Showing posts with label protest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label protest. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

MEPs protest Syria strikes during Macron’s call for EU unity

A group of MEPs held placards reading “Hands off Syria!” during Emmanuel Macron’s address before the European parliament on Tuesday, overshadowing the French president’s call for greater European unity on security issues.

Friday, April 13, 2018

Rules of Engagement: At least 30 injured in Gaza-Israel border protests

At least 30 injured in Gaza-Israel border protests
Israeli troops have shot and wounded at least 30 Palestinians during a large protest on the Gaza-Israel border in which demonstrators hurled stones and burned tyres near the frontier fence, Palestinian medics said.

Sunday, February 25, 2018

L'église du Saint-Sépulcre à Jérusalem fermée pour protester contre des mesures fiscales israéliennes

L'église du Saint-Sépulcre à Jérusalem fermée
Des responsables chrétiens ont pris dimanche la rare décision de fermer l'église du Saint-Sépulcre à Jérusalem, site du tombeau du Christ selon la tradition, pour protester contre des mesures fiscales israéliennes.

Sunday, February 18, 2018

Des milliers d'Ukrainiens manifestent à Kiev en soutien à Saakachvili

ex-président géorgien Mikheïl Saakachvili
Plusieurs milliers de partisans de l'opposant et ex-président géorgien Mikheïl Saakachvili ont manifesté dimanche à Kiev pour exiger son retour en Ukraine et demander la démission du président ukrainien Petro Porochenko.

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Turkish Foreign Ministry condemns Schulz’s remarks on Erdoğan rally in Germany

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on June 29 condemned remarks by Martin Schulz, the leader of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), over a potential rally by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who will visit the country as a part of the G-20 summit in Hamburg next week.

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Saturday, October 8, 2016

French towns protest plan to relocate Calais migrants

French villagers are protesting the arrival of migrants who are being dispersed around the country as the government shuts down the slum-like camp in Calais that has become a flashpoint in Europe's migrant crisis.

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Protesters Demand Philippines President Not Honor Marcos with State Burial

Hundreds of protesters braved heavy rain in the Philippine's capital Sunday, denouncing President Rodrigo Duterte's plan to honor the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos with a state burial in a heroes cemetery.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Iraqi refugees protest against Finland's suspension of granting asylum

A group of Iraqi refugees staged a demonstration in the Finnish capital of Helsinki on Monday to protest against Finland's freezing granting asylum to Iraqi and Somali applicants.

Friday, October 2, 2015

Refugee protests lead to revised food menus in Finland (the Nordic diet)

Food has become an issue in some refugee accommodations in Finland. Asylum seekers not used to the Nordic diet have protested for allegedly bad quality food served in temporary accommodations.

Monday, September 21, 2015

Settlers storm W. Bank holy site, clash with Palestinians

Hundreds of Jewish settlers forced their way into a Muslim shrine in the West Bank city of Nablus in the early hours of Monday, triggering clashes with Palestinian youths, according to eyewitnesses.

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Israel arrests 39 after clashes in Jerusalem and West Bank

Israeli police said Sunday they had arrested 39 Palestinians in the West Bank and east Jerusalem after days of protest and clashes over the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

Thursday, September 17, 2015

China Arrests Several Tibetans as Protests Continue Against its Rule

DHARAMSHALA: Chinese security forces on 10 September detained two Tibetan youths and an old Tibetan woman following a peaceful protest against the Chinese government at the main square of Ngaba County.

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Beijing blames militarists after Xinhua's Akihito apology editorial draws protest

China's foreign ministry urged on Friday the Japanese government to look squarely at  history and deal with historical issues prudently and properly after Tokyo lodged a protest with Beijing over a call by China's state news agency for Japan's Emperor Akihito to apologize for the country's past military aggression.

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Ξεσηκώθηκαν στη Λετονία για τη φιλοξενία 250 προσφύγων

Εκατοντάδες Λετονοί κατέβηκαν την Τρίτη στους δρόμους της Ρίγας, διαμαρτυρόμενοι για την απόφαση της κυβέρνησης να φιλοξενήσει για τα επόμενα δύο χρόνια 250 ανθρώπους που έχουν ζητήσει άσυλο στην Ευρώπη, στο πλαίσιο του σχεδίου της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης να αντιμετωπίσει το πρόβλημα της άφιξης χιλιάδων προσφύγων σε χώρες της Μεσογείου.

Monday, June 1, 2015

‘China violently crushing protests by Tibetan nomads’

China has been “violently crushing” all peaceful protests by Tibetan nomads demanding return of their pastoral land and their nomadic way of life in the Tibetan plateau, a Tibetan rights activist said here on Saturday.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Woman Burns in Protest Against Chinese Repression (Total Self-Immolation Reaches 140)

Showing no respite in the spate of self-immolation protests against the Chinese government, a 36-year-old Tibetan woman died after setting herself on fire on Wednesday, 27 May.