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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.
National Guard troops and other law enforcement clash with demonstrators in Los Angeles on June 8. Photo: Kyodo
Los Angeles protests

Trial starts over Trump’s deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles

The outcome of the case could set a precedent for how Donald Trump can deploy the Guard in California or other states in the future.

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Britain

London police arrest 365 pro-Palestinian demonstrators defying new law

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Belarus

Putin ally Lukashenko says he won’t seek another term as Belarus president

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh sets February election date

The announcement of the parliamentary election comes a year after the uprising that ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

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People hold Bangladesh’s national flag as they celebrate during a government-organised event in Dhaka on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Malaysia

‘Deeply regressive’: sanitary pad protest stirs outrage in Malaysia

The DAP’s stunt came days after a new report detailing how menstrual stigma affects Malaysian girls’ school attendance and mental well-being.

Brazil

Bolsonaro placed under house arrest, heightening Brazil-US tensions

Trump administration lashes Supreme Court justice who ordered house arrest of former president.

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Indonesia

Indonesians fly anime pirate flag in Independence Day protest

The flag from Japanese anime One Piece has become an unlikely symbol of defiance in Indonesia, prompting warnings of ‘criminal consequences’.

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A man in Indonesia holds a One Piece flag with an active volcano in the background. Photo: Facebook
Bangladesh

Bangladesh protest victim, witness gives evidence in ex-PM Hasina trial

Khokon Chandra Barman’s face was ripped apart by gunshot during the protests last year. He lost his left eye the same day Hasina fled by helicopter.

Australia

Tens of thousands march for Palestine on Sydney Harbour Bridge

Some of those attending the march, called by its organisers the ‘March for Humanity’, carried pots and pans as symbols of the hunger.

Bangladesh

‘Did we really win?’: Bangladeshis weigh progress a year after uprising

Momentum for reform has been stymied by a hostile bureaucracy and political fragmentation, as disillusionment grows on the streets.

A Bangladeshi man walks past anti-government wall murals along a road in Dhaka. Bangladesh on July 1, 2025, marks one year since students launched protests that culminated weeks later in the overthrow of the government. Photo: AFP
Britain

More clashes and arrests at UK immigration protests

Demonstrators calling for mass ‘remigration’ gather in Manchester while in London protesters converge outside a hotel housing asylum seekers.

Protesters attend the “March for Remigration” organised by far-right group Britain First in Manchester, Britain on Saturday. Photo: EPA
LGBTQ

Amsterdam Pride blends celebration and protest in LGBTQ show of solidarity

A record 260,000 people attended Pride in Germany’s Hamburg while in Prague the parade drew tens of thousands demanding equal rights.

European Union

Lithuania’s PM quits amid protests, investigations into business deals

His entire cabinet is also expected to quit, leaving Lithuania without an effective government weeks before Russia’s military exercise with Belarus.

Animals

Protesters break into German zoo after it said it culled 12 baboons

Police arrested 7 animal rights activists who briefly entered the zoo complex in the southern city of Nuremberg on Tuesday.

Police carry an activist to the side during a protest by activists against the planned killing of baboons, in front of Nuremberg Zoo in Nuremberg, Germany on Tuesday. Photo: dpa
Donald Trump

Trump plays golf in Scotland as protesters rally

Police, sniffer dogs and Secret Service snipers turned the usually quiet area into a virtual fortress, with closed roads and checkpoints.

US President Donald Trump waves as he plays at Trump Turnberry golf course in Scotland on Saturday. Photo: EPA
Britain

UK braces for potentially volatile summer after anti-immigrant protests

A year after major riots, police warn of escalating tensions fuelled by far-right activism and Channel migrant crossings.

United States

Columbia University to pay over US$200m to settle Trump probes

Settlement resolves probes stemming from campus protests, allegations of antisemitism at Ivy League school.

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Pakistan

Pakistan jails 8 from ex-PM Imran Khan’s party over 2023 riots

The senior members of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party were handed 10-year sentences. Khan is being tried separately on similar charges.

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan. Photo: AP
Animals

Activists in Germany chain themselves to zoo enclosure over planned baboon killings

Nuremberg Tiergarten zoo plans to cull some healthy Guinea baboons due to overcrowding, sparking outrage from animal rights groups.

Britain

Scuffle on stage at London opera as performer unfurls Palestinian flag

The incident comes after numerous artists offered messages of support for people in Gaza at this year’s Glastonbury festival.

Brazil

Brazil court orders raids on ex-president Bolsonaro for colluding with Trump

Bolsonaro has also been ordered to wear an ankle bracelet, stop using social media and cease communications with his son.

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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro speaks at the Federal Senate in Brasilia on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Bangladesh

More violence in store? Bangladesh student clashes expose political fault lines

Worries that the country may face more violence have grown since student leader Nahid Islam floated the prospect of another march.

Anti-riot police personnel stand guard near the burnt debris along a street in Gopalganj on Thursday after the clashes during a National Citizens Party rally. Photo: AFP
Bangladesh

Bangladesh violence leaves at least 4 dead as political turmoil persists

Security forces clashed with supporters of the toppled prime minister, highlighting deep political divisions in the country.

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Los Angeles protests

Trump administration calling back 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles

The president had deployed members of the US military to respond to a series of protests against immigration raids around the city.

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Britain

Mother of jailed Egyptian-UK activist ends 10-month hunger strike, family says

Laila Soueif was protesting against the continued imprisonment of her son Alaa Abdel Fattah, who is accused of ‘spreading false news’.

Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah in Cairo, Egypt in 2014. Fattah’s mother, Laila Soueif, has ended a 10-month hunger strike protesting against her son’s imprisonment. Photo: EPA
Indonesia

Indonesia’s ‘updated’ history could erase truth about anti-Chinese riots

Scholars worry Prabowo’s government will ‘whitewash’ the 1998 violence, but a minister says the project would go ahead despite criticism.

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Indonesian troops patrol around damaged sites following the May 1998 riots in Jakarta. Photo: AFP
Israel-Gaza war

UK police arrest scores of supporters of banned group Palestine Action

Lawmakers had proscribed the group under anti-terrorism legislation after some members broke into a Royal Air Force base and damaged planes.

France

France, New Caledonia reach ‘historic’ statehood deal; citizens to remain French

After years of deadlock and violence, France and New Caledonia agreed to create a ‘State of New Caledonia’ within France, granting residents a new nationality concept.

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