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indigenous leader leading protests released in Ecuador
In Ecuador, protests against rising fuel prices, and more generally the government’s economic policy, continue. The president of Conaie, the country’s largest indigenous organization, was briefly arrested on Tuesday. Police…
Hundreds are punished after protests in Cuba
The protests were the largest in 60 years in the country. People demanded better living conditions and greater civil liberties in the one-party state. One person was killed and many…
Protests against the shootings are taking place in hundreds of places around the United States
A printout from Dagens Nyheter, 2022-06-12 03:56 The original address of the article: https://www.dn.se/varlden/protester-pa-hundratals-plats-mot-skjutningarna-i-usa/ Updated Yesterday 21:59 Published Yesterday 21:07 Thousands of people braved the rain and gathered in Washington…
Violent protests across the country after comments made about Muhammad
Demonstrations in many cities across India took place on Friday June 10 and violent clashes with law enforcement led to hundreds of arrests and two people being killed. The dismissal…
Massive protests following statements about Islam
India is in diplomatic conflict with several Muslim countries, after spokesmen for the Hindu nationalist ruling BJP party spoke out about Islam. One of the statements, which concerned the Prophet…
Strike at the Quai d’Orsay: “Being a diplomat cannot be improvised”, protests a former ambassador
For the first time since 2003 – and the second time in its history – part of the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was on strike, this Thursday,…
two dead in new protests against military rule
In Sudan, two demonstrators died on Saturday May 28 during new marches against military power. These new deaths bring to 98 the death toll in the repression of the demonstrations…
Protests over house race are met with tear gas
Iranian security forces used tear gas against protesters who showed their rage over a house race that claimed at least 28 lives. The Metropol building in Abadan in southwestern Iran…
Russian journalist Marina Ovsjannikova protests live in a German newspaper
Ovsjannikova was arrested and fined immediately after her anti-war protest. He is due to report to the German media from Russia and Ukraine. The German newspaper Die Welt has reported…
pro-Russian protests in Germany spark controversy
In Germany, several pro-Russian demonstrations were organized this weekend across the country by members of the Russian-speaking community. “Against hatred and harassment”, “Truth and freedom of opinion rather than propaganda”.…