Gen Z protests in Asia

Gen Z protests in Asia
Gen Z protests in Asia
Part of the Gen Z protests
	From top to bottom and left to right: July uprising, 2025 Indonesian protests, Aragalaya, Nepalese Gen Z revolution, Trillion Peso March
Date	2020–present
Location	East, South and Southeast Asia Bangladesh; Indonesia; Malaysia; Maldives; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nepal; Philippines; Sri Lanka; South Korea; Thailand; Timor-Leste; ;
Caused by	Authoritarianism; Censorship; Climate change; Cost of living; Democratic backsliding; Economic inequality; Electoral fraud; Economic mismanagement; Human rights violations; Inflation; Internet censorship; Military dictatorship; Nepotism; Opposition to ideologies of governments (in some countries and factions within); Police brutality; Political corruption; Political repression; Poverty; Racism; Religious persecution; Sexism; Unemployment;
Goals	Anti-corruption; Anti-racism; Civil liberty; Decolonisation; Democracy; Constitutionalism; Economic freedom; Environmentalism; Employment; Feminism; Free and fair elections; Freedom; Government transparency; Human rights; Islamisation; Justice; National independence; Neutral country; Political freedom; Reforms; Regime change; Republicanism; Revolution; Rights; Rule of law; Secularism; ;
Methods	Arson; Civil disobedience; Civil resistance; Civil war; Demonstrations; Insurgency; Internet activism; Looting; Media activism; Mutiny; Online activism; Protest; Rebellion; Riots; Sit-in; Strike action; Student activism; Vandalism; Youth activism;
Resulted in	See Gen Z Protests status

Since the early 2020s, a series of mostly Generation Z-led anti-government protests and uprisings have spread across South and Southeast Asia, with several leading to massive reforms and regime change. These protests began as a response to widespread corruption, nepotism, economic inequality and mismanagement, authoritarianism, and democratic backsliding. The protests in Bangladesh in 2024 are widely cited as the first successful Gen Z revolution in the world, inspiring similar Gen Z-led protests in other Asian countries including Nepal, Indonesia, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, and the Maldives. Governments were overthrown in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal; while protests in Indonesia and Timor-Leste achieved reversals of unpopular policies.