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10/1/2023 9:40:49 AM
Iranian security forces made dozens of arrests Saturday as protesters in the southeast commemorated the killing of dozens of demonstrators in the region one year ago, human rights groups said.
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9/20/2023 12:03:48 PM
King Charles III of the United Kingdom starts a three-day state visit to France on Wednesday meant to highlight with great pomp both nations' friendship, after the trip was postponed in March amid widespread demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension changes.
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9/12/2023 12:21:00 PM
Demonstrations in the oil-rich Iraqi province of Kirkuk led to the deaths of four people this week, raising fears of further violence in the region, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti in Baghdad.
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8/30/2023 11:19:00 PM
The ongoing demonstrations in southern Syria indicate that areas previously less affected by the conflict in the country are now suffering from major economic hardships, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus.
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8/29/2023 10:59:51 AM
Anti-government protests in southern Syria have entered their second week, with demonstrators waving the colorful flag of the minority Druze community, burning banners of President Bashar Assad and at one point raiding several offices of his ruling party.
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8/12/2023 9:34:24 PM
Thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday in the latest protest against the hard-right government's controversial judicial reform plans that opponents see as a threat to democracy.
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8/1/2023 12:34:30 PM
France prepared to evacuate French and other European citizens from Niger on Tuesday, six days after a coup that toppled one of the last pro-Western leaders in the jihadist-plagued Sahel and stoked anti-French demonstrations.
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7/29/2023 10:41:05 PM
Senegal's public prosecutor on Saturday announced seven new charges against opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, adding that they were unrelated to a moral corruption case last month that sparked deadly protests.
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7/29/2023 9:08:54 PM
Kenya's government and opposition announced Saturday they had agreed to form a joint committee "to resolve our differences amicably," following weeks of street protests that sometimes turned deadly.
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7/21/2023 7:02:00 PM
Muslim-majority nations expressed outrage Friday at the desecration of a copy of the Koran in Sweden. Some prepared for street demonstrations following midday prayers to show their anger.
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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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7/19/2023 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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7/13/2023 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 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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6/20/2023 7:49:05 PM
The French government said Tuesday that it would shut down an activist climate group over a series of recent demonstrations including one that led to fierce clashes with police over a controversial irrigation project.
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6/10/2023 10:50:04 PM
Israelis continued protests Saturday for the 23rd week against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government to overhaul the judiciary in the country.
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6/6/2023 4:37:39 PM
As Senegalese struggle with the aftermath of deadly protests sparked by the conviction of an opposition leader, attention is shifting to the impact on the nation's economy.
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6/4/2023 4:52:15 PM
Half a million protesters packed the streets of central Warsaw on Sunday, Poland's opposition organisers said claiming one of the biggest anti-government demonstrations in the 30 years since the end of communism.
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5/23/2023 7:42:52 PM
Thousands of people displaced by the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region staged protests Tuesday demanding to be able to return home and calling for the withdrawal of "invading forces", witnesses and local television said.
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5/2/2023 2:53:55 PM
French trade unions said Tuesday they would call new mass demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron's bitterly contested pension reforms next month, a day after hundreds of thousands turned out against the law.
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