Police arrested at least 20 protesters outside embattled New Jersey ICE detention center Delaney HallSunday night after they broke a new curfew imposed to stop the violent rallies from continuing for a third week straight, as the Department of Homeland Security … Read More
Hong KongCNN — More than 40 of Hong Kong’s best known pro-democracy figures have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on subversion charges, in the biggest single blow to the city’s already shrinking political freedoms following Beijing’s sweeping … Read More
Aug. 5 (UPI) — Bangladesh’s embattled prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, resigned Monday and fled the country after protesters stormed her official residence in the capital amid a growing revolt that began over quotas for government jobs in which hundreds of … Read More
Jordanian security forces arrest around 200 activists, who say they will not stop their protest until the war in Gaza ends Mohammed al-Abssi is one of thousands of Jordanians who have been surrounding the Israeli embassy in Amman for the … Read More
KINSHASA, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Police in Democratic Republic of Congo fired tear gas on Monday to disperse protesters who burned tyres and U.S. and Belgian flags near Western embassies and U.N. offices in the capital Kinshasa, angry about insecurity … Read More
Russian riot police fired tear gas and hit protesters with batons in Bashkortostan on Wednesday after a rights activist was sentenced to four years in a penal colony. Footage showed supporters of Fail Alsynov clashing with police – some throwing … Read More
At least 100 people have now been sentenced to death or charged with capital offences in connection with the protests in Iran, a rights group says. Five women were among those at risk of execution, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) … Read More
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Sunday released security footage that it said came from its notorious Evin Prison the night a fire broke out that killed at least eight inmates, an effort to clarify the government’s narrative … Read More