カテゴリー: Protest
Government orders ban on mobile internet as violence escalatesTurmoil has continued to escalate across India over a controversial citizenship law that is seen as discriminatory against Muslims, as tens of thousands defied bans on public assembly to tak…
Foreign secretary urges ‘dialogue’ as Chinese state TV cuts interview with British ambassador to BeijingBritain has called on the Chinese government to open dialogue with protesters in Hong Kong while China’s state broadcaster cut an interview with the…
Inclusion of pledge to follow Communist party leadership sparks rare defiance at FudanChanges to the charter of one of China’s top universities, including dropping the phrase “freedom of thought” and the inclusion of a pledge to follow the Communist pa…
Students have condemned as ‘barbaric’ the tactics of Delhi police after they stormed a university campus to break up a peaceful protest, injuring dozens. Footage shot by students showed police firing teargas inside a library and beating people with bat…
Indian police storm main library of New Delhi’s Jamia Millia University on Sunday, firing teargas at students barricaded inside. Footage shot inside the library shows people scrambling over desks and climbing through smashed windows to escapeIndia citi…
Women form human shield around man in New Delhi and shout ‘go back, go back’ as officers attempt to beat him with sticks. Protests have erupted across India against law to fast-track citizenship for everyone except Muslim asylum seekersIndia citizenshi…
Protests are most significant show of dissent in nearly six years of Modi in powerStudent protests are not unusual in India. Nor is police violence. But the scenes of officers entering one of Delhi’s Muslim-majority universities, teargassing the librar…
Thousands chant ‘long live Assam’ during unrest sparked by MPs’ approval of a law that excludes MuslimsThe death toll from bloody clashes sparked by contentious citizenship law has risen to six as protesters in north-east India vowed to continue demons…
Thailand demonstration called in response to ban on Future Forward opposition partyThousands of people joined Bangkok’s biggest protest since a 2014 coup on Saturday, after authorities in Thailand moved to ban a party that has rallied opposition to the…
Sea of protesters pour on to streets calling for elections and inquiry into police tacticsHundreds of thousands of protesters have filled the streets of Hong Kong in a mass show of support for an anti-government movement that shows no signs of flagging…
Hundreds of residents in Wenlou township were protesting against construction of large crematoriumRiot police have fired teargas and beaten residents in southern China after they took to the streets to protest against a local construction project.Hundr…
‘We really appreciate the effort made by Americans,’ says one protester, as city braces for another weekend of protestThousands of protesters in Hong Kong, some draped in American flags, have staged a “Thanksgiving” rally in the heart of the city after…
Team goes in to polytechnic campus to gather evidence despite claim 20 protesters are still hold up insideHong Kong police and firemen have entered a university which had been under police siege for more than 10 days despite protesters’ pleas for them …
Carrie Lam says she will ‘listen humbly’ after almost 90% of district council seats go to pro-democracy candidatesHong Kong’s voters have delivered an unprecedented landslide for pro-democracy candidates in local elections, in a powerful show of solida…
District council elections are usually a quiet affair. But young candidates sense changeClarisse Yeung believes the road to full democracy in Hong Kong will pass through a dog park. Specifically a dog park that she has promised to build if her coalitio…