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MPs stage Parliament sit-in for second day to demand new president

Lebanese MPs on Friday continued their sit-in inside Parliament for the second consecutive day in Beirut to protest the failure of the presidential elections. On Thursday, MPs Melhem Khalaf and Najat Saliba began an open sit-in inside the Parliament hall to pressure to hold more sessions to elect a president, according to their statement at a press conference. According to Anadolu Agency, on Friday, 12 MPs joined the sit-in, including independents and others […]

21 January 2023

International News

Turkey detains over 200 after May Day rallies defy Covid-19 lockdown

Turkish police clashed with protesters who broke a Covid-19 curfew by holding May Day marches on Saturday, with at least 212 people detained, according to the Istanbul governor's office. Riot police and plainclothes officers scuffled with union leaders and other demonstrators, throwing some to the ground before detaining dozens of them near Istanbul's Taksim Square. The governor's office said some labour unions were allowed to hold memorials to mark the […]

2 May 2021

International News

Myanmar protesters urge ‘guerrilla strikes’ amid internet cutoff

Myanmar activists held candle-lit protests overnight and scrambled to find ways to get around a deepening internet shutdown on Friday, as anti-coup protesters pledged to continue efforts to force out the generals despite a military crackdown that has killed hundreds, including dozens of children. Anti-coup groups shared radio frequencies, offline internet resources and providers of text message news alerts to try to circumvent new curbs on the internet, which is […]

2 April 2021

International News

Belarus election challenger Tikhanovskaya flees to Lithuania

The main challenger in Belarus's disputed presidential election has fled to Lithuania after a second night of street clashes between police and opposition supporters left a protester dead. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who refused to concede her defeat against President Alexander Lukashenko in Sunday's vote, had arrived in the neighbouring country and was safe, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius told the AFP news agency on Tuesday. He did not provide any further […]

11 August 2020

News

G@tvol Capetonian: ‘This is not a knee-jerk reaction’ on brazen protests around Cape metro

While various protests, most related to land invasions, were still intermittent in numerous areas in the Cape Town metro on Monday, the Gatvol Capetonian group said it has made its point and called off its demonstrations. Fadiel Adams of the Cape Coloured Congress and presssure group Gatvol Capetonian, said they would be shutting down major roads across the city between 5am and 11am, with communities from at least 15 areas […]

27 July 2020

Local

Cele gives Hermanus protesters 72-hour ultimatum on stolen police gun

A meeting between Hermanus protesters and Police Minister Bheki Cele broke up abruptly on Friday after Cele gave the community 72 hours to return a police firearm. The pistol was taken from an officer who was hospitalised after a beating at the hands of protesters on Thursday‚ and Cele said he would enter discussions about the community’s grievances only when it was returned. Cele went to Zwelihle after two weeks […]

21 July 2018

Local

City spending over R100m on damaged property in protests

By Zaahidah Meyer Damage to City council owned infrastructure by protesters will run into well over R100 million. That’s according to the City of Cape Town’s Mayco member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, after the Gugulethu fire station was set alight in protest action in the early hours of Thursday morning and firefighters were forced to evacuate the premises. The fire ensued after an attempted land invasion was blocked […]

13 July 2018

Local

EFF kicks off National Day Of Action

Scores of Economic Freedom Fighters kicked off the anti-Zuma protests, dubbed the National Day of Action, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. By 5am, the small group was singing and dancing around Church Square. A truck loaded with a huge public address system was playing loud music at the scene. Food vendors had descended on the area, setting up stalls ahead of the multi-party protest. Some were selling EFF regalia. […]

12 April 2017

International News

Anti-India protests erupt in Kashmir after boy killed

Indian troops have fired warning shots and used tear gas as they clashed with thousands of people in Srinagar protesting against the killing of a 12-year-old boy by security forces. Doctors told Al Jazeera that Junaid Ahmad died early on Saturday at a hospital in the main city of the Indian-administered Kashmir, hours after suffering a head injury and pellet wounds. Residents said the boy was sprayed with pellets in […]

8 October 2016

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