Tag: protests
People have taken to the streets of Burkina Faso to protest against the military coup and the arrest of several leaders in the country’s transitional government. The armed forces have named the Presidential Guard’s General Gilbert Diendéré the new head of the transitional council and have identified themselves as the National Council for Democracy. Spokesperson […]
About 2000 Brazilians have taken to the streets across the country to protest against alleged government corruption and looming recession, calling for the resignation of President Dilma Rouseff. The crowds protested against alleged endemic corruption in the government, chanting “Dilma out” and “corrupt government.” The rallies had been largely called by web-based activist groups with […]
A large number of Americans have again taken to the streets of Baltimore, Maryland, to protest the death of a 25-year-old unarmed African American man at the hands of white police officers. On Thursday night, the protesters poured into the streets to demand justice for the murder of Freddie Gray, who died of a spinal […]
Activists protested for a third day in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sunday over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman, the latest in a string of killings that have intensified concerns of racial bias in U.S. law enforcement. More than 100 people angry over the death of Tony Robinson Jr. marched […]
Forty people have died in protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo against President Joseph Kabila, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday, accusing security forces of using excessive force and then trying to remove evidence. The number of people who have died in DR Congo over the past week in demonstrations against a bill that […]
