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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.
Protesters in Pretoria chant slogans on Tuesday during a demonstration marking an unofficial deadline set by citizen-led groups for undocumented foreign nationals to leave South Africa. Photo: AFP
South Africa

Thousands protest in South Africa against immigration

Amid high unemployment, and a growing global backlash against foreigners, organisers want them to leave. 25,000 have already done so.

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Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina vows to return to Bangladesh ‘this year’ despite death sentence

Serbia

Serbians keep up protest after president says he will step down in weeks

Turkey

Turkish police detain dozens at Istanbul Gay Pride event held despite ban

Since 2015, the annual Pride march has been almost systematically banned and suppressed.

People being detained in Istanbul on Sunday. Photo: AP
Serbia

Serbia’s President Vucic says he’ll resign within weeks, amid student protests

The decision paves the way for early elections, something youth demonstrators in the country have demanded for over a year.

Indonesia

Dozens arrested in Indonesia after anti-government protest turns violent

Around 100 people had gathered in Surabaya to protest a fuel price increase and the president’s flagship free meals scheme.

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Czech Republic

Thousands protest Czech government plan for public broadcaster funding

Critics warn shifting TV and radio funding to the state budget will dismantle media independence.

A protest rally in Prague on Sunday in support of public media. Photo: Reuters
Americas and the Caribbean

Bolivian lawmakers approve state of emergency as protests choke supply chain

Analysts ⁠and legal experts have warned that the emergency powers could deepen unrest if they fail to address the protests’ underlying causes.

Animals

Iceland resumes whale hunt amid protest

It is one of the only three countries – alongside Japan and Norway – that still openly permit whaling.

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Africa

At least 30 deaths at DR Congo camp show Ebola could be spreading fast

All the victims had symptoms including headaches, fever and vomiting, which are associated with Ebola.

Displaced people watch a health worker in full personal protective equipment preparing to disinfect the area during the burial of Ebola victims at the Kigonze camp on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Bolivia’s president declares state of emergency, paving way for troop deployment

Protests have brought the country’s economy to a halt over issues ranging from the cutting of fuel subsidies to discontent over wages.

A soldier stands outside the Estado Mayor headquarters in La Paz on Saturday, after Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz declared a nationwide state of emergency following weeks of violence and blockades. Photo: Reuters
Britain

UK anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson says he was detained under terrorism laws

Police said a man in his 40s had been arrested under the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act as he flew back to Britain from Russia.

Switzerland

Thousands hold G7 protest in Geneva as world leaders prepare for France summit

Roughly 7,000 protesters clashed with police, set a car on fire and smashed the windows of a bank in the Swiss city on Sunday.

Crime

Belfast stabbing victim ‘improving’ and may soon wake from coma

Stephen Ogilvie lost his left eye and suffered deep head and back wounds in a brutal attack that sparked violent unrest in Northern Ireland.

Police attempt to disperse protesters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday. Photo: AP
Britain

Belfast reeling as street violence and online ‘hit lists’ terrify minorities

UK minister says violence in Northern Ireland is ‘racist thuggery’ as ethnic minorities are targeted.

Masked rioters clash with police blocking their way to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Glengormley, north of Belfast, on Wednesday night. Photo: AFP
Keir Starmer

Police fire water cannon in Belfast as stabbing sparks second night of unrest

Masked crowds clash with riot police as a Sudanese man is charged in a brutal knife attack that has left the city reeling.

Pakistan

Acid attack on female doctor forces Pakistani women to reconsider medicine

The attack on Mahnoor Nasir at her hospital has shown the risk of violence and social disparities women face in Pakistan.

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Britain

Protesters torch buildings and vehicles, block roads over Belfast stabbing

A suspect from Sudan has been arrested for the brutal attack that was captured in a graphic video.

Vehicles set on fire by protesters burn on Lendrick Street in east Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Africa

Kenya police fire tear gas, arrest ex-chief justice at national park protest

Hundreds of activists join protest against plans to build on part of a national ‌park in Kenya’s capital.

India

Hundreds join protest led by India’s viral ‘cockroach’ youth movement

The mock political party with over 22 million ‌Instagram followers is the largest online expression of dissent against ⁠Narendra Modi.

Africa

Kenya health minister says US Ebola quarantine centre will proceed amid protests

Kenyans are angry their land is being used by a foreign power in a way that has colonial undertones, and over the risk of Ebola spreading.

Activists shout slogans as they carry a mock coffin during a protest against an Ebola facility in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday. Photo: EPA
Britain

Clashes erupt in UK city over racially charged case of handcuffed dying student

Police face investigation for handcuffing 18-year-old Henry Nowak as he lay ⁠dying due to a racism accusation.

Police confront demonstrators in Southampton amid outrage over the case of handcuffed student Henry Nowak. Photo: Reuters
Africa

Protests over US Ebola centre in Kenya kill 2

A Kenyan court blocked the proposed US Ebola quarantine centre for another three weeks.

Africa

Young Kenyans protest Ebola quarantine centre for US citizens

Health Minister Aden Duale has said the quarantine centre was for ‘everyone’ and not exclusively for US nationals.

Donald Trump

‘Gestapo tactics’: Springsteen hits out at Trump, announces protest festival

Rock icon launches ‘Power to the People’ line-up as artists back out of Trump’s US 250th anniversary events.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performing in 2024. Photo: TNS
Americas and the Caribbean

Bolivia’s president offers to slash own salary by half to end protests

Embattled leader’s pay cut gesture comes as the nation enters its fourth week of political and social unrest.

Scenes on Monday in La Paz, where protesters have blocked roads for nearly a month. Photo: Reuters
Turkey

Turkish riot police storm opposition party HQ to evict ousted leadership

Security forces unleash tear gas and rubber bullets inside CHP offices following a highly controversial court ruling.

Bangladesh

Bangladesh protestors clash with police over alleged child rape

Protesters tried to seize a man accused of raping a four-year-old girl who is now undergoing treatment in hospital.

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