Tag: protest

Almost 1,600 Russians, including at least two children and 703 Muscovites, were arrested during opposition rallies that took place all ...

Tens of Thousands of Armenians Shut Down Capital in Show of Defiance

2018/05/02

Tens of thousands of Armenians converged on the capital Wednesday, blocking key transport links and government buildings.

Tens of Thousands Protest in Armenia Amid Deepening Crisis

2018/04/25

Armenia's turmoil deepened on Wednesday as tens of thousands of people took to the streets after the opposition accused the ...

Police Arrest Dozens of Opposition Protesters in Armenia

2018/04/20

Armenian police arrested dozens of people on Friday as hundreds of opposition supporters staged sit-ins to protest ex-president Serzh Sarkisian's ...

I am an Oklahoma Educator. Our Kids Deserve Better.

by Sarah Bailey-Price

2018/04/09

Oklahoma is 50th in the United States for per student spending. Whatever your political leanings, it is undeniable that children ...

Turkey Accuses Israel of ‘Disproportionate’ Use of Force in Gaza

2018/03/30

Turkey accused Israel of using "disproportionate force" against the Palestinians as clashes in Gaza near the Israeli border left at ...

Egyptian Authorities Jail 17 for Life Over Deadly 2014 Unrest

2018/02/11

A Cairo court on Sunday handed 17 people life sentences over unrest that saw the deaths of three civilians during ...

‘This is Our Country’: Thousands of Russians Protest Against Presidential Election

by Evgenia Sokolovskaya

2018/01/28

Thousands of Russians gathered on Sunday to participate in the fourth protest organized by opposition leader Alexey Navalny.

14 Myanmar University Students Expelled After Education Protest

2018/01/27

Fourteen students have been expelled from a Myanmar university after staging a campus protest calling for more education funding.

Four Moroccan Journalists are on Trial for Publishing Parliamentary Debate

2018/01/25

Hundreds protested on Thursday outside a Moroccan court in support of four journalists being tried for publishing content deemed confidential.

A protest in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

UN: At Least 5 Dead in DR Congo Crackdown on Protest Against President

2018/01/21

At least five people were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN said, as authorities cracked down on ...

Iranian official: 52 Arrested in Economy Protests in Mashhad City

2017/12/29

An Iranian official said Friday that 52 people had been arrested in the previous day's protests against high prices.

New Protests in Iraqi Kurdistan as Residents Seethe at Authorities

by Staff Writer with AFP

2017/12/22

Demonstrators irate at the authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan took to the streets for a fifth day Friday.

DR Congo Recruited Rebels for Deadly Crackdown on Protests: HRW

by Staff Writer with AFP

2017/12/04

Former militants were recruited by the Democratic Republic of Congo government for a bloody crackdown on protests against the president ...

Pakistan’s Capital Paralyzed as Hardline Religious Group Stages Protest

by Staff Writer with AFP

2017/11/13

Protesters from a hardline religious group blocked the main highway into Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, for the sixth day ...

Opposition March Becomes Rare Protest Stage For Turkey’s Purge Victims

by Abdullah Ayasun

2017/06/16

Uncle Veysel, as known by the Turkish public, had spent 11 months in front of Caglayan Courthouse in a desperate ...

Turkey’s Opposition Launch 250-Mile March In Protest Over MP Arrest

2017/06/15

After the imprisonment of a prominent lawmaker from main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Wednesday, CHP leader and thousands ...

Turkey’s Opposition Calls For Re-Run Of Vote

by Abdullah Ayasun

2017/04/19

Two days after Turkey's historic referendum, the opposition parties do not show up conceding to accept the result, 51.3% of ...

How Last-Minute Ruling by Electoral Board Changed Everything

2017/04/23