Tag: Protest

Thousands rally outside UK parliament in biodiversity protest

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Thousands of protesters descended on Britain’s parliament Saturday as part of a four-day campaign designed to “highlight the environmental failures” of government. Environmental group Extinction Rebellion (XR) kicked off the event on Friday, promising less disruption and more inclusion than the blockades that became its trademark. The group says thousands of people protested outside government departments in London on Friday “to highlight the environmental and social failures across them all,” […]

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Iran orders arrest of women allegedly attacked for not wearing hijab

  Tehran, Iran | AFP | Iranian authorities ordered the arrest of two women, the judiciary said Saturday, after a viral video appeared to show them being attacked by a man for not wearing the hijab. Video footage widely shared on social media in Iran appeared to show the two female customers, who were not wearing the mandatory hijab or headscarf, in a shop being assaulted by a man after a verbal altercation. The footage […]

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Israel’s Netanyahu pauses judicial reform that split nation

  by Rosie Scammell Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday night paused a judicial overhaul which triggered a general strike, political division and mass protests in the country’s most severe domestic crisis in years. After nearly three months of increasing tensions, Netanyahu said in a broadcast: “Out of a sense of national responsibility, out of a will to prevent a rupture among our people, I have decided to pause the second and third readings of […]

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Israel president says judicial reform must stop ‘immediately’

JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday called for an immediate halt to the government’s controversial judicial reforms, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sacked his defence minister for similar demands. Herzog, who has a largely ceremonial role, made the call following large demonstrations in Tel Aviv overnight where protesters again charged that the judicial overhaul package threatens Israel’s democracy. “For the sake of the unity of the people of Israel, […]

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Unrest in France prompts postponement of King Charles III visit

Paris, France | AFP | Saturday 3/25/2023 by Adam PLOWRIGHT and Dina JEHHAR Violent pension reform protests in France led to the postponement Friday of King Charles III’s trip to the country, highlighting the growing security and political problems faced by President Emmanuel Macron. The French president condemned the latest burst of violence overnight, while a human rights watchdog criticised the “excessive use of force” by police during recent demonstrations. King Charles’ first foreign trip […]

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Violence flares as French protesters vent fury at Macron reform

  Protesters clashed with French security forces Thursday in the most serious violence yet of a three-month revolt against President Emmanuel Macron’s hugely controversial pension reform. Almost 150 police were injured and scores of protesters arrested nationwide, the government said, as a day of protests descended into chaos in several cities including Paris, where protesters lit fires in the historic centre of the city. The uproar over the imposition of the reform — which the […]

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Prosecutor probes Peru president over protester deaths

LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru President Dina Boluarte was on Tuesday questioned by a prosecutor investigating the deaths of anti-government protesters, amid accusations by rights groups that security forces used excessive and lethal force. Peru has been embroiled in a political crisis since Boluarte’s predecessor Pedro Castillo was ousted and arrested on December 7, charged with rebellion for trying to dissolve congress and rule by decree. At least 54 people have been killed and more […]

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Five Peru soldiers drown trying to flee protesters

LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Five Peruvian soldiers drowned after jumping into a freezing river while fleeing anti-government protesters in the country’s south, the defense ministry said Monday. One other who tried to escape via the same route after clashes with demonstrators Sunday was still missing, and a search was under way. Soldiers said they came under attack from people armed with slingshots and sticks at a demonstration against the government of President Dina Boluarte in […]

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Fresh rallies two months into Peru protests

JULIACA, Peru (AFP) — Thousands of Peruvians took to the streets anew Thursday to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte as they remembered civilians who have died in weeks of anti-government protests. Demonstrators came out in several cities to demand an end to the political crisis that has gripped the country since Boluarte’s predecessor, Pedro Castillo, was arrested on December 7. In Juliaca in the southern Puno region, protesters demanded justice for 18 civilians […]

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Bid to advance elections to quell Peru protests fails in congress

LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru’s congress on Wednesday voted down another bid to advance elections from April 2024 to this year, a move sought by President Dina Boluarte to calm unrest that has left dozens dead in seven weeks of anti-government protests. After five hours of debate, lawmakers rejected a bill that would have advanced elections to December by 68 votes to 54, with two abstentions. Peru has been embroiled in a political crisis with […]

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Peru mulls bringing elections forward as protests boil

by Carlos MANDUJANO Agence France-Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru’s Congress on Monday debated a bill to bring forward elections in a bid to end weeks of protests and roadblocks that have left dozens dead. The South American country has been embroiled in a political crisis with near-daily street protests since December 7, when then-president Pedro Castillo was arrested after attempting to dissolve Congress and rule by decree. In seven weeks of demonstrations, 48 people […]

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Protesters brave tear gas to demand ouster of Peru’s embattled leader

LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Riot police tossed tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in new unrest in Peru’s capital on Monday, and the nation’s interior minister said there was no end in sight to the tumult gripping the nation. Several hundred protesters marched in colonial central Lima to demand the ouster of President Dina Boluarte — some shouting “Dina murderer!” — until police moved in with tear gas volleys. This crisis triggered by the ouster […]

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