Tag Archives: Protest

• Indian police arrest climate activist for supporting farmers 14 February 2021 | Ashok Sharma This post has one comment

  An Indian climate activist has been arrested for circulating a document on social media that allegedly incited protesting farmers to turn violent last month, leaving one protester dead and about 400 police officers injured during clashes. ...

• Indian protests against agriculture reforms attract new supporters 5 February 2021 | Devjyot Ghoshal This post has 2 comments

  Thousands of farmers in a politically important Indian state on Friday rallied in opposition to new agricultural laws, signalling growing support for a months-long campaign to have the government reforms scrapped. ...

• Hundreds protest coup in Myanmar as resistance spreads This post has no comments yet

  Hundreds of students and teachers took to Myanmar's streets on Friday to demand the military hand power back to elected politicians, as resistance to a coup swelled with demonstrations in several parts of the country. ...

• Within hours, Indian farm protests turned from carnival to violent clashes 27 January 2021 | Devjyot Ghoshal This post has no comments yet

  A line of tractors stood ready at dawn on Tuesday to move out of a protest site near New Delhi where thousands of farmers had been camping for the last two months and rallying against farm reforms they say will hurt them and benefit large p ...

• Angry farmers storm India’s Red Fort in challenge to Modi 26 January 2021 | Sheikh Saaliq This post has 2 comments

  Tens of thousands of farmers marched and drove tractors into India’s capital on Tuesday, breaking through police barricades to storm the historic Red Fort — a deeply symbolic act that revealed the scale of their challenge to Modi. ...

• Indian police to let protesting farmers into New Delhi on Republic Day 24 January 2021 | Reuters Staff This post has no comments yet

  Police in India’s capital New Delhi will allow thousands of protesting farmers to drive through the city after this week’s Republic Day military parade, despite security concerns, a senior official said on Sunday. ...

• Russia detains thousands supporting jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | Anton Zverev and Andrew Osborn This post has no comments yet

  Police detained more than 3,000 people and used force to break up rallies across Russia on Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters ignored extreme cold and police warnings to demand the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. ...

• Five Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters seek asylum in United States 17 January 2021 | Louise Watt This post has no comments yet

  Five Hong Kong protesters who reportedly fled to Taiwan by boat six months ago have arrived in the United States and intend to seek asylum, according to an activist group. ...

• Hundreds protest against Nepali PM’s sudden dissolution of parliament 26 December 2020 | Gopal Sharma This post has no comments yet

  Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli faced a fresh political challenge on Friday as hundreds of opponents protested against his sudden move to dissolve parliament and call elections more than a year ahead of the schedule. ...

• Farmers reject government offer to amend laws, will intensify stir 10 December 2020 | Vishwa Mohan and Neel Kamal This post has no comments yet

  Talks between the government and farmers’ groups agitating against the new agri laws broke down on Wednesday with the unions rejecting the Centre’s offer to amend the legislations. ...