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colour revolution
Also known as color revolution, coloured revolution, colored revolution, colour revolutions, color revolutions,
Key facts
- Date
- 5 October 2000 onwards
- Location
- Post-Soviet states , Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (today Serbia and Montenegro )
- Caused by
- Authoritarianism Electoral fraud Human rights violations Kleptocracy Political corruption
- Methods
- Civil disobedience Civil disorder Internet activism Nonviolent resistance Political demonstration Student activism
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The colour revolutions (also spelt color revolutions) are a series of often non-violent protests and accompanying (attempted or successful) changes of government and society taking place in post-Soviet states (particularly Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan) and the former Yugoslavia during the 21st century. The aim of the colour revolutions is to establish Western-style democracies. They were primarily triggered by election results widely viewed as falsified. The colour revolutions are marked by the use of the internet as a method of communication, as well as a strong role of non-governmental organizations in the protests.
Some of these movements have been successful in their goal of removing the government, such as: