Protesters clashed with police in Germany and Croatia on Saturday as new lockdowns were introduced in France, Poland and Ukraine to battle a third wave of coronavirus. Demonstrators took to the streets in the central German city of Kassel and were pictured engaging with lines of riot police. Several groups, most of them far-right opponents … Read more
Some 2,000 people gathered in The Hague on Sunday to protest against the Dutch government and its coronavirus lockdown. Several people carried a homemade banner with the words ‘Love & Freedom: No Dictatorship’ written on it in Dutch, while many others carried yellow umbrellas. Another demonstrator carried a makeshift set of stocks with a photo … Read more
Armed police have clashed with tens of thousands of anti-coup protesters, who poured back onto the streets of Myanmar on Sunday for a second day of mass demonstrations against the military takeover. Shots were heard as police broke up a protest in the southeastern town of Myawaddy against the military’s ouster of the country’s de-facto … Read more
Anti-lockdown demonstrators clashed with police in Italy today while French Catholics demanded the right to worship as Covid protests have broken out across Europe. Angry protesters faced off with riot officers in Rome this afternoon, shouting and chanting to express their frustration at the latest regional lockdown measures imposed by the Italian government. Meanwhile in … Read more
The army and security forces have blockaded Minsk city centre as more than 100,000 demonstrators demand the Belarusian President quit over ‘rigged’ election victory. Protests against President Alexander Lukashenko entered their fifth week as tens of thousands of demonstrators marched to the outskirts of his presidential residence in the capital. Protests calling for the country’s authoritarian … Read more
Vladimir Putin threatens to intervene in Belarus to support ‘Europe’s last dictator’ Viktor Lukashenko as 200,000 people pour onto the streets protesting his ‘rigged’ reelection People called poured onto streets of Belarus calling for President’s resignation President Viktor Lukashenko launched a brutal crackdown after claiming victory Now Kremlin is looking at using a joint defence … Read more
Arkansas Black Lives Matter protesters traveled to Zinc, Arkansas, to march on the Ku Klux Klan’s Grand Wizard’s hometown and compound Sunday. The protest comes just four days after a viral video labeled nearby Harrison, Arkansas, as being ‘America’s Most Racist Town’ and the ‘Ku Klux Klan’s headquarters.’ The KKK’s website claims its national headquarters … Read more
An anti-racism protest in Tempe, Arizona, turned chaotic on Monday night when police began firing tear gas into a crowd as several cities around the US saw their 61st consecutive night of unrest. The Tempe demonstration began peacefully at about 5pm as roughly 200 people gathered in Tempe Beach Park to show support for the … Read more
Crowds of Black Lives Matter demonstrators gathered in London for George Floyd’s funeral this afternoon as police officers in Henley-on-Thames ‘take a knee’ at a protest in Oxfordshire. Around 200 protesters had gathered by the statue to Nelson Mandela on Parliament Square as Mr Floyd, an African-American who died after a white police officer knelt … Read more
Met Police guarded the Winston Churchill statue from crowds of Black Lives Matters protesters who gathered this afternoon for George Floyd’s funeral – as police officers in Henley-on-Thames ‘take a knee’ during a demonstration. Around 200 protesters had gathered by the statue to Nelson Mandela on Parliament Square as Mr Floyd, an African-American who died after … Read more