Tag Archives: Protest

  • Tibet will be free one day 16 August 2020 | Kulveer Singh This post has 5 comments

    Every human being on this planet deserves equal treatment, freedom, and fundamental rights. Tibetans sleep every night with the hope of returning to their homeland one day, hoping for their freedom, and for meeting their parted families. ...

  • Lebanon government steps down over blast fallout 10 August 2020 | Jean-Marc Mojon and Layal Abou Rahal This post has no comments yet

    Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced his government's resignation Monday under a barrage of pressure over the catastrophic Beirut port explosion six days earlier that has reignited angry street protests. ...

  • Tens of thousands in fresh anti-Kremlin rally 8 August 2020 | Aleksandr Yanyshev This post has no comments yet

    Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Russia's Far East for a fifth consecutive weekend as anti-Kremlin rallies showed little sign of dying down on Saturday. ...

  • Thousands protest against coronavirus restrictions in Berlin 1 August 2020 This post has no comments yet

    Loudly chanting their opposition to face masks and vaccines, thousands of people gathered in Berlin on Saturday to protest against coronavirus restrictions before being dispersed by police. ...

  • Hong Kong marks handover anniversary with new security law arrests 1 July 2020 | Jerome Taylor and Yan Zhao This post has one comment

    Hong Kong police made the first arrests under Beijing's new national security law on Wednesday as the city greeted the anniversary of its handover to China with protesters fleeing water cannon. ...

  • China unveils details of national security law for Hong Kong 30 June 2020 This post has no comments yet

    China on Tuesday unveiled details of a contentious new national security law for Hong Kong, ending weeks of uncertainty that have exacerbated concerns over Beijing’s erosion of freedoms in the global financial hub. ...

  • Dozens arrested as Hong Kongers protest planned national security laws 28 June 2020 | Scott Murdoch This post has one comment

    Hong Kong police arrested at least 53 people on Sunday after scuffles erupted during a relatively peaceful protest against planned national security legislation to be implemented by the mainland Chinese government. ...

  • Protests worldwide embrace Black Lives Matter movement 6 June 2020 This post has 5 comments

    Thousands of people took to the streets in European and Asian cities on Saturday, demonstrating in support of US protests against police brutality. The global protests reflect rising anger over police treatment of ethnic minorities. ...

  • Hong Kong protesters defy ban, rally to remember Tiananmen 4 June 2020 | Su Xinqi and Yan Zhao This post has one comment

    Tens of thousands of people across Hong Kong lit candles and chanted democracy slogans on Thursday to commemorate China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown, defying a ban against gathering as tensions seethed over a planned new security law. ...

  • Thousands protest in Hong Kong over China’s security law proposal 24 May 2020 | Yan Zhao and Xinqi Su This post has no comments yet

    Police fired tear gas and water cannon at thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters who gathered Sunday against a controversial security law proposed by China, in the most intense clashes for months. ...