Yeah, except peaceful protests are banned and civil disobedience is useless. If you gather in the square the police has the right to beat you and arrest you, and they are fighting to oppose that. If you do nothing, you are silently accepting laws against protests and freedoms as just and fair. Between those choices, the only solution is violence, to show that state isn't strong enough to suppress you.

    A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than 
    a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
    -- Gandhi