Tag Archives: Protest

• Protesters rally near Hong Kong harbour, more demos planned over Christmas 23 December 2019 | Mari Saito This post has no comments yet

  More than 1,000 protesters, many in surgical masks and balaclavas, filled a harbourside plaza near Hong Kong’s financial district late on Monday to demand full democracy and an independent inquiry into alleged police brutality. ...

• Modi says citizenship law not anti-Muslim as protests continue across India 22 December 2019 This post has one comment

  Following days of violent, sometimes deadly protests across India against a new citizenship law critics say discriminates against Muslims, PM Narendra Modi led a rally on Sunday for his Hindu nationalist party in the capital. ...

• CAA is unconstitutional and unsecular; divides India 21 December 2019 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 2 comments

  There's every reason that the Supreme Court could strike down the CAA, or ask for review, without hesitation, as its terms are capricious and violate the Constitution. ...

• Six dead in deadliest day of Indian citizenship law protests 20 December 2019 | Aftab Ahmed, Devjyot Ghoshal and Saurabh Sharma This post has no comments yet

  Six people died and dozens were injured on Friday as police clashed with thousands of protesters who again took to the streets in several parts of the country to oppose a new law they say discriminates against Muslims. ...

• Three die in protests against new citizenship law in India 19 December 2019 | Devjyot Ghoshal and Sachin Ravikumar This post has no comments yet

  Three people died of injuries sustained in intensifying protests against a new citizenship law in India on Thursday with thousands taking to the streets nationwide in defiance of temporary bans on public gatherings. ...

• France on strike: Power cuts, schools shut, no Eiffel Tower 17 December 2019 | Angela Charlton and Elaine Ganley This post has no comments yet

  French union activists cut electricity, Eiffel Tower staff walked off the job and even Paris opera workers joined in Tuesday's nationwide protests across France to rally against government's plan to raise retirement age to 64. ...

• India protests rage over ‘anti-Muslim’ law 16 December 2019 | Aishwarya Kumar with Jalees Andrabi in Guwahati and Sailendra Sil in Kolkata This post has 10 comments

  Fresh protests rocked India on Monday as anger grew over new citizenship legislation slammed as anti-Muslim, after six people died in the northeast and as many as 200 were injured in New Delhi. ...

• Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protesters return to the streets 1 December 2019 | Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi This post has one comment

  Police fired tear gas and pepper spray in Hong Kong on Sunday as tens of thousands of black-clad protesters flooded into the streets, a week after pro-democracy candidates scored a landslide local election victory. ...

• Tibetan dies in self-immolation protest in Amdo Ngawa 28 November 2019 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has one comment

  42 of 150 self-immolation protests in Tibet since 2009 have occurred in Ngawa. The protestors all called for China to allow the Dalai Lama back to Tibet, and for freedom in Tibet; some that Tibet regain its independence. ...

• Record turnout in Hong Kong elections amid calls for full democracy 24 November 2019 | Yan Zhao and Xinqi su This post has no comments yet

  Hong Kong's voters turned out in record numbers Sunday for local council elections that the city's pro-democracy movement hopes will pile pressure on the Beijing-backed government to heed their demands after months of protest. ...