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NEFIN activists rally during three day strike against the media

Politics

NEFIN activists rally during three day strike against t...

Normal life continues to be affected across the country, on the second day of a three day strike called by the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN). The activists target...
by Kumar Shrestha, on 21st of May 2012
27th Student demonstration turns violent

Politics

27th Student demonstration turns violent

Three days after the law 78 was implemented students keep defying the new decree by taking the streets. Police forces declared the demonstration illegal as soon as it started, and soon ...
by David Vilder, on 21st of May 2012
Sit-in held by citizens against recent bombing in Brindisi

Society

Sit-in held by citizens against recent bombing in Brind...

Citizens, student associations, and Major Massimo Zedda of Cagliari gathered to protest the bombing in Brindisi in which a 16 year old girl was killed, and four others seriously injured...
by Alessandro Cani, on 19th of May 2012
Protest against the bombing of the school of Brindisi

Society

Protest against the bombing of the school of Brindisi

A bomb exploded outside a high school in southern Italy aimed for a slain anti-Mafia prosecutor as students arrived for class, killing a teenage girl and wounding several other classmat...
by Alessandro Serranò, on 19th of May 2012
Red Shirts seek justice for those killed and detained - Bangkok

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Red Shirts seek justice for those killed and detained -...

Red Shirt protesters push for the release of political detainees and compensation for the families of those who died during the violent crackdown against protesters in May of 2010, wear...
by Alasdair McLeod, on 19th of May 2012
Red Shirt demonstrators rallying at Ratchaprasong Intersection

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Red Shirt demonstrators rallying at Ratchaprasong Inter...

Thousands of Red Shirt demonstrators rally at Ratchaprasong intersection to remember the violent May 2010 military crackdown against protesters.
by JP B, on 19th of May 2012
Red Shirts demonstrate in Bangkok

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Red Shirts demonstrate in Bangkok

Red Shirt protesters gather in downtown Bangkok's Radjprasong district to commemorate two years since the violent military crackdown that occurred in 2010.
by Camilla Davidsson, on 19th of May 2012
Abu Saiba anti-government protesters demand freedom for their leaders

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Abu Saiba anti-government protesters demand freedom for...

A peaceful demonstration in Abu Saiba that ended on Main Street due to riot police quickly became a violent protest with clashes starting at 9 p.M. until 1 a.M. Many protesters are left...
by AF-Bahrain Revolution, on 17th of May 2012
Journalists rally for justice for murdered couple

Society

Journalists rally for justice for murdered couple

Journalists demonstrate in front of the Secretariat demanding justice for the journalist couple Sagar and Runi who were gunned down in their own bedroom.
by firoz ahmed, on 15th of May 2012
Palestinians activists blocked the entrance to Maale Adumim

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Palestinians activists blocked the entrance to Maale Ad...

A Palestinian protest ended with the blocking the way in front of the Israeli West Bank town of Maale Adumim near the city of Jerusalem.
by Elo Bollack, on 13th of May 2012
Mass Arrests at Bank Of England during Occupy May 12 protest

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Mass Arrests at Bank Of England during Occupy May 12 pr...

Police arrest large numbers of Occupy London Protesters for sitting in contravention of the Section 14 orders act. The protest was part of a global day of action to mark one year since ...
by Thabo Jaiyesimi, on 13th of May 2012
Journalists protest death of colleague in road accident

Society

Journalists protest death of colleague in road accident

Journalists demonstrated in front of the National Press Club by blocking traffic on the street to protest against the death of a colleague named Bibhash in a road accident.
by firoz ahmed, on 12th of May 2012
Rape and murder of indigenous girl Sujata Chankma sparks protest

Society

Rape and murder of indigenous girl Sujata Chankma spark...

Indigenous Civil Society, CHT Hill Student Council (PCP), Hill Womens’ Federation and Bangladesh Indigenous Student Action Forum protest the rape and murder of indigenous girl Sujata Ch...
by firoz ahmed, on 12th of May 2012
Save Jeju as Island of World Peace - London

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Save Jeju as Island of World Peace - London

A protest at the Korean Embassy demanded a halt to the building of a naval base for US ballistic missiles aimed at China at Ganjeong on Jeju Island, a fishing village in one of the ...
by Peter Marshall, on 9th of May 2012
Activists form a human chain during anti-tobacco protest - Dhaka

Society

Activists form a human chain during anti-tobacco protes...

Bangladesh Tamak Birodhi Jote protest for a ban on tobacco farming in agricultural land. They ask the government for more emphasis on food, security, environment and public health.
by firoz ahmed, on 8th of May 2012
Yevhenia Timoschenko visits Merkel at NRW election campain of Rösken

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Yevhenia Timoschenko visits Merkel at NRW election camp...

Yevhenia Timoschenko extra traveld Merkel afterwards from Berlin to Paderborn to talk to her due to her mother Julia Timoschenko's hunger strike and the violent Ukraine Goverment. ...
by CubeGlobe, on 7th of May 2012
Mass rally ends in clashes with police - Moscow

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Mass rally ends in clashes with police - Moscow

The mass rally on Bolotnaya Square against Vladimir Putin's rule turned violent and ended in clashes between protesters and police. More than 400 protesters were detained, and seve...
by Maria Pleshkova, on 6th of May 2012
Reporters protest for justice in the journalist murders in Mexico

Society

Reporters protest for justice in the journalist murders...

Journalists, and reporters demand justice for the more than 70 journalist murders in Mexico during the government of Philip Calderon's war on drugs.
by LUIS RAMON BARRON TINAJERO, on 5th of May 2012
Journalists demand justice and an end to the killings

Society

Journalists demand justice and an end to the killings

More than 70 journalists have died during the government of Philip Calderon and the violence created by his war against the illegal drug cartels. Journalists light candles and ask for j...
by Ivan_Duff Cuevas Hernandez, on 5th of May 2012
Students strike in Quebec

Politics

Students strike in Quebec

College and University students across Quebec have been on strike in a struggle to block a proposed raise in tuition by the Quebec Government. The level of violent has been escalating. ...
by Darren Ell, on 4th of May 2012

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