Youth protests 2026
Student and youth-led protest movements around the world in 2026.
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Key people and organizations
- Cockroach Janta PartyYouth-led protest movement in India13 events
- Abhijeet DipkeFounder and National Convenor, Cockroach Janta Party7 events
- Saurav DasCo-Convener, Cockroach Janta Party5 events
- Delhi PolicePolice force of the National Capital Territory of Delhi4 events
- Ashutosh RankaCo-Convener, Cockroach Janta Party3 events
- Ajinkya ShindeNational Organisation In-charge, Cockroach Janta Party3 events
- Sonam WangchukEngineer, education reformer and activist from Ladakh3 events
- Gyanesh KumarChief Election Commissioner of India2 events
Events
- Half a million join youth-led cost-of-living protests across FranceStudents, unions and yellow-vest groups marched over living costs and fuel prices; dozens were detained in Paris.
- Dipke detained a third time as police block Delhi rallyPolice took the founder into preventive detention before a rally for two jailed leaders; he was released the next day.
- CJP leaders detained again after entering Jantar MantarAbout 20 volunteers, including three leaders, were detained a day after the site was closed to protests.
- CJP leaders detained at Delhi airport ahead of Jantar Mantar protestPolice detained the movement's leaders on arrival as Delhi was locked down to stop a rally against the election chief.
- Cockroach Janta Party elects national leadershipDipke became National Convenor, with Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka as Co-Conveners.
- RSS leader calls Jantar Mantar student protest 'anti-national'At an ABVP meeting, Atul Limaye said the protest was taken over by "the wrong people". Dipke hit back.
- Police allege Pakistan-handled suspect planned to disrupt Jantar Mantar protestWest Bengal police say a man they arrested planned to enter the student protest dressed as a police officer. The claim is untested in court.
- Dharmendra Pradhan resigns as Education MinisterThe minister resigned after weeks of student protests over the NEET paper leak.
- Wangchuk ends 26-day hunger strike after talks with governmentTwo Union ministers met the movement, and the hunger strike ended on agreed conditions.
- Banned SFJ head Pannun claims he will fund CJP protestsIn an unverified video, the Khalistan separatist leader offered US$1 million on conditions. No transfer has been reported.
- Wangchuk removed from Jantar Mantar; march to Parliament meets tear gasPolice removed Wangchuk on a court order, then clashed with a "Sansad Chalo" march toward Parliament.
- Sonam Wangchuk begins hunger strike at Jantar MantarThe Ladakh activist joined the students with an indefinite hunger strike.
- Students begin indefinite Jantar Mantar protest over NEET paper leakThe Cockroach Janta Party began an indefinite sit-in demanding the Education Minister's resignation.
- RJD MP Manoj Jha denies funding the Cockroach Janta PartyA venue letter he wrote for a CJP press conference went viral; he and the CJP say there is no funding link.
- Cockroach Janta Party launched onlineActivist Abhijeet Dipke launched a satirical youth movement that drew a huge following within a week.