Tag: Demonstrators

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Tens half blind in Chile as riot police open fire with rubber bullets close range

  

  Running away as shots rang out, Carlos Vivanco turned to see where they were coming from. Then he felt his left eye closing and his face dripping with blood. The 18-year-old student had become one of the scores of people hit in the eyes, and in some cases blinded, by police rubber bullets in Chile's recent wave of anti-government protests.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  Ortega's paramilitary groups on shooting spree against protestors; Church dialogue backed talks collapse

  

  Three people were shot dead in the city of Masaya as security forces and para military groups tried to regain control of the area, a human rights group reported on Tuesday, the two-month anniversary of political unrest that has shaken Nicaragua.

• Monday, May 14th 2018 - 08:34 UTC

  Nicarguan army sides with protests, calls for an end to violence

  

  Nicaragua's military called for a halt to violence that has rocked the country during weeks of protests and a deadly crackdown by police and supporters of President Daniel Ortega's government. In a statement late Saturday, the army also expressed solidarity with families of those who have died — more than 60, according to a human rights group.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 20:35 UTC

  VIDEOS - Clashes between protesters and officials in Venezuela

  

  Security officials are dispersing with pellets and tear gas opposition concentration in front of the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas, after the opposition convened a peaceful demonstration in protest against the government. So far at least 3 people have been injured by pellets in the confrontation. The protesters were refuging at the University and erected barricades in the street, facing with stones and molotovs the officials while they shoot and throw tear gas bombs inside the university headquarters, according to ReporteYA