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International
10/16/2022 7:49:34 PM
Thousands of protesters, including France's newly crowned Nobel literature laureate, piled into the streets of Paris on Sunday, in a show of anger against the bite of rising prices and cranking up pressure on the government of President Emmanuel Macron.
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World
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Region
10/15/2022 6:35:04 PM
Protesters intensified anti-government demonstrations along main streets and at universities in some cities across Iran on Saturday. Human rights monitors reported hundreds dead, including children, as the movement entered its fifth week.
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
10/15/2022 4:31:15 PM
Two environmental protesters appeared in a UK court Saturday after throwing tomato soup over one of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings at London's National Gallery.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/14/2022 3:52:57 PM
Environmental protesters on Friday threw tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" painting at London's National Gallery, in the latest "direct-action" stunt targeting works of art.
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World
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Region
10/12/2022 2:11:04 PM
Palestinian shops and businesses in east Jerusalem shut down on Wednesday to protest Israeli police raids in the area that have prompted fierce clashes between police and Palestinian protesters.
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World
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International
10/9/2022 7:35:24 PM
Germany's foreign minister is calling for European Union entry bans and asset freezes against those responsible for what she described as brutal repression against anti-government protesters in Iran.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
10/6/2022 6:13:50 PM
Oscar-winning actors Marion Cotillard and Juliette Binoche, as well as other French screen and music stars, filmed themselves chopping off locks of their hair in a video posted Wednesday in support of protesters in Iran.
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World
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International
10/1/2022 6:17:13 PM
A group of Afghan women Saturday protested a suicide bombing that killed or wounded dozens of students in a Shia education center in the capital Kabul a day earlier, demanding better security from the Taliban-run government.
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World
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Region
10/1/2022 1:01:30 PM
Scuffles broke out between protesters and security forces injuring dozens as thousands gathered Saturday in Iraq's capital to mark three years since nationwide demonstrations erupted against endemic corruption.
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World
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Region
9/28/2022 10:58:45 AM
The United Nations Secretary-General called on Iran early Wednesday to refrain from using ``unnecessary or disproportionate force'' against protesters as unrest over a young woman's death in police custody spread across the country.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
9/26/2022 4:11:44 PM
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World
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Region
9/26/2022 11:24:22 AM
Authorities in a northern Iran province have arrested 450 people during more than 10 days of protests following a young Kurdish woman's death in morality policy custody, state media reported Monday.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
9/25/2022 3:20:27 PM
Iran's two-time Oscar winning director Asghar Farhadi on Sunday urged people worldwide to "stand in solidarity" with protesters following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police.
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World
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Region
9/23/2022 7:24:11 PM
Washington announced Friday it was easing export restrictions on Iran to expand access to internet services, which have been curbed by the government amid a crackdown on protesters.
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World
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Region
9/23/2022 3:36:00 PM
Iranian authorities have imposed tough and targeted restrictions on the use of the internet in a bid to impede protesters gathering and prevent images of crackdowns on their demonstrations from reaching the outside world, observers say.
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World
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Region
9/23/2022 1:40:57 PM
​Protesters across Iran continued to clash violently with security forces early Friday following the death of a young woman in police custody, as Iranian state TV suggested the death toll from the unrest could be as high as 26, without offering details.
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World
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Region
9/20/2022 10:08:48 AM
Protesters scuffled with Lebanese security forces Monday outside the Justice Ministry in Beirut, demanding the release of two people arrested last week during a bank heist.
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World
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Region
9/13/2022 7:12:57 PM
Thousands of Sudanese protesters took to the streets Tuesday to press demands for a return to civilian rule following a military takeover last year, AFP correspondents said.
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World
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International
9/3/2022 6:42:34 PM
Tens of thousands of protesters from the far right and far left joined forces to rally against the country's pro-Western Czech government in the capital on Saturday.
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World
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Region
8/30/2022 2:17:00 PM
Iraqi supporters of powerful cleric Muqtada al-Sadr began withdrawing Tuesday from Baghdad's Green Zone after he demanded fighting end between rival Shia forces and the army that left 23 dead and hundreds wounded.
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