Editing Mallacaland Revolution (section)

==History==
===Intial Protest===
The Ministry of Religious Affairs's guidelines had often frustrated reformers with the guidelines being enforced by police. On January 2nd, 2021 a mural appeared at Mallacaland City University declaring "Mallacaland Rising" The spread of the mural on social media led to nationwide attention, especially after videos of students being arrested as police searched for the original painter. The next day, an impromptu protest was joined in mass by a mix of officer workers and school students. The same night, a group of people dressed as protestors stormed Mallacaland International Airport disrupting passengers and leading to the cancellation of flights. Internal documents later revealed this as a false flag operation by the Royal Guard in association with local gangs. Surprisingly the next day, King Abdin II met with protestors gathered outside the Palace of Mallacaland speaking to a selected group of activists. Experts suggest King Abdin II had always been sympathetic to the movement and simply created an excuse for planned actions. 
===First Coup===
King Abdin II was removed by the Council of Emirs for supporting the protests. Although the initial coup was bloodless, supporters of King Abdin II were removed from Royal Offices and the younger cousin of Abdin II and grandchild of Abdin I was declared as [[King Hassan]] (now known as King Abdin III). However, because of his age of 10 years at the time, a regent was put in place. Although he had been initially criticized, King Abdin II quickly became a leader in the non-violent protests against the government that had removed him from power. Around the same much of the local police forces declared themselves loyal to King Abdin II and refused to cooperate with the new King's orders to combat protesters. Eventually, Mallacaland Rising was created as a central organizing front, with the flag of the group becoming the symbol of resistance. On January 11th, over 150,000 protesters surrounded the Royal Palace, eventually, King Abdin II negotiated for free elections as initially demanded by protesters. At this time [[Slokais Islands]] sent peacekeepers to ensure the election. 
===Febuary 2021 Election===
On January 23rd, the SIS Victoria City docked in Mallacaland Harbor deploying a small unit of Slokasian Peacekeepers. Initial protests continued ahead of the election although government curfews kept protests limited. During the week leading up to the election, multiple reports of voter intimidation tarnished the promised free and fair election. Because of these tactics and government provisions to election laws, opposition parties made minimal gains against the dominant Mallacaland Union Party. Post-election violence largely failed to be contained by outnumbered peacekeepers, who were attacked by both police and protesters.
===Lauchenoiria Incident===
On February 3rd, after the government of [[Lauchenoiria]] suggested imposing sanctions on Mallacaland<ref>Lauchenoiria, ''Mallacaland Riseing'', https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2128&pid=21885#pid21885 (3 Feb 2021)</ref>, federal police raided the Lauchenoirian Cultural Center, injuring and taking hostage those inside; as well as surrounding the Lauchenoirian Embassy and demanding those inside exited<ref>Slokais, ''Mallacaland Riseing'', https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2128&pid=21887#pid21887 (3 Feb 2021)</ref>. This incident triggered an international backlash against the government of Mallacaland<ref>Xiomera, ''Mallacaland Riseing'', https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2128&pid=21889#pid21889 (3 Feb 2021)</ref><ref>Libertas Omnium Maximus, ''Mallacaland Riseing'', https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2128&pid=21891#pid21891 (3 Feb 2021)</ref><ref>Democratic Republic of Eiria, ''Mallacaland Riseing'', https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2128&pid=21892#pid21892 (3 Feb 2021)</ref>. The government of King Hassan demanded 40 million dollars from Lauchenoiria for the release of hostages, however Lauchenoiria refused to pay this ransom and threatened military strikes if hostages were not released within 48 hours<ref>Lauchenoiria, ''Mallacaland Riseing'', https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2128&pid=21895#pid21895 (4 Feb 2021)</ref>. Because of the incident and growing international pressure, Muharrem II of [[Serriel]] visited King Hassan<ref>Laeral, ''Mallacaland Riseing'', https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2128&pid=21896#pid21896 (5 Feb 2021)</ref> as well as Prime Minister Mohamed Karif. The combination of both of these events led to the eventual release of hostages<ref>Slokais, ''Mallacaland Riseing'', https://idugov.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2128&pid=21898#pid21898 (5 Feb 2021)</ref>. Leaked documents revealed in 2023 indicated that following the incident, Lauchenoiria considered the possibility of a military invasion of Mallacaland before deciding against the idea<ref>Xiomera, "Xiomeran media accuse Lauchenoiria of planning invasion of Mallacaland", https://media.idugov.com/2023/09/18/xiomeran-media-accuse-lauchenoiria-of-planning-invasion-of-mallacaland/ (18 Sep 2023)</ref>.