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7/24/2023 7:35:34 PM
A Swedish court on Monday fined climate activist Greta Thunberg for disobeying police during an environmental protest at an oil facility last month.
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7/24/2023 4:54:24 PM
Israel's hard-right government on Monday pushed through parliament a key clause of its controversial judicial reform package despite months of mass protests and concerns voiced by foreign allies.
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7/24/2023 2:51:30 PM
Lagos state government has annouced plans for a mass burial of more than 100 people killed during Nigeria's 2020 anti-police brutality rallies, sparking renewed criticism over a crackdown on protesters.
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7/24/2023 1:40:44 PM
Israeli lawmakers on Monday prepared for a final vote on a major component of the hard-right government's controversial judicial reforms even as US President Joe Biden called for postponing the "divisive" bill that has triggered mass protests.
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7/23/2023 11:07:41 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was recovering in hospital on Sunday after an emergency heart procedure while opposition to his government's contentious judicial overhaul plan reached a fever pitch and unrest gripped the country.
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7/22/2023 11:09:05 PM
The head of the junta in Mali brought in a new constitution for the West African nation on Saturday, prompting protests from concerned political and civil opponents.
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7/22/2023 1:08:05 PM
Oceans of Israeli flags, steady drumbeats, cries of “Democracy!” Water cannons, police on horseback, protesters dragged off the ground.
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7/21/2023 5:54:09 PM
Al-Azhar has condemned the repeated burnings of the Quran in Sweden under the guise of freedom of expression and called for “unified and serious stances” towards Sweden's “anti-Islam and anti-Muslim policies."
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7/20/2023 10:21:44 PM
Police in Kenya say they have been ordered not to report deaths amid demonstrations against the rising cost of living, but an independent watchdog says at least six people were shot dead by police and 27 were shot dead in such protests earlier this year.
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7/20/2023 6:00:07 PM
An Israeli parliamentary committee has adopted a key clause of the hard-right government's controversial judicial reforms, a statement said Thursday, as protests intensified ahead of final votes on the bill.
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7/19/2023 8:41:14 PM
Police in Kenya opened fire on protesters in clashes that left at least 12 people wounded Wednesday as the opposition organized demonstrations calling for the government of President William Ruto to lower the cost of living.
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7/19/2023 1:40:33 PM
At least four protesters were injured in Kenya Wednesday as police clashed with demonstrators who are calling for the government to lower the cost of living.
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7/16/2023 5:08:33 PM
Oil production has resumed at two major Libyan oil fields, the oil ministry said Sunday, after a brief shutdown by demonstrators protesting the arrest of a former minister.
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7/16/2023 1:53:37 PM
Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf and morality police returned to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests.
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7/14/2023 3:28:09 PM
France is celebrating its national holiday Friday with whizzing warplanes and a grand Bastille Day parade in Paris — and with more than 100,000 police deployed around the country to prevent a new outbreak of unrest in underprivileged neighborhoods.
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7/13/2023 7:09:20 PM
Kenya's interior ministry on Thursday said more than 300 people had been arrested over anti-government protests that left nine dead as the opposition announced fresh demonstrations next week.
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7/12/2023 10:49:36 PM
Six people were killed on Wednesday in clashes between police and demonstrators in Kenya who joined banned opposition protests against tax hikes, police officers told AFP.
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7/12/2023 11:57:17 AM
Kenyan officers fired tear gas on protesters Wednesday as they defied a police ban to join demonstrations called by opposition leader Raila Odinga against a raft of tax hikes.
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7/9/2023 10:46:38 AM
Israel's anti-government protest movement gained new momentum on Saturday night as tens of thousands of people spilled into the streets of cities across the country to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious plan to overhaul the judicial system.
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7/8/2023 7:27:35 PM
More than 1,000 people defied a ban and on Saturday gathered in central Paris for a memorial rally, with dozens of marches planned throughout France to denounce police brutality and racial profiling.
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