‘Three dead’ as Iran protests swell on anniversary of lethal 2019 crackdown
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Iranian security forces shot dead at least three protesters Tuesday, a rights group said, as demonstrations…
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Hundreds protest southern China Covid lockdowns
Beijing, China | AFP | Protesters in southern China clashed with police in a rare display of public opposition to…
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Iran security forces ‘open fire’ as thousands mourn Mahsa Amini
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Iranian security forces opened fire on protesters who massed in their thousands Wednesday in Mahsa Amini's…
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Iran vows ‘immediate’ response to new EU sanctions
Tehran, Iran (AFP) -- Iran vowed Monday an "immediate" response to the European Union as it prepares new sanctions on…
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China censors rare anti-Xi protest ahead of Communist Party congress
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's internet censors removed on Friday virtually all references to reports of a rare protest in…
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Taliban fire into air to disperse women’s rally backing Iran protests
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Taliban forces fired shots into the air on Thursday to disperse a women's rally supporting protests…
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Iran’s Raisi condemns ‘chaos’ of protests after Mahsa Amini’s death
by Stuart Williams Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi condemned Wednesday the "chaos" sparked by a…
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Iran arrests ex-president Rafsanjani’s daughter: news agency
Tehran, Iran (AFP) Iran on Tuesday arrested the daughter of ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani for inciting protests, the Tasnim news…
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Brazilians march in ‘defense of democracy’
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets of several cities Thursday in "defense of democracy"…
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Iraq’s Sadr demands new polls as political crisis escalates
by Laure Al-Khoury Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Powerful Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr, whose bloc won the most seats…
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Ecuador government, Indigenous leaders sign deal to end protests
QUITO, July 1, 2022 (AFP) - Thousands of Indigenous protesters left the Ecuadoran capital of Quito Thursday evening after their…
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Senegal court sentences opposition MP over banned protest
DAKAR, Senegal (AFP) -- A Senegal court Tuesday handed an opposition MP a six-month suspended prison sentence for defying a…
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