According to laht.com, residents of several communities in a coastal area in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero blocked a highway to demand the release of a peasant who was arrested by marines. The protest started Wednesday on the highway that links the Pacific resort city of Acapulco to the tourist town of Zihuatanejo. Read article
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According to gulf-daily-news.com, hundreds of people stormed the Bangladesh Embassy yesterday, damaging property in protest over delayed paperwork. Police were forced to fire tear gas to disperse the chaotic crowd that broke the main gate of the diplomatic mission during the stampede. Many Bangladeshis and Bahrainis were waiting in line for more than eight hours […]
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Shanghaidaily.com reports that riots in Xinjiang on Wednesday left 27 people dead, according to Xinhua news agency. Police shot at knife-wielding mobs who had attacked police stations, a local government building and a construction site, Xinhua said, citing local officials. “Seventeen people had been killed before police opened fire and shot dead 10 rioters,” Xinhua […]
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As reported by allafrica.com, in February 2013, 20-year-old Mohamed*, like hundreds of thousands of other Eritreans, fled the brutal dictatorship in that East African nation in search of a better life in neighbouring Sudan. But for Mohamed and others like him, escaping into neighbouring countries has brought no end to their suffering. Many of them […]
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As reported by Nbcnews.com, a teenager died as more than a million people took to the streets late Thursday in Brazil’s biggest protests for two decades. The 18-year-old man was killed when a Jeep smashed through a barricade in the small city of Ribeirao in the state of Sao Paolo during latest wave of anti-government […]
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According to ahram.org.eg, the US embassy in Cairo issued a security warning on Thursday, urging American citizens in Egypt to avoid protests planned for Friday. The Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups, including the centrist Wasat Party and the ultra-conservative Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya, plan to hold a “million-man” march on Friday in Cairo’s Nasr City to […]
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According to Gov.uk, demonstrations and protests are a regular occurrence in Bahrain. Some can be violent. You should avoid large crowds and demonstrations. See Political situation. The Government of Bahrain has imposed a curfew on the waterways around Bahrain between 6pm and 4am. You should respect this curfew. See Sea travel. Read Article
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BBC News reports that shops belonging to Asians were targeted in a protest in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo over the arrest of Congolese students in India. One Indian national was reportedly injured in the riots and is being treated in hospital. The demonstrators were angered by the arrest on Saturday of […]
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The BBC reports that as many as 200,000 people have marched through the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities, as protests over rising public transport costs and the expense of staging the 2014 World Cup have spread. The biggest demonstration was in Rio de Janeiro, where 100,000 people joined a mainly peaceful march. In the capital, […]
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According to a novinite.com reports, a well-known Bulgarian TV journalist, Elena Yoncheva, who is known for her footage from the hottest spots across the globe, has been injured while reporting on protests in Istanbul. A teargas grenade, fired by the police, has truck her in the leg, causing a torn ligament and blood vessels tear. […]
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