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‘They denotified Jantar Mantar. We came out with the tricolour in hand; now they are detaining young activists for waving the tricolour,’ says the CPI(ML) Liberation leader
An online movement against rising fuel prices has gained momentum ahead of planned nationwide demonstrations on October 17 with former Yellow Vest figures set to join the protests in support of high-school students. Some are drawing parallels between the latest action and the 2018 cost-of-living protests that rattled President Emmanuel Macron's first term in office.
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama blamed Friday the involvement of “foreign hands” for mouting protests, which he said are aimed at hindering Albania's bid to join the European Union. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Alania's capital since Tuesday demanding Rama’s resignation and denouncing university conditions and high tuition fees.
After weeks of student protests, France is set to be swept by broader, nationwide demonstrations Saturday over the cost of living, setting up a potentially fraught period ahead of presidential elections next year. The prospect of the two movements merging, perhaps with outbreaks of violence, poses a big challenge to the government -- and an opportunity for far-left and far-right presidential candidates jockeying for power.
After weeks of student protests, France is set to be swept by broader, nationwide demonstrations on Saturday. The country's Yellow Vest movement – which eight years ago staged street protests against President Emmanuel Macron – has appealed to teachers, workers, pensioners and farmers, as well as students, in an online call spread through social media. The prospect of the two movements merging poses a big challenge to the government, as FRANCE 24’s Shirli Sitbon reports.
The guidelines, adopted days after journalists reported being detained or injured during the October 10 Delhi protests, cover identification, neutrality, personal safety and ethical reporting
Congolese Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner sharply criticised Formula One's plans to hold an African Grand Prix in Rwanda, saying it would help “polish the image of an authoritarian leader.”
Hundreds of students joined anti-government protests in Tirana, demanding education reforms.
Some of the protesting students also gave an account of the "inhuman" treatment meted out to them at the hands of policemen during their detention
Some high schools in France remained closed on Wednesday, a day after tens of thousands of people joined rallies across the country to support protesting students. On Saturday, national demonstrations against the spiralling cost of living are to take place, and unions and student groups see the two protest currents fusing together.
Student protesters in France have told the BBC's James Waterhouse that they will continue to take action until change has been made. The protests have now entered their fourth week.
The bench asked the petitioners to bring on record a copy of the protest-related petitions filed in the Supreme Court
French students are protesting overcrowded classes and timetables, teacher shortages, and calling for reforms or the abolition of Parcoursup, the university admissions platform. Although school blockades have declined, incidents continue around some high schools. A demonstration has now started in Paris, from Place d’Italie towards Les Invalides, as Claire Paccalin reports from the scene.
A controversial voter roll revision has triggered fresh protests in New Delhi
Reacting to Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Manickam Tagore’s claim that the DMK had stayed away from protests demanding the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar out of fear of the BJP, the DMK said he should question Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s absence from the agitation
India’s opposition parties have marched in New Delhi to protest a voter list purge they say favours PM Modi's party.
Protests have broken out as some schools begin preventing students and teachers from attending classes.
The lawyer urged the court to take up the plea urgently, arguing that peaceful demonstrations were being curtailed in the absence of an alternative venue designated by the authorities
Evo Morales's supporters confirmed a march on La Paz from 13 October against diesel and state-company reforms. President Rodrigo Paz called blockaders traitors. The post Bolivia Morales Backers Plan La Paz March on 13 October appeared first on The Rio Times.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been held worldwide to mark one year since the so-called Gaza ‘ceasefire'.
Alleging irregularities in SIR and extending support to the agitation planned at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, leaders of CPI (M), CITU, Students Federation of India (SFI) and other unions gave a call for ‘Chalo Lok Bhavan’
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pulled out all the stops to prevent Cockroach movement protests.
It’s been a week of vigils, protests and political upheaval – from Israel, where three years after the Hamas-led attacks, former hostages and mourners called for accountability over the failures of October 7th, as questions grow over the stalled path to peace in Gaza; to France, where mass demonstrations over chronic underfunding and poor conditions have drawn students, unions and hundreds of thousands of protesters into the streets, just months ahead of a presidential election. In Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has made the housing crisis the centrepiece of a high-stakes electoral gamble, as protests intensify following the death of a pensioner whose eviction helped ignite the movement. And in the UK, questions remain over a suspected Iranian plot targeting US aircraft at RAF Fairford, after American B-1 bombers were hastily withdrawn amid warnings of a serious and immediate threat.
French student unions vowed on Friday to keep up the fight even as the government registered a "marked slowdown" in a protest movement that has rattled the country for over a week. The UN human rights agency called for de-escalation, voicing concern over violent clashes with police that have caused severe injuries among teenage protesters.
Tens of thousands of protesters joined a march in Madrid Thursday to mark the death of 87-year-old retiree Maricarmen Abascal, whose eviction from her apartment in the Spanish capital in September sparked a wave of housing protests that prompted the government to call early elections.
Protests in Soweto and Durban opposed the Constitutional Court’s decision to remove procedural barriers to seeking asylum. They followed months of anti-immigrant tensions
Thousands of protesters honour Maricarmen Abascal's life, while tributes in Spanish parliament spark debate.