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Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet Union states
Of the color revolutions, the Velvet Revolution of 1989 in the Czechoslovak capital, Prague was one of them. Though the Velvet Revolution began as a celebration of International Students Day, the single event quickly turned into an anti-communist movement. The demonstration had quickly turned violent when police intervened. However, the police attacks garnered nationwide sympathy for the student protesters. Soon enough multiple other protests unraveled in an effort to breakdown the one party communist regime of Czechoslovakia. The series of protests were successful; they broke down the communist regime and implemented the use of democratic elections in 1990, only a few months after the first protest.

Norway
Similar to the students of Sweden, many student activists have emerged in Norway to protest climate change. While Norway is commonly viewed as a model country when it comes to combatting climate change, students in Norway say there's more to be done. Though the country has put forth many internal climate combatting initiatives, students worry over the country's exportation of oil and gas.

Pakistan
Historically throughout Pakistan, university students have led protests against dictatorships and militant regimes. In the 1960's, the National Student Federation and the Peoples student federation worked together to protest against their current militant regime. That regime was run by General Ayub Khan, the second president of Pakistan.

In 2012, Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban when standing up for the right of girls in Pakistan to receive an education. Surviving the attack, Yousafzai continued on as an activist for women’s education. She has since written two books stressing the importance of girl’s education not only in her home of Pakistan, but also around the world. Her first book, I am Malala, details her own experience; while her second book, We Are Displaced, details the lives of girls she met from refugee camps. In 2014, she became the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize. She was 17 years of age upon accepting the award.

South Africa
In the 1970s, students in South Africa contributed to the movement against the apartheid. On June 16th of 1976, students congregated in what would come to be known at the Soweto Uprising. Here, they led a peaceful protest in response to the Bantu Education Act of 1953. In an attempt to break apart the protest, police met the students with violence and force. The violence that ensued during the uprising led many to sympathize with the protesting students. The exposed nature of the apartheid caused an international abhorrence leading to it's deconstruction.

Sweden
In 2018, Greta Thunberg caught international attention when she began missing classes to protest climate change. What began as sitting outside Sweden’s parliament with fliers in hand, quickly became an international student movement. On March 15 of 2019, students from more than 112 countries skipped school for the global climate strike.

Thailand
The overthrow of Thai leader Field Marshall Thanom Kittikachorn was primarily led by students. Called the 14 October 1973 Uprising, students were successful in overthrowing his military dictatorship and restoring democracy. In addition to Thanom, they also overthrew deputy Field Marshall Praphas Charusathien. After Thanom was overthrown he was forced into exile, but in 1976 returned to become a monk. Although he swore to stay out of politics, the presence of him caused student protests to begin again. On October 6th of 1976, many protestors died at the hands of right-wing militants that had torn through Thammasat University in response to the protests.

Left-wing students are now known to protest any Thanom-styled regime.

Brazil
On August 11th of 1937, the União Nacional de Estudantes was formed as a platform for students to create change in Brazil. The organization had worked well to unite students all over Brazil. However, in the 1940's the group had aligned more with socialism. Then in the 1950's the group changed alignment again, this time aligning with more conservative values. The União Metropolitana dos Estudantes rose up in replacement of the once socialist União Nacional de Estudantes. However, it wasn't long until União Nacional de Estudantes once again sided with socialism, thus joining forces with the União Metropolitana dos Estudantes.

The União Nacional de Estudantes was influential in the democratization of higher education. Their first significant feat occurred during World War II when they convinced their leader to join the side of the Allies.

In 1964, the UNE was outlawed after elected leader Goulart was disposed of power by a military coup. The militant regime terrorized students in an effort to make them subservient. In 1966, students began protesting anyways despite the reality of further terror.

All the protests led up to the March of the One Hundred Thousand in June of 1968. Organized by the UNE, this protest was the largest yet. Though, a few months later the government passed Institutional Act Number Five which officially banned students from any further protest.