| The protests were explosions of anger in which typically anywhere between 500 and 1,000 protesters blocked busy roads with burning barricades. |
| So the Sikh protesters in Birmingham got their way, and succeeded in forcing a theatre to close a play they took exception to. |
| The Sikh protesters objected to violent scenes in the play being set in a gurdwara and to the depiction of the giani as an out of touch buffoon. |
| Another group of about 1,000 protesters said they were fighting for the right of abode for their mainland relatives. |
| Through the closed window in the chambers, the rhythmic exhortations of the protesters could be heard. |
| About 40 protesters blockaded the Burnhills landfill last Saturday and prevented delivery of six wagonloads of waste. |
