EU, US protest as Belarus jails Nobel winner Bialiatski for 10 years
Human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, founder of the organisation Viasna (Belarus), receives the 2020 Right Livelihood Award at the digital award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden December 3, 2020. — Reuters…
Hundreds protest in China over health insurance reforms
: Hundreds of retirees staged protests in the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Dalian on Wednesday against reforms to the public health insurance system.— AFP/file BEIJING: Hundreds of retirees staged…
LHC throws out Imran Khan’s protective bail plea in ECP protest case
PTI Chairman Imran Khan addressing a seminar. — AFP/File LAHORE: As Imran Khan failed to appear in person before the Lahore High Court (LHC), it rejected the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)…
Hundreds of retirees protest in China’s Wuhan
Protests are rare in China, where authorities strictly enforce public order laws and opposition is quickly snuffed out.— AFP/file BEIJING: Several hundred retirees staged a protest in the central Chinese…
Iraqis protest after father kills YouTuber daughter
Iraqi activists urge legislation against domestic violence after a YouTuber’s killing that has outraged the country. — AFP/File Iraqi activists protested Sunday to demand a law against domestic violence, days…
Protest erupts after man kills YouTuber daughter
Iraqi women’s rights activists lift placards during a rally near the Supreme Judicial Council in Baghdad on February 5, 2023, to protest the killing of Iraqi youtuber Tiba al-Ali by…
Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against justice reform plans
Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new right-wing coalition and its proposed judicial reforms to reduce powers of the Supreme Court in Tel Aviv, Israel February 4, 2023.— Reuters…
Myanmar streets empty in protest on coup anniversary
Streets in commercial hub Yangon were largely emptied from late morning, AFP correspondents saw, after activists called for people across the country to close businesses and stay indoors from 10…
EU slaps new sanctions on Iran over protest crackdown
Activists stage a demonstration in Berlin demanding that Germany and the EU blacklist Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards or IRGC. — AFP/File BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) on Monday placed 37 more…
Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu justice plans
Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new right-wing coalition and its proposed judicial reforms to reduce powers of the Supreme Court, in Tel Aviv, Israel January 21, 2023.— Reuters…
