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Protests around the world

Protests around the world
Protests in Hong Kong in 2019 and 2020 made headlines around the world. Here’s the latest news and updates from street protests happening elsewhere.
People light flares in Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday as they protest against the arrest of Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. Photo: AP
Turkey

Turks protest, opposition defiant over Istanbul mayor’s detention

Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s main political rival, was taken in on Wednesday facing charges of corruption and aiding a terrorist group.

Israel-Gaza war

Israel supreme court freezes PM bid to sack intelligence chief

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India

Are Indian films tapping Hindu nationalism to achieve box-office success?

Indonesia

Indonesia passes contentious changes to military law amid protests

Civil society groups have criticised the changes, saying it could take Indonesia back to the draconian era of former president Suharto.

Indonesian student activists protest against the revision of the country’s military law in front of the Parliament building in Jakarta. Photo: EPA-EFE
Israel-Gaza war

Netanyahu’s move to fire security agency chief threatens new crisis in Israel

Opponents organised protests on Monday after Ronen Bar’s dismissal while a former court president warned against the ‘dangerous’ move.

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Human rights

Serbia denies using sonic weapon at massive Belgrade protest

Opposition officials and Serbian rights groups claimed a ‘prohibited weapon’ was used against crowds in the capital on Saturday.

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South Koreans rally ahead of Yoon’s impeachment ruling

The Constitutional Court is expected to decide in the coming days whether to oust Yoon in South Korea’s worst political crisis in decades.

Protesters stage a rally calling for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to step down, in Seoul on Saturday. Photo: AP
South Korea

As South Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol walks free, his presidency hangs by a thread

Legal experts warn that Yoon’s release from detention is unlikely to shield him from the Constitutional Court’s decision on his removal.

Israel-Gaza war

Arrest of pro-Palestinian activist sparks outrage, Trump says ‘first of many’

US authorities have arrested a Palestinian recent graduate who played a leading role in last year’s pro-Gaza protests.

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Nepal

Thousands in Nepal want monarchy back, decry government corruption

Protests in 2006 forced the king to give up his authoritarian rule, and two years later the parliament voted to abolish the monarchy.

Nepal’s former King Gyanendra Shah waves as he arrives at Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Israel-Gaza war

Gaza protesters vandalise Trump’s Scottish golf resort

Palestine Action says Trump is treating Gaza like his property, and it wants to show ‘his own property is not safe’ from acts of resistance.

US President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course was vandalised by activists on Saturday. Photo: Palestine Action via PA Media/dpa
Israel-Gaza war

Man who scaled London’s Big Ben with Palestinian flag arrested

The barefoot protester spent hours on a ledge several metres up the landmark.

Indonesia

Emas or gelap? Prabowo’s golden dream and Indonesia’s ‘dark’ realities collide

With a shrinking middle class, falling commodity prices and youth unemployment on the rise, experts warn of an economic paradox in the making.

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United States

Trump cuts grants to Columbia University over antisemitism accusations

The Ivy League school has been at the centre of protests calling for an end to US support for Israel due to civilian deaths in the Gaza war.

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Student protesters gather inside their encampment on the Columbia University campus in New York in April 2024. Photo: AP
South Korea

South Koreans rally as Yoon’s impeachment verdict nears

Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans are set to gather in Seoul in one of the largest protests since President Yoon was impeached.

A supporter of impeached South Korean President Yoon shouts during a rally opposing his impeachment, in Seoul on Saturday. Photo: AP
Greece

Huge protests, strikes paralyse Greece on train crash anniversary

Anger against the government has grown, with opinion polls showing that most Greeks believe officials covered up evidence after the crash.

Indonesia

Why Chinese-Indonesian community backs Prabowo’s austerity drive amid protests

Indonesia was rocked by student protests last week over President Prabowo Subianto’s education budget cuts.

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Indonesia

‘Dark Indonesia’ protests mark first major test of Prabowo’s leadership

Analysts say the student-led protests could grow if economic conditions in the country deteriorate.

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People march during the ‘Indonesia Gelap’ (Dark Indonesia) protest against recent budget cuts and other policies, near the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 21. Photo: Reuters
South Korea martial law 2024

As Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment trial ends in South Korea, will he prevail?

Observers predict unanimous 8-0 decision, say it is ‘highly unlikely’ Yoon will be able to return to office given ‘ample evidence’ his actions violated the constitution.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh arrests thousands in crackdown dubbed ‘Operation Devil Hunt’

Police targeting criminals have arrested more than 8,600 people since February 8.

Germany

Police in Berlin break up protests in front of far-right AfD’s headquarters

Protest came as the AfD made historic gains in the German parliamentary election on Sunday.

People hold a protest near the AfD party headquarters in Berlin, Germany on Sunday. Photo: AP
Germany

Germany’s conservatives win election as far-right makes historic gains

Friedrich Merz, set to become new chancellor, took aim at the United States after his victory in Germany’s election.

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Friedrich Merz addresses supporters in Berlin after the German national election. Photo: AP
Pakistan

Pakistan NGO chief who alleged vote rigging has home sealed

Sarwar Bari’s report alleged widespread rigging in national elections last year, when a coalition of parties friendly to the military took power.

Indonesia

‘Dark Indonesia’ for Prabowo amid major protests against costly policies

Student protests across the country underline Prabowo’s ‘blunder and mediocre cabinet’ but are unlikely to ‘rock’ national politics, analysts note.

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Bangladesh

‘Critical juncture’: can Yunus overcome Hasina’s legacy and reform Bangladesh?

Bangladesh’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, must rebuild the nation after Sheikh Hasina’s regime was overthrown, while dealing with resistance from her supporters.

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Nobel laureate and chief adviser of Bangladesh’s new interim government, Muhammad Yunus greets the public after laying a wreath at the National Martyrs’ Memorial in Dhaka on August 9, 2024. Photo: AFP
Bangladesh

Rights group exposes 12 deaths in Bangladesh detention after PM Hasina ousted

A leading rights organisation reported 12 deaths of people in detention since last year’s student-led protests, alleging torture and extrajudicial killings by security forces.

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Protesters celebrate beside a defaced portrait of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after news of her resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2024. Photo: AP
European Union

Thousands in Greece protest over nation’s worst rail tragedy

There are claims that one of the two trains involved was carrying an illegal load of chemicals, which contributed to the death toll of 57.

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Donald Trump

Thousands protest Trump policies in cities across the US

The #50501 movement – 50 protests, 50 states, one day – denounces the US president, billionaire Elon Musk and the hard-right Project 2025.

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