Police have arrested nearly 1,500 people across Russia following protests calling for the release of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Navalny is reported to be in serious condition following a three-week hunger strike in prison. The arrests occurred across 82 cities, with the largest number of arrests occurring in St Petersburg with a total of…
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Tax reforms cause large scale protests in Colombia
Tens of thousands of people in Colombia have taken to the streets to protest proposed tax reform legislation on Wednesday. The proposed reform would decrease the minimum amount of income required to be susceptible to tax. Not limited to that, the new system would remove several tax exemptions and include additional taxable items for individuals…
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“I was not afraid… all that mattered was the cause we were fighting for. Together”: an interview with Russian activist Ekaterina Dudakova
“We, the Russian citizens, have waited a long time for this kind of massive protest to occur”, says Ekaterina Dudakova, a 20-year-old student from Yekaterinburg. “If you ask five different people for the reasons they went to the protests, they will tell you five different things. But the primary adversary we are uniting against can…
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How have protests transformed under lockdown measures?
Needless to say, the act of taking to the streets joined in close proximity by hundreds of others shouting support for a cause has been affected by the recent measures to minimize the spread of Covid. With government guidelines limiting public gatherings to no more than six people, protesting in public is now currently illegal…
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Protests in Wisconsin as Black man shot seven times by police
Protests have erupted in Wisconsin after a Black man, identified by Wisconsin state governor as Jacob Blake, was shot multiple times in the back by police. It is understood the victim remains in a serious condition in hospital. In video footage of the incident, currently circulating social media, Mr Blake does not appear to be…
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Thousands gather in Minsk in memory of dead demonstrator
Thousands of protesters gather around the metro station where Alexander Taraikovsky was killed on Monday during the first phase of protests following Belarussian election results on the 9th of August. Protesters have laid flowers on the spot where the 34-year old died. Government officials claim Taraikovsky died while handling an explosive device during the protests…
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Protests across Belarus following election fraud allegations
Protesters have taken to the streets across Belarus following a controversial election result on Sunday. The presidential election saw incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko receive around 80% of all votes, however this has been disputed by rival Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who said: “I will believe my own eyes – the majority was for us… The authorities should…
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“An eroding legal system and demolishing freedom of speech”: Hong Kong under threat
Last year I corresponded with Wing Yee Fan, a student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She told me about the violent protests that gripped the city for many weeks after the passing of a controversial extradition bill by the Chinese government. Wing Yee told me about the instances of police brutality amidst the…
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What we mean when we say ‘abolish the police’
Over the past few weeks you may have heard calls to ‘abolish the police’ or ‘defund the police’. Now, these statements are not quite as radical as they may seem. Apart from a limited number of anarchists, nobody is seriously suggesting we should go without police officers and law enforcement. What is usually meant by…
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