Tag: protests

• Tuesday, March 28th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Amnesty International denounces excessive force against social protests in Venezuela

  

  Amnesty International (AI) said excessive force was used by Venezuelan law enforcement agencies against protests demanding social and economic rights. The organization also highlighted these demonstrations were being deterred with repressive measures.

• Saturday, December 31st 2022 - 10:06 UTC

  Chile: 11 social protesters and one guerrilla pardoned

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Friday pardoned 12 prisoners who had been arrested during the 2019 social protests and a former guerrilla who fought against then-dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte. In keeping his campaign promise, Boric drew heavy criticism from the opposition.

• Monday, November 28th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  BBC reporter arrested in Chinese protests against mass testing and confinements

  

  Ed Lawrence, a reporter from the BBC's office in Beijing, was beaten, kicked, and arrested by Chinese police during his coverage of the anti-zero-covid policy protests, it was reported.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Massive arrests of anti-war protesters throughout Russia

  

  Over 1,000 Russian protesters have been arrested after they took to the streets in response to Vladimir Putin's announcement regarding a “partial” military mobilization involving some 300,000 reserve soldiers for the offensive in Ukraine.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Iran: At least 9 people killed amid women's rights protests

  

  At least 9 people have been killed in Iran amid protests following the death of a woman in morality police custody over her improper wearing of the mandatory face covering.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  Ecuador's President says indigenist groups out to topple him

  

  Ecuador's Conservative President Guillermo Lasso Monday said the indigenist groups staging protests nationwide wanted to overthrow him from office, for which they need chaos to mount.

• Monday, June 20th 2022 - 10:38 UTC

  Indigenist protesters in Ecuador clash with police

  

  Protesters adhering to the indefinite strike called for by the indigenist group Conaie clashed with Ecuadorian authorities Sunday in places such as Orellana, Pastaza, and Sucumbios, it was reported. It was the seventh day of nonstop activities.

• Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Reporter among those wounded during demonstrations in Chile

  

  A TV reporter was among the three people wounded in Santiago during incidents involving law enforcement officers (Carabineros), armed street merchants, and hooded looters during a Labor Day demonstration by unionist groups.

• Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Argentine war veterans pepper-sprayed for demanding proper medical care

  

  A group of veterans of the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War was repelled with tear gas Wednesday by the Buenos Aires police during a demonstration in front of the PAMI social security agency where they demanded the fulfillment of the medical care program to which they are entitled.

• Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Ecuador grants amnesty to those involved in 2019 scuffles

  

  Ecuador's National Assembly Thursday passed a bill to grant amnesty to 268 people who were being prosecuted for “exercising their own right and collective rights recognized in the Constitution and international instruments” during the social uprisings in the last quarter of 2019, it was announced.