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Masked Men Gun Down Iraqi Protesters In Karbala Holy City

Masked Men Gun Down Iraqi Protesters In Karbala Holy City

October 29, 2019 12:22 pm

Amid a clampdown by security forces, it was difficult to piece together what exactly prompted the attack. There were differing accounts and death toll estimates.

The provincial governor, Nassif al-Khattabi, denied that any protesters were killed but said there were some injuries among security forces.

He said videos that had spread online were fabricated and not from Karbala. Footage purporting to show the aftermath of the attack showed fires and people running away to the backdrop of heavy gunfire. His description contradicted that of people who were at the scene.

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350,000 Protesters Flood Barcelona For ‘Freedom’ Rally

350,000 Protesters Flood Barcelona For ‘Freedom’ Rally

October 26, 2019 5:12 pm

Around 350,000 people rallied in downtown Barcelona on Saturday, turning the streets into a sea of independence flags in the latest mass protest against Spain’s jailing of nine separatist leaders.

The turnout figure was given by the local police as vast crowds packed into a wide avenue running between the waterfront and the city’s towering Sagrada Familia basilica, which was once again closed to visitors.

Catalonia, Barcelona  has been gripped by unrest since the October 14 Supreme Court verdict which unleashed a wave of huge demonstrations that quickly turned violent, with angry protesters hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails at riot …

Rivers APC: Protesters Demand Magnus Abe’s Exit From Party

Rivers APC: Protesters Demand Magnus Abe’s Exit From Party

October 17, 2019 5:12 pm

Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers State chapter, on Thursday, grounded activities at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja, demanding the immediate expulsion of Senator Magnus Abe from the party.

The protesters equally requested the national leadership of the party to prevail on Senator Abe to withdraw his case against the state chapter of the party from court or be expelled.

The group under the aegis of National Youth Leadership Congress (NYLC) warned that if the National Working Committee (NWC) refused to act on the issue, it would be concluded that it was backing the senator to destabilise …

Protesters Take To Streets As Spain Jails Catalan Leaders

Protesters Take To Streets As Spain Jails Catalan Leaders

October 14, 2019 12:30 pm

Within minutes of the ruling, protesters had poured onto the streets of the Catalan capital, waving flags and blocking traffic over the conviction of the separatist leaders who organised a 2017 referendum banned by Madrid.

“I feel fury and a sense of powerlessness,” said Joan Guich, a 19-year-old student protesting in Barcelona after Spain’s Supreme Court jailed nine Catalan leaders jailed over a failed independence bid.

“They have been convicted for an ideology which I agree with.”

“We have to mobilise and stick up for them … in a way that has an impact, closing airports, stations, but always avoiding …

Mob Of Protesters Lynch VIO Official In Niger State - CP

Mob Of Protesters Lynch VIO Official In Niger State – CP

October 4, 2019 6:08 am

The Niger State Police Command says a mob of protesters have lynched one Ahmed Bello, a Vehicle Inspector Officer in Mariga Local Government Area of the state.

Alhaji Adamu Usman, the State Commissioner of Police, made the disclosure in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Friday.

”On Oct. 3, at about 13:30 hours three Fulani youths namely Malami Mohammed, Juli Musa and Dawa Ali of Oro village of Mariga Local Government Area riding on an unregistered Bajaj motorcycle were stopped by the Vehicle Inspection Officer but refused to stop.

”They were chased by the VIO …

Breaking News: Police Attack IPOB Protesters In S/Africa

Breaking News: Police Attack IPOB Protesters In S/Africa

October 3, 2019 12:11 pm

South African police opened fire on Biafran protesters who took to the streets in a peaceful protest against the fake Buhari that is occupying Aso Rock.

There has been what can best be described as a barbaric and disgraceful attack against peaceful IPOB protesters today by the South African Police. The sovereign leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu took to his social media handles to lament and decry this ugly and distasteful development, which according to him has paled white apartheid regime into insignificance in terms of brutality and incredulity.

He said: “We hereby place it …

Sudan military warns opposition over planned protest rally

Sudan protesters, military rulers agree on joint council

April 27, 2019 6:00 pm

Sudan’s protest leaders and army rulers agreed Saturday to establish a joint civilian-military ruling council, a major breakthrough in talks between the two sides over demonstrators’ demands for a handover to civilian rule.

The agreement on the highly disputed issue came as thousands of protesters remain encamped outside the military headquarters since the army ousted longtime leader Omar al-Bashir on April 11, demanding that the army rulers step down.

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Sudan protesters plan ‘million march’ for civil rule

April 24, 2019 9:24 am
Sudanese protest leaders Wednesday mounted pressure on the country’s military council by calling for a million people to march to demand power be handed over to a civilian administration.

“We are calling for a million (people to) march on Thursday,” said Ahmed al-Rabia, a senior leader of the Sudanese Professionals Association, the umbrella group that launched protests against deposed president Omar al-Bashir in December.

In a separate statement, the SPA said the march calls for “civilian rule” in Sudan, the central demand of protesters since the army ousted Bashir on April 11.

The demonstrations began in the central town of

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Police use tear gas, water cannon on Algeria protesters

March 29, 2019 10:47 am

Algerian police used tear gas and water cannon on Friday to try to disperse hundreds of thousands of demonstrators demanding the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika days after the army called for his removal to end weeks of political crisis.

The protests, which erupted on Feb. 22, have been largely peaceful but have put pressure on the military to stabilize the North African country, a major oil and gas producer which cooperates with the West in fighting terrorism.

Police opened fire with tear gas after youths hurled stones at them, a Reuters witness said.

Some demonstrators called for the entire …

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