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{{Infobox civil conflict
| title       = 2001 Quebec protests
| partof      = [[Anti-globalization movement]]
| image       = Quebec-city-protests--yellow-zone.jpg
| caption     = Tear gas thrown at protesters on 21 April 2001 near the security wall encircling the meeting site
| alt         = 
| date        = April 20, 2001 – April 22, 2001
| place       = [[Quebec]], Canada
| coordinates = 
| causes      = 
* [[3rd Summit of the Americas]]
| status      = 
| goals       = 
* Ban on summits and an end to the [[3rd Summit of the Americas]]
| result      = 
* Protests suppressed by force
| methods     = [[Demonstration (political)|Demonstration]]s, [[Riots]]
| arrests     = 
}}

The '''2001 Quebec protests''' were a series of popular civil protests and [[riots]] against the [[3rd Summit of the Americas]], from 20 to 22 April in [[Quebec City]]. Mass protests was met with [[tear gas]] and grenades was thrown by police, who claimed demonstrators were storming buildings. Protests ceased on 22 April.<ref>{{cite web|title=Police fire water cannon, tear gas in Quebec City|date=April 22, 2001|agency=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/police-fire-water-cannon-tear-gas-in-quebec-city-1.291444}}</ref>

==Background==
The province of [[Quebec]] is known for its history of protest movements, including its movement for [[Quebec sovereignty movement|independence from Canada]]. Quebec had seen harsh police repression and [[police brutality]] during previous protests.{{which|date=July 2023}} In 1968, 1974, 1986 and [[1996 Quebec student protests|1996]] movements occurred throughout the state. Protesters marched for their rights and an end of the [[3rd Summit of the Americas]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Quebec braced for protest march|date=April 21, 2001|agency=CNN|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/04/21/summit.americas.01/index.html}}</ref>

==Protests==
Police claimed that their actions were justified in protecting delegates from "red-zone" attempts to break through the fence, as well as to violent protesters destroying property and attacking the police, the media, and other protesters.<ref>{{cite web|title=Protesters battle police at Summit of Americas|date=April 20, 2001|agency=CNN|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/04/20/summit.americas.02/index.html}}</ref>

Many protesters accused the police of excessive force, claiming that the police's abundant use of tear gas and [[rubber bullets]] was both completely disproportionate to the scale of violence, and primarily directed at unarmed, peaceful demonstrators with dispersal of violent protesters an afterthought. A number of protesters were severely injured by rubber bullets; also, [[tear gas]] canisters were fired directly at protesters on numerous occasions, in violation of the protocols governing their use. They also criticized the actions of prison authorities. Altogether, the [[anti-globalization movement]] described the actions of the police in [[Quebec City]] as an attempt to suppress dissent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fighting the FTAA: Quebec City, 2001|date=June–July 2001|agency=The Thistle|url=http://www.mit.edu/~thistle/v13/4/quebec.html}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[2012 Quebec student protests]]
==References==
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