Tag: protests

Monday, October 3rd 2011 - 05:21 UTC
‘Occupy Wall Street’ protestors vowed to keep fight in spite of 700 arrests

Anti-Wall Street protesters vowed to keep up their fight on Sunday despite the arrests of more than 700 people the previous day for blocking traffic lanes on the Brooklyn Bridge in an unauthorized protest.
Monday, August 8th 2011 - 20:45 UTC
Chile’s protests for education reform trigger acrimonious political debate

Following one of the most violent marches yet in the citizens’ movement for education reform, Chilean former and current government officials are sounding off against President Sebastián Piñera’s administration and its handling of the ongoing demands for national education reform.
Monday, August 8th 2011 - 20:01 UTC
Third night of rioting, looting and clashes with police in several London districts

Youth hurled missiles at police in northeast London on Monday as violence broke out in the British capital for a third night. Protesters threw bottles, rubbish bins and supermarket trolleys at officers, and police with riot shields responded by charging them as they tried to seal off a busy area around Hackney Central station.
Friday, August 5th 2011 - 08:01 UTC
Chaos in Chile’s main cities as police clash with protesting students: 550 arrests

More than 550 people were arrested and 31 wounded in cities across Chile Thursday when police fired water cannons and tear gas to disperse student protesters calling for education reforms.
Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 19:48 UTC
Chilean students and teachers defy ban and take to the streets to protest

Protests carried out by students and teachers were suppressed Thursday by the Chilean police as over a dozen of roadblocks were set across Chile’s capital Santiago defying the government’s prohibition. Police suppressed demonstrators with tear gas and water.
Friday, July 15th 2011 - 06:18 UTC
March for education reform in Santiago de Chile turns violent with 62 arrests

A haze of tear gas floated through the air, blending in with Santiago’s smog as the Chilean flag atop La Moneda sat in solitude with an occasional breeze. Lemon halves littered the streets as flying glass bottles shattered on the concrete.
Wednesday, July 6th 2011 - 06:18 UTC
Chile’s Piñera tries to appease student protests: 4 billion USD for higher education

Chile's President Sebastián Piñera, beset by mass student protests over education standards and costs which are threatening his legislative agenda, proposed a 4 billion US dollars fund for higher education.
Thursday, May 19th 2011 - 06:31 UTC
Young Spaniards seeking jobs set up Egypt style protest in the heart of Madrid

About 20,000 young people angry over high unemployment have spent the night camping in a famous square in Madrid as political protest grows. A big canvas roof was stretched across Puerta del Sol square, protesters brought mattresses and sleeping bags and volunteers distributed food.
Monday, April 25th 2011 - 06:14 UTC
More protests in Syria in spite of the security forces ‘shoot to kill’ policy

Security forces have reportedly shot dead at least three people and injured others in north-west Syria, days after the worst bloodshed since unrest began. Police and soldiers opened fire from rooftops in the coastal town of Jabla, though no protest was being held at the time, witnesses said.
Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 04:43 UTC
Massive march in London to protest planned measures to cut budget deficit

In possibly the biggest protests since those against the Iraq war in February 2003, organizers say up to 250,000 people took to the streets of London on Saturday to show their frustration with planned austerity measures designed to cut a record budget deficit.