Blank paper protest

The message sent by such a protest is meant to be implicit and understood, but the lack of writing and slogans on the paper itself is designed to thwart efforts by authorities to prove that their prohibitions and regulations have been violated.

[5] In 1924, a newspaper in Kraków responded to official censorship by including blank sheets of paper as a special supplement.

[4] Protestors in the anti-war protests in Russia that followed the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine were arrested for holding up blank paper.

[8][9] At St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, protestors held up blank sheets of paper to protest the arrest of anti-monarchy demonstrators.

[12] In 1970, Anna Halprin organised a "Blank Placard Dance" by members of her San Francisco Dancers' Workshop.