The Israel-Palestinian conflict continues with fresh acts of violence being committed since early May. Over the weekend, thousands of protesters gathered in major cities across the globe to show their …
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia and other U.S. cities on Saturday to demand an end to Israeli airstrikes over the …
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Hundreds turned out on Friday morning and laid flowers in public places to remember victims of a brutal crackdown by the country’s military junta. Protesters have been placing floral tributes …
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Myanmar military, aiming to silence protests and protesters, now sets its sights on journalists
With mobile communications blocked, Facebook banned and nightly internet shutdowns, Myanmar’s mainstream media has come to rely on citizen journalists for videos and news tips Ten days after seizing power …
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Myanmar’s junta announced Wednesday it is implementing a unilateral one-month ceasefire, but made an exception for actions that disrupt the government’s security and administrative operations — a clear reference to …
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Long sentences and fines will also apply to those found to incite “hatred or contempt” towards the coup leaders, the military said. The legal changes were announced as armoured vehicles …
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Farmers' unions demand high-level judicial inquiry into Republic Day violence, cases against protesters
Samyukta Kisan Morcha leaders asked farmers who are getting police notices not to appear before the force directly and instead approach the legal cell constituted by the unions for any …
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California Governor Gavin Newsom Heckled By Protesters And Politicians Alike As State’s Covid-19 Mistakes Multiply
California Governor Gavin Newsom was heckled at a live news conference on Wednesday as he sought to explain the state’s evolving response to the Covid-19 pandemic. “RE-call NEW-som! RE-call NEW-som!” …
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Myanmar: Protesters resume agitation, march for sixth consecutive day as US sanctions military generals
Security forces used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets against protesters, with isolated reports emerging of live rounds also being fired Traditional Myanmar spirit mediums hold up signs during …
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Ten years ago I watched as protesters toppled Egypt's brutal regime. Now their hopes of a new era of freedom lie in tatters
A few days after the revolutionary high of the 2011 anti-regime protests in Cairo, demanding the resignation of then Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the mood had shifted. Pro-government thugs were …
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The mood on the streets was both festive and tense. In a matter of days, protests against the military coup in Myanmar had swelled to hundreds of thousands of people, …
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After an important virtual discussion with New Delhi’s envoy, US Caucus has asked the Indian government to ensure that the norms of democracy are maintained and protesters should be allowed …
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On Sunday, in the town of Myawaddy on Myanmar’s eastern border with Thailand, police shot into the air in an evident effort to disperse a rowdy crowd. Tension in the …
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Centre sensitive to farmers’ demands but protesters have not given ‘concrete suggestions’, says Piyush Goyal
The government has held 11 rounds of talks with farmer leaders so far, the last one on 22 January before the Republic Day tractor parade that led to violent clashes …
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People marched through Monywa, in the heart of Myanmar, and Mawlamyine, on the eastern coast, demanding an end to military rule. They refused to disperse in the casino town of …
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Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night, demanding his resignation. The protesters have been gathering each week in central Jerusalem for …
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Lau Ka-tung struggled to breathe. He’d been locked in a room that smelled of feces, he said, with a man who kept banging his head on the wall. The lights …
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Mia Khalifa hits back at trolls and protesters who took a dig at her pornstar past — read tweet | Bollywood Life
Mia Khalifa, the Lebanese-American former adult star, found herself in hot waters when she tweeted in support of Indian farmers who have been agitating over the past two months against …
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Spoke to farmers in Tihar Jail, will write detailed report on arrests of protesters, says journalist Mandeep Punia
Punia, who was granted bail after being arrested by the Delhi Police at the Singhu protest site last week, said that the episode ‘turned out to be an opportunity’ for …
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Parliament LIVE Updates: Violence on R-Day is 'undemocratic', but innocent protesters should not be implicated, says Ghulam Nabi Azad
Parliament LIVE Updates: Congress’ Ghulam Nabi Azad invoked Indigo movement and Kheda satyagraha, both led by Mahatma Gandhi, while discussing farm laws in Rajya Sabha. ‘No strength is greater than …
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Russian Police detain over 1,600 protesters who demanded Opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s release – World News , Firstpost
Navalny, the best-known critic of President Vladimir Putin, was arrested on 17 January after his return from Germany, where he spent five months recovering from nerve-agent poisoning that he blames …
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According to OVD-Info, an independent site that monitors arrests, 1,009 people have been detained so far across the country over the unsanctioned protests. This number is expected to increase. Navalny’s …
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Motorists in line at one of the country’s largest vaccination sites were briefly halted on Saturday afternoon as demonstrators descended on Dodger Stadium, the authorities said. At about 1:50 p.m. …
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Anti-vaxxer and far-right protesters blocked the entrance of a mass vaccine site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Saturday, forcing officials to temporarily shut down the operation. Dozens of protesters …
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A group of around 150 men claiming to be local residents got past three layers of security barricades Friday to reach the protest site at the Singhu border to Delhi, …
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The Constitutional Tribunal, the country’s top court, which issued the ruling, said that “human life has value in every phase of its evolution, and as a value, the source of …