As parliament meets, China keeps would-be protesters at bay
By Engen Tham SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Jack Zhang, one of thousands of people who lost access to their savings last year in a rural bank scandal, recently tried to go…
By Engen Tham SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Jack Zhang, one of thousands of people who lost access to their savings last year in a rural bank scandal, recently tried to go…
Lorenzo Prieto on March 1, 2023 NEW YORK, NY – New York City has agreed to pay more than $20,000 each to hundreds of protesters who participated in the 2020…
Protesters Attempt To Derail Hearing On China, One Holds ‘Stop Asian Hate’ Sign Upside Down Micaela Burrow on February 28, 2023 A raft of protesters attempted to crash the first…
By James Imam BERLIN (Reuters) – Dozens of actors and filmmakers gathered on the Berlinale’s red carpet on Saturday to show solidarity with anti-government protesters in Iran, with one exiled…
‘Cut Her Time Short:’ Pro-Abortion Protesters Marched Outside Amy Coney Barrett’s House Kate Anderson on January 30, 2023 Pro-abortion protesters marched outside Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s home Sunday…
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis condemned Iran’s execution of protesters for the first time on Monday in his traditional New Year’s address to diplomats, and said the…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Protesters clashed with police in central China during a demonstration on Saturday by hundreds of people at a factory producing COVID-19 antigen kits, several videos posted to…
DUBAI (Reuters) – A top dissident Iranian Sunni cleric on Friday denounced as un-Islamic Iran’s alleged use of forced confessions to convict detained protesters, as weekly demonstrations continued in the…
By Yew Lun Tian and Jessie Pang BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Late last month, Shanghai resident Pei was one of many people who came out in support of historic protests…
Nearly Half Of Americans Say Biden Should Support China’s Protesters, Condemn CCP’s ‘Authoritarian Regime’: POLL Bronson Winslow on December 6, 2022 Nearly half of American voters want President Joe Biden…
DUBAI (Reuters) – A prominent Sunni cleric said on Friday it was wrong to charge protesters with capital offences as renewed demonstrations shook Iran’s restive southeast in the third month…
Dem City Will Pay $600,000 To Protesters For Injuries Sustained In 2020 George Floyd Demonstrations Trevor Schakohl on December 1, 2022 A federal court Wednesday approved Minneapolis, Minnesota’s agreement to…
Videos Show China’s ‘Hard’ Crackdown On Protesters Micaela Burrow on November 30, 2022 Riot police wearing hazmat suits clashed with demonstrators Tuesday night in the Chinese city of Guangzhou as…
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) – Opponents of China’s anti-COVID measures are resorting to dating apps and social media platforms blocked on the mainland to evade censors, spread the word…
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – One of Asia’s most senior Roman Catholic clerics, Cardinal Joseph Zen, 90, was found guilty of failing to register a now-disbanded fund for…
(Reuters) – Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday asked protesting truckers to clear road blockades in place since he lost the country’s presidential runoff election on Sunday, a video shared…
‘Stop Selling Them Heroin’: Man Clashes With Chinatown Protesters Over Homeless Megaplex Bronson Winslow on September 29, 2022 Protests in Seattle, Washington, due to the newly proposed homeless megaplex in Chinatown’s…
Iranian Regime Cracks Down As Protesters Wreak Havoc Across The Country Micaela Burrow on September 22, 2022 At least nine people have died in clashes between protesters and Iranian security…
LONDON/GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) – Some Russians detained while protesting against President Vladimir Putin’s partial mobilisation have been handed draft papers while in custody, the OVD-Info rights group said on Thursday.…
DUBAI (Reuters) – The governor of Tehran has accused protesters of attacking police and destroying public property during demonstrations ignited by the death of a young woman while in the…
By Khalid Abdelaziz KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese protesters marched towards the airport in the centre of the capital Khartoum on Thursday before being blocked by tear gas and a heavy…
FBI Asked Cops To Let Protesters Into Michigan State Capitol Building, Informant Says Trevor Schakohl on August 16, 2022 An FBI informant in the alleged plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan…
Port Of Oakland Back Open After Newsom Herds Protesters Into ‘Free Speech Zones’ Max Keating on July 26, 2022 Protesting truckers that had ground the Port of Oakland to a…
By Alasdair Pal COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s imposing presidential secretariat which was stormed by a sea of protesters in early July, forcing out then incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was almost deserted…
COLOMBO – Leaders of the protest movement in Sri Lanka who have forced the president and prime minister out of their official residences said on Sunday they will occupy the…