Tag: protest
President declares state of emergency, protest continues
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), the country’s largest organization of indigenous peoples, has said the movement will continue until its demands are heard. After demonstrations enamelled with…
pensioners protest after being deprived of their pensions
In Gabon, the National Social Security Fund (CNSS) is in crisis. The public institution can no longer pay its own employees and is struggling to pay pensions for retirees. The…
Sudan’s “Spiderman”, a figure of protest, speaks
Since last October and General Al-Burhane’s coup d’etat, he has taken part in demonstrations in the streets of Khartoum dressed in his red superhero costume, facing tear gas canisters and…
Mexico’s president jumps summit in protest
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will not attend the Summit of the Americas summit after the United States excluded three other countries from the summit. The summit, organized by…
Police Response to Government Protest in Armenia
Police intervened in the anti-government demonstrations in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It is stated that at least 50 people were hospitalized in the incidents. Videos from the demonstrations show…
Protest wave in Iran after rising food prices
Facts: The subsidies in Iran Ever since the war against Iraq in the 1980s, import-dependent Iran has helped importers increase their purchasing power abroad, despite the fluctuating value of the…
Vallee fined $2,000 for organizing anti-lockdown protest; calls it ‘sad day’ for democracy
A Chatham woman who ran for Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada in last year’s federal election grudgingly pleaded guilty May 18 for organizing an anti-lockdown protest in violation of…
the traditional parties are making a strong comeback in Parliament despite the breakthrough in the protest
The first legislative elections in Lebanon since the start of the crisis, in 2019, were marked by a return of the traditional parties, a breakthrough of protest candidates and strong…
after the Sorbonne, high schools towards a protest path?
After the blocking of the Sorbonne or Science Po, a call for demonstration is launched by student unions, but also high school students. In Paris, as everywhere in France, demonstrations…
Amelisweerd action group wants to train 3000 tree climbers for A27 protest
The government plans mean that ‘Amelisweerd not Asphalt’ wants to have a group of tree climbers ready, should the felling suddenly become a reality. That is why a tree climbing…