Garel statue protest

Garel statue protest
Date	Age of the Empire
Place	Garel
Outcome	Dissidents arrested
Participants	Dissidents Galactic Empire

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"A few rogue dissidents staged an impromptu protest, which was quickly neutralized by the local authorities."

―Alton Kastle

During the Age of the Empire, several dissidents on the planet Garel staged an impromptu protest against the local Imperial authorities' destruction of a controversial statue by the artist Janyor of Bith. The Coalition for Progress, a division of the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order, had advocated its destruction on the grounds that it had fallen into a state of disrepair and posed a danger to the public. The dissidents were promptly arrested by the local Imperial authorities. The statue's demolition and the ensuing protest was reported by the Imperial HoloNet News broadcaster Alton Kastle, who reported the official Imperial line unquestioningly.

Appearances

• HoloNet News Special Report: Controversial Statue Finally Destroyed (article) (content now obsolete; backup link) (First mentioned)

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