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 ...

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.

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 ...

Police watched on as protesters held blank pieces of paper and anti-monarchy messages ... Controversy grew after a woman holding a “Not My King” sign was filmed being escorted away from parliament by ...

Videos and photos circulated online show students across China holding up blank sheets of ... Russian protestors resorted to blank signs in March after dissent against the war in Ukraine was ...

Posting a video of a blank piece of paper, the user wrote: "Silence speaks louder here, those who understand know." Signs of protest are censored on Weibo Information about protesters holding up ...

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 ...

The incident has been compared to the March 2022 arrest of a woman in Russia who was dragged away by police for holding a blank sign amid a brutal crackdown on dissent over the invasion of Ukraine.

Photos and videos online show people, including students, taking to the streets holding blank pieces of paper in ... they cannot be arrested for holding signs saying nothing.