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J&K tribal leader who protested at demolition site faces charges of โ€˜attempt to murder, rioting with deadly weaponsโ€™

Talib Hussain Choudhary was arrested on June 1 from Bandhi-Ragura village, where 32 structures belonging to tribals were demolished in an anti-encroachment drive. PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti demands his immediate release.

Tunisians protest for press freedom and release of political prisoners

Tunisians protest for press freedom and release of political prisoners.

Hundreds protest in Libya outside UN agency against undocumented migrants

Protesters accuse the UN of settling undocumented migrants in the country, a claim the agency rejects.

7 taken away as police ramp up patrols around former site of Tiananmen vigil

Hong Kong police took away seven people who appeared in Causeway Bay on Thursday evening carrying flowers and dressed in black to mark the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. They included Chan Po-ying, former chairwoman of the now-defunct League of Social Democrats opposition group, and activist Virginia Fung King-man. Police said they stopped and searched five men and two women, aged between 17 and 79, for allegedly disrupting order in the area around Great George Street and...

Argentina erupts in protest against gender violence after teen murder

Argentina erupts in protest against gender violence after teen murder.

Irelandโ€™s Black community opens up about racism after โ€˜George Floyd momentโ€™

In the wake of Yves Sakila's death following a violent restraint, many say racism in Ireland is an overlooked scourge.

Kenyans protest Ebola quarantine centre for US citizens

Hundreds have protested in central Kenya against a US-funded plan to quarantine Americans exposed to Ebola there.

Protesters call on Kenyan government to halt femicide crisis

Advocacy groups have given the government 40 days to intervene to deal with the plague of gender-based violence.

Kenyans protest planned US Ebola quarantine facility

Hundreds protest near the site of the planned facility, which would serve US nationals exposed to the virus.

โ€˜Will use every constitutional means available to make our voices heardโ€™: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke

Mr. Dipke said he would return to India on June 6 and seek permission for a protest at Jantar Mantar, the CJPโ€™s first major planned public mobilisation

Hijab ban rollback: Sri Rama Sene distributes saffron shawls to college students in Hubballi

As a mark of protest to Governmentโ€™s notification allowing hijab in educational institutions, members ofSri Rama Sene distributed saffron shawls to colleges students in Hubballi on Monday.

Young Kenyans protest Ebola quarantine centre for US citizens

Hundreds of youths in Kenyaโ€™s central town of Nanyuki on Monday showed against the establishment at the Laikipia Air Base of an Ebola quarantine centre for American citizens exposed to the virus. The protests come two days after Kenyaโ€™s High Court suspended the establishment of the facility and the arrival of any foreign patients pending the hearing of a case filed by the Law Society of Kenya and a constitutional watchdog. The two organisations cited Kenyaโ€™s fragile health system as the reason...

Dublin protesters demand justice over death of Congolese man

Dublin protesters demand justice over death of Congolese man

Police fire tear gas during protest outside New Jersey ICE facility

Police fired tear gas and used horses to push back protesters outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility.

Tense protests erupt outside Delaney Hall immigrant detention centre in US

A hunger strike at the New Jersey facility has raised questions about conditions in US immigration detention centres.

Demands grow for closure of US detention centre over inhumane conditions

A group of US lawmakers are joining protesters in demanding a controversial immigration detention centre be shut down.

Protest planned against SIR process in Bidar tomorrow

As many as 39 organisations, including minority, Dalit and backward class groups, will participate in the Karnataka Pratirodha protest

โ€˜Provide land to landless to honour H.S. Doreswamyโ€™

A demand that a prominent circle and a metro station be named after the freedom fighter has also

Clashes as Venezuelan prisoners protest over alleged mistreatment

The prisoners insisted their protest was peaceful but that security forces deployed to quell it opened fire.

Spanish police beat and detain Gaza flotilla activists at airport

Spanish police clashed with members of the Global Sumud Flotilla and supporters at Bilbao Airport.

Delay in supply of nutritious food kits to Adivasis: AIJASC holds protest in H. D. Kote

South Korean activists smash Starbucks cups to protest โ€˜Tank Dayโ€™ campaign

South Korean activists smash Starbucks cups to protest โ€˜Tank Dayโ€™ campaign

Hundreds protest Irelandโ€™s โ€˜George Floyd momentโ€™

ndreds protest Irelandโ€™s โ€˜George Floyd momentโ€™

Kochi P&T Apartment owners issue ultimatum threatening to lay siege to GCDA office over persistent leakage

Residents have been protesting against the persistent leakage since 78 families moved in in January 2024. They have also raised concerns about cracks and an alleged tilt in the buildings

Vizag autorickshaw drivers protest fuel price hike, demand subsidised rates from State government

CITU-affiliated union marches from Jagadamba junction to a petrol bunk, says drivers cannot earn even โ‚น300 a day after free bus scheme for women

Druggists, chemists to close shops on May 20 as part of nation-wide protest

Prohibitory orders imposed in Dehradun industrial area following labour unrest

Workers had launched protests May 15, demanding a wage hike from their respective managements

RTC employeesโ€™ union opposes privatisation move

Accusing the government of trying to hand over valuable assets and operations to private companies in the name of electric bus services, it calls for a round-table with various trade unions in Vijayawada on May 26 to decide the future course of action

Thousands march in central London to mark 78th Nakba anniversary

Thousands of protesters marched through central London on Saturday to mark the 78th anniversary of the Nakba

Kuki-Zo protestors rally in Manipur, demanding justice for slain church leaders, release of hostages

Kuki-Zo groups call for re-imposition of Presidentโ€™s Rule in memo to Home Minister; claiming 14 people are still hostages, Kuki Inpi Manipur chief says โ€œcontinued captivity is an act of terror against a peopleโ€

Rival pro-Palestine, far-right protests in London as 4,000 police deployed

Two major protests are taking place on Saturday in London, with the Metropolitan Police warning it may be one of its busiest days in recent years. Tens of thousands of people are expected to march for Unite the Kingdom, an event arranged by far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, and the annual pro-Palestine Nakba Day march. Londonโ€™s Metropolitan Police is drafting more than 4,000 officers to police the two events, a scale of operation it said was โ€œunprecedented...

Samagra Shiksha contract and outsourced employees stage protest seeking fair wages

Residents stage road blockade seeking removal of Tasmac outlet near Ammapettai

The protesters said Tasmac shop number 3802 was functioning at the Poonachi bus stop and was located about 400 metres from a government school

Protest in Hubballi against allowing hijab in educational institutions

Members of Hindutva outfits led by Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Mutalik condemn the decision to lift the ban on wearing hijab in schools, colleges

AICCTU stages protest in Sindhanur against new Labour Codes

Members of All India Central Council of Trade Unions are seeking withdrawal of the notification related to the new Labour Codes

ASHA workers protest, seeking release of dues, โ‚น10,000 monthly honorarium

Tribals protest delayed road works, cite inadequate access

Mexicans demand justice for missing people on Motherโ€™s Day

Mexicans demand justice for missing people on Motherโ€™s Day

CITU Kollam district committee warns of massive protests over ousting of contract workers

CITU says any further attempts to displace long-term workers will be met with fierce resistance