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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

International

Iran army issues warning to ‘rioters’ as security forces struggle to suppress unrest

INTERNATIONAL Iran's Army Ground Forces Commander said, on Wednesday, that "rioters" would have no place in the Islamic Republic if the country's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered a tougher crackdown on nationwide protests, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported, Reuters reports. "… should he decide to deal with them, rioters will no longer have a place in the country," Brigadier General, Kiumars Heydari said. Anti-government demonstrations erupted in September after the death of […]

10 November 2022

International

Riots break out in Leicester amid tensions between Muslims and Hindus

INTERNATIONAL It's late afternoon, and silence has replaced the hustle and bustle in the restaurants and clothes shops on Leicester's celebrated Golden Mile along Belgrave Road. Premises that would typically be full of customers riffling through saris and buying Indian desserts are now nearly empty, with old Diwali signs and portraits of the late Queen Elizabeth II fading on shop windows. Outside, roads normally congested with traffic are almost deserted. […]

24 September 2022

International

Thai prison set on fire during riot over coronavirus cluster

Hundreds of prisoners set fire to a Thai jail during a two-day riot over the handling of a coronavirus cluster, with some inmates wounded as officers sought to restore order. Thai prisons are notoriously overcrowded and have struggled to curb the spread of the virus, more than 87,000 inmates have been infected with 185 recorded deaths, according to the Corrections Department. Authorities were set to inspect the damage on Saturday […]

18 December 2021

Local

Looting and violence were a ‘deliberate’ attack on democracy in SA: Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted that the country was ill-prepared for the violent protests and looting that broke out in parts of the country after the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma. Addressing the nation on Friday night, Ramaphosa said the country was going to learn from the violent protests which almost crippled the economy. He was speaking after his visit to KwaZulu-Natal, where protests first broke out and later […]

17 July 2021

Local

Security guard ‘fighting for her life’ after Kaizer Chiefs’ fans run riot

A security guard was badly beaten, a ball boy and several other spectators injured and millions of rands of damage sustained as angry Kaizer Chiefs fans rioted at the end of the club’s loss in the Nedbank Cup semifinal to Free State Stars on Saturday night. The security guard, who was set upon by a group of hooligans on the pitch at the end of the game, was severely hurt, […]

22 April 2018

riot

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

Iran army issues warning to ‘rioters’ as security forces struggle to suppress unrest

Riots break out in Leicester amid tensions between Muslims and Hindus

Thai prison set on fire during riot over coronavirus cluster

Looting and violence were a ‘deliberate’ attack on democracy in SA: Ramaphosa

Security guard ‘fighting for her life’ after Kaizer Chiefs’ fans run riot

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