Protesters have been holding up blank signs during a demonstration in defence of free speech after a number of anti-monarchists were arrested. Around a dozen people stood silently along St Giles ...

Police watched on as protesters held blank pieces of paper and anti-monarchy messages outside Parliament ... I think there is maybe a lesson to be learned there.” Controversy grew after a woman ...

held up blank A4-sized sheets of white paper in a sign of solidarity and a nod to the lack of free speech in China. Others posted white squares on their WeChat social media profiles. Viral photos also ...

Holding up the blank white paper says it all ... in an effort to avoid falling into the government’s crosshairs. Blank signs were used previously in Hong Kong during pro-democracy demonstrations ...

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 ...

They are standing near where the monarch has been lying at rest with blank signs to defend the right to peaceful protest.

But the blank sign has also become a lighting rod for abuse ... dozens more students were seen on the campus holding pieces of white paper, standing in silence. Demonstrators - hamstrung by ...

They function as bait: When security forces — often uniformed and well armed — detain a citizen holding a blank sign, the paranoia and irrationality of state power is thrown into relief.