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Students, teachers and civil servants are demonstrating in Greece today, protesting over staff shortages, poor infrastructure and the cost of living. Dozens of students have set up tents in the Square facing Parliament, in Athens, and on a pedestrian street in Thessaloniki on Tuesday. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Athens, Nathalie Savaricas.
We will continue our democratic struggle against the politicisation of the Election Commission, says NSUI national president Vinod Jakhar
Amol Asulkar, coordinator of Citizens for Justice and Peace, says the demonstration was organised in solidarity with the protesters in New Delhi.
India revised export levies on petrol and diesel for the next fortnight while keeping the duty on aviation turbine fuel unchanged, as the government continues to adjust the charges in line with international energy prices and domestic supply conditions, according to a Thursday circular.
Authorities in New Delhi are bracing for another confrontation on Friday over India’s contentious voter-roll revision, with police set to restrict a planned demonstration by the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party.
Former President Gustavo Petro joined thousands of demonstrators in Bogota in march against austerity, Israel ties.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris on Tuesday in support of high school students protesting poor classroom conditions. The mobilisation brought together not only students but also teachers, unions, political figures and activists, including Greta Thunberg, from across the country. Protesters say they want to maintain pressure on the French government, insisting their demands remain unmet. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin has the latest from the demonstration in Paris.
Tens of thousands of security personnel were deployed and roads barricaded ahead of the demonstration.
India's opposition and student-led CJP movement demand election chief's resignation, plan mass demonstration Saturday.
The BBC's Europe correspondent Nick Beake reports from a large demonstration in northern France.
On Sunday, October 4, confrontations took place in New Delhi between protesters who were trying to reach Jantar Mantar seeking removal of CEC Gyanesh Kumar, and the Delhi Police, who had heavily barricaded the area
A march protesting against the imprisonment of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan kicked off in northwest Pakistan on Sunday after talks to avoid the demonstration stalled. Authorities have been preparing for weeks for the possible arrival of demonstrators in Islamabad, with the march planned by supporters of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party originally slated for September 27 and then postponed until Sunday. Videos posted on PTI’s official social media showed supporters...