in Beijing, China, on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Bloomberg via Getty Images “The white paper represent[s] everything we want to say but cannot say ...

One social media compared the scenes in Russia to recent arrests in the UK and said: “UK barrister and activist Paul Powlesland has been threatened with arrest for holding up a blank sheet of paper.

Police watched on as protesters held blank pieces of paper and anti-monarchy messages outside Parliament in response to arrests made after the death of the Queen.. Around a dozen protesters stood in ...

BEIJING: Holding up blank pieces of paper, co-opting the national anthem, complicated wordplays: protesters in China are devising a myriad of creative ways to voice dissent against the government ...

Protesters holding blank signs and banners gathered outside St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh where the Queen's coffin has been lying at rest. A small group of people stood opposite the historic ...

This is the moment a barrister holding up a blank piece of paper was threatened with arrest by a police officer in Parliament Square. Paul Powlesland held up a blank sign to an officer amid a ...