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100 officers reject military services, protest against judicial overhaul

Around 100 officers from a secret unit of the Israeli Air Force have threatened to stop military service if the government goes ahead with legislation limiting the power of the judiciary. This came in a letter signed by the officers and sent to mass media. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Friday that the list of officers includes two former Air Force commanders. "Our conscience may determine that we can no longer be part […]

19 March 2023

International

Thousands of Senegal opposition supporters begin 3-day protest

About 5,000 supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko gathered in the capital, Dakar, on Tuesday for a three-day protest to show support for the aspiring presidential candidate, who faces a libel case set to resume this week. The demonstrations are the latest expression of growing tensions in Senegal in the run-up to a 2024 election that could see President Macky Sall vie for a controversial third term, which the […]

15 March 2023

International

Thousands protest in Tunisia against president in major trade union rally

Thousands took to the streets of Tunisia's capital as the country's powerful UGTT labour union held a major protest against President Kais Saied. Demonstrators marched down Habib Bourguiba Avenue in central Tunis on Saturday, chanting slogans and holding up signs against Saied's power grab and recent crackdown on critics. Tunisia has been engulfed in political and economic crises since July 2021, when Saied unilaterally suspended parliament and dissolved the government in […]

5 March 2023

Local

Wits students vow to continue protesting until their demands are met

Wits University Student Representative committee has warned that they will make the institution ungovernable until management accedes to their demands. The students embarked on a series of protests on Tuesday. Chaos erupted on Friday leading to students and Wits security officers hurling bricks at each other resulting in three officers being injured. On Friday, a group of about 200 protesting students entered the Wits main campus and proceeded to the Great […]

4 March 2023

International

UN rights council votes to set up probe into Iran protests

INTERNATIONAL The UN's top human rights body voted on Thursday to set up an independent investigation into Iran's deadly repression of protests following the death of Mahsa Amini. The motion presented to the UN Human Rights Council passed with 25 in favour, six against and 16 abstentions. Volker Turk, commissioner of the UNHCR, had earlier demanded Iran end its "disproportionate" use of force in quashing protests that erupted after the death in […]

25 November 2022

International

Iran protests: Three reported killed in Kurdistan region as Amini unrest continues

INTERNATIONAL Security forces shot dead at least three people in Iran's Kurdistan province on Saturday as protests continue over the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, according to a rights group. Government forces "opened fire on protesters in the town of Divandarreh, killing at least three civilians", Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights, a Norway-based Kurdish human rights group focusing on Iranian Kurdistan, told AFP. The incident came as demonstrations over the death […]

20 November 2022

News

Concerns raised over escalating violence during taxi protests in WC, seven arrested

LOCAL Western Cape officials have raised concerns that increasingly violent demonstrations by the taxi industry in the province, is becoming life-threatening. At least seven suspects are expected in court on Monday, following renewed protests on Friday morning. Cape Town motorists were left infuriated, with many unable to reach their workplaces, due to severe traffic disruptions and the closure of main roads. Members of the taxi industry have cited ongoing concerns, […]

3 September 2022

International

Qatar deports workers who protested against unpaid salaries

INTERNATIONAL Qatar has deported dozens of workers who participated in a rare protest for unpaid and delayed wages owed to them by a company that Doha has awarded multi-million dollar contracts, a rights group and a government source said Tuesday. A government source told MEE that some protesters were deported for breaching Qatar's public security laws, without specifying the number. 'The same system has not been quick enough to punish […]

24 August 2022

Local

Roads leading into Kagiso blocked off over alleged zama zama gang rape

LOCAL Several roads leading into Kagiso, west of Johannesburg, have been blocked off this morning due to a community protest against illegal mining in the area. The blockage follows the gang rape of eight women, who were part of a production crew, shooting a music video. They were working on site when the attack took place on Thursday last week, near a mine dump in Krugersdorp. According to police, the […]

4 August 2022

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