Global Protest Watch: Is Slovenia Next?

More than 14,000 people have become members of a Facebook group calling for Dimitrij Rupel, “perennial foreign minister” of Slovenia, to step down according to Reuters. Last week we reported on the Croatian protests which were organized on Facebook and attracted over 3,000 people to the country’s capital on Friday.

Facebook is rapidly becoming a center for political dissent throughout Eastern Europe and the protest trend appears to be spreading. Currently the group has not organized any formal protest event but a rapidly growing Facebook group can now be considered an early warning sign.

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