The Dispatch

Anti-war protests held in cities across Russia, 2,000 people arrested

MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Police detained more than 2,000 people at anti-war protests held in 48 cities across Russia on Sunday, a protest monitoring group said, as people defied the authorities…

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Russia cracks down on anti-war protesters at home, as its troops invade Ukraine

MOSCOW, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Police on Thursday detained more than 1,600 Russians who protested against Russia's multi-pronged military operation in Ukraine, while authorities threatened to block media reports that contain what…

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French COVID protest convoy defies Paris stay-away order

PARIS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A convoy protesting COVID-19 restrictions breached police defences and drove into central Paris on Saturday, snarling traffic around the Arc de Triomphe and on the Champs Elysees, as police fired…

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Australian police urge protesters to leave capital

(Reuters) - Australian police have given thousands of protesters until the end of Sunday to leave occupied areas of the country’s capital, as days-long rallies continue against COVID-19 vaccine mandates.…

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Tens of thousands protest against Covid-19 health rules in Brussels

Thousands of people took to the streets in Brussels on Sunday to protest against the Belgian authorities' health measures. There were several tens of thousands of demonstrators in central Brussels,…

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Albanian police fire tear gas as protesters storm party offices

TIRANA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas and water cannon in Tirana on Saturday as stone-throwing protesters stormed into the headquarters of Albania's opposition Democratic Party in a…

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Around 6,500 people join protest against Covid-19 measures in Germany

Dortmund, Germany (dpa) - Around 6,500 people gathered for a demonstration against vaccination and other Covid-19 measures in the German city of Düsseldorf on Saturday, the police said. According to a spokesperson, the…

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Pro and anti-vaccination protesters take to Australia streets

MELBOURNE, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Several thousand people took to Australia's streets on Saturday protesting COVID-19 vaccination mandates, while smaller crowds gathered to support the measures that have elevated the…

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Massive march in Chile three days after the 2nd anniversary of the protests

A Mapuche woman hits a kultrun during a protest in the central Plaza Italia, popularly renamed 'Plaza Dignidad', during a new day of protests against the Government of Sebastian Pinera,…

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Tunisians protest against president’s power grab as opposition deepens

TUNIS (Reuters) - Several hundred demonstrators gathered in Tunis on Sunday under a heavy police presence to protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied's seizure of governing powers in July and…

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Anti COVID vaccine protesters clash with police in Greece

Demonstrations against compulsory vaccination also took place in Istanbul on Saturday, where more than 2,000 Turks protested against the government's new inoculation push. ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police fired tear…

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Polish medics march to demand better pay and health system reforms

WARSAW (Reuters) - Thousands of Poland's healthcare workers marched through the streets of Warsaw on Saturday, demanding better pay and conditions as the country braces for a fourth wave of…

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Police arrest hundreds of protesters as Australia reports record COVID-19 cases

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australian police arrested hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday and seven officers were hospitalised as a result of clashes, as the country saw its…

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Thousands protest against COVID-19 health pass in France

PARIS, July 31 (Reuters) - Thousands of people protested in Paris and other French cities on Saturday against a mandatory coronavirus health pass for entry to a wide array of…

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Cuban government holds mass rally in Havana after protests

HAVANA - Raul Castro was among thousands who attended a government-organized rally in Havana on Saturday to denounce the U.S. trade embargo and reaffirm their support for Cuba's revolution, a…

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U.S. calls for calm in Cuba, concerned by images of violence

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday called for calm in Cuba and said it was concerned by images of violence it had seen in the past few…

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Lebanon raises fuel prices in bid to ease shortages

BEIRUT, June 29 (Reuters) - Lebanon's government raised fuel prices by more than a third on Tuesday, a move aimed at alleviating crippling shortages but which will mount pressure on…

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Colombians hold eighth day of protests after overnight violence

BOGOTA, May 5 (Reuters) - Colombians staged mass marches around the country on Wednesday to mark an eighth day of anti-government protests with a laundry list of demands, after violence…

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Myanmar protesters march three months after coup; U.N. warns of ‘standstill’

(Reuters) - Protesters against military rule marched in Myanmar on Saturday three months after a coup ended a democratic transition, with several small blasts compounding a sense of crisis that a U.N.…

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Myanmar security forces with rifle grenades kill over 80 protesters – monitoring group

Myanmar security forces fired rifle grenades at protesters in a town near Yangon on Friday, killing more than 80 people, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) monitoring group and a…

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Northern Irish leaders set aside arguing to urge end to violence

BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's power-sharing government put aside factional differences on Thursday to appeal for calm after more than a week of nightly violence partly fuelled by frustration among…

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Hundreds join ‘kill the bill’ rallies across Britain against proposed protest law

LONDON (Reuters) -Hundreds of demonstrators joined marches and rallies across Britain on Saturday as part of a "national weekend of action" against a proposed new law that would give police…

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PhotoStory – Querdenker ‘Lateral thinkers movement’ protest in Stuttgart

A protester wears a lace panty as a face mask replacement over his face during a demonstration held by the ‘Querdenker' (lateral thinkers) movement against the German government's coronavirus restrictions…

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Five killed in Myanmar protests as junta cracks down on online critics

Myanmar security forces opened fire on pro-democracy protests on Saturday killing five people, a protester and media said, as the military reinforced its bid to end dissent with arrest warrants…

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Eight N. Ireland police injured in clashes at Belfast protest

Eight police officers in Belfast, Northern Ireland were injured on Friday when protesters rioted, attacking with projectiles that included metal rods and fireworks, police said. Police Service Northern Ireland said…

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It’s all out war as at least 39 reported killed in Myanmar

March 14 (Reuters) - Security forces killed at least 22 anti-coup protesters in the poor, industrial Hlaingthaya suburb of Myanmar's main city on Sunday after Chinese-financed factories were set ablaze…

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Dutch police break up anti-lockdown protest ahead of election

THE HAGUE, March 14 (Reuters) - Dutch riot police used water cannon and batons on Sunday to disperse a crowd of several thousand anti-lockdown protesters gathered at a field in…

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Clashes break out in Greece after march against police

ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek police officer was hurt on Tuesday after clashes broke out during a demonstration against police brutality in an Athens suburb, prompted by a video that…

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Myanmar party official dies after arrest, hundreds escape overnight security siege

March 9 (Reuters) - An official from deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) died in custodyafter he was arrested early on Tuesday, a former parliamentarian said, the second party figure to die…

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Thousands of women protest in Spain demanding equal rights

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Holding signs such as "Respect my existence or expect my resistance," thousands of women on Monday protested across Spain against gender violence and in support of equal…

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Myanmar forces fire tear gas, stun grenades on protest as UN envoy calls for action

March 6 (Reuters) - Myanmar security forces used tear gas and stun grenades to break up a protest in Yangon on Saturday, just hours after a United Nations special envoy…

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Belarusian opposition leader expects new wave of protests

HELSINKI, March 3 (Reuters) - Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya expects mass protests against veteran President Alexander Lukashenko to start up again in the spring and to be more organised than…

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At least 18 killed in Myanmar on bloodiest day of protests against coup

Feb 28 (Reuters) - Myanmar police fired on protesters around the country on Sunday in the bloodiest day of weeks of demonstrations against a military coup and at least 18…

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Ten arrested in Barcelona as protests over jailed rapper turn violent

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Ten people were arrested in Barcelona on Saturday for assaulting police officers in fresh unrest over the jailing of a rapper for glorifying terrorism and insulting royalty…

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Tunisia’s main party holds huge rally as government row grows

Tunisia’s biggest political party assembled an immense crowd of supporters in the capital on Saturday in a show of strength that could fuel a dispute between the president and the…

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Hundreds protest after Georgian police detain opposition leader

TBILISI/MOSCOW — Police stormed the party offices of Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia and detained him on Tuesday, deepening a political crisis that prompted the prime minister to resign last…

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Protesters throw stones at police and neighbours over jailed Spanish rapper

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Police charged protesters who threw stones and bottles at officers and neigbours in Spanish cities on Friday in the fourth night of clashes after a rapper was…

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UN warns Myanmar against harsh response to protesters

The United Nations special envoy has warned Myanmar's army of "severe consequences" for any harsh response to protesters demonstrating against this month's coup in a call with the military leadership, a…

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Smaller protests in Myanmar as junta deploys more troops, armoured vehicles

Feb 15 (Reuters) - Protesters in Myanmar kept up demands on Monday for the release of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and an end to military rule despite the deployment…

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Punctured lung, fractured ribs: some Russian protesters allege police brutality

MOSCOW, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Alexei Borisov was diagnosed by doctors as having a punctured lung, three fractured ribs and a broken tooth after he attended a rally on Jan.…

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Myanmar protests resume, West condemns security response

Feb 10 (Reuters) - Protests spread across Myanmar on Wednesday after the most violent day in demonstrations against a coup that brought to a halt a tentative transition to democracy…

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Thousands protest Myanmar coup despite internet ban

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Thousands of people took to the streets of Yangon on Saturday to denounce this week's coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu…

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200 arrested during Covid-19 protests in Brussels

Brussels Times - Around 200 people have already been arrested in Brussels for participating coronavirus protests in the city, despite announcements from officials and police that the gatherings did not…

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Hundreds of Tunisians protest about police abuses

TUNIS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Tunisians marched in the capital on Saturday to protest against police abuses they say are endangering freedoms won in the 2011 revolution that…

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Calm returns to Dutch cities after riots, with police out in force

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - With shops boarded up and riot police out in force, it was relatively calm in Dutch cities on Tuesday night after three days of violence during which…

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Injured Tunisian protester dies, fuelling new clashes

TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian protester injured during clashes with police has died in hospital, state media reported on Monday, leading to more violent confrontations between demonstrators and security services…

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Protest against Nepal’s dissolution of parliament

A Nepalese protester waves a flag of the All Nepal National Free Students' Union (ANNFSU) during a protest against the endorsement of the current Nepalese government in Kathmandu, Nepal, 20…

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Nigerian general dismisses bloody Lagos protest videos as fake

A judicial panel investigating claims that Nigerian soldiers shot dead peaceful protesters in Lagos viewed videos on Saturday appearing to show people hurt or saying that they were being fired…

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Peru’s interim president resigns after ultimatum from Congress, protest deaths

Peru’s interim president, Manuel Merino, resigned on Sunday after the country’s political parties demanded he step down or face impeachment following the deaths of two people in protests over the…

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Thai LGBT and anti-government protesters join in Pride Parade

More than 1,000 members of Thailand's LGBT community and anti-government protesters joined in a Pride Parade on Saturday to call for equal rights as well for the ousting of Prime…

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Thousands in Warsaw join biggest protest so far against abortion ruling

Tens of thousands of Poles joined a march in Warsaw on Friday, the biggest in nine days of protests against a ruling by the country's top court last week that…

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More Coronavirus pandemic protests in Rome

Italian police once more clashed on Tuesday night with protesters against the measures implemented to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Rome, Italy. People went to the streets…

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Tear gas used as anti-restrictions protest flare up across Italy

Protests flared across Italy on Monday against a new round of government restrictions aimed at curbing a resurgent coronavirus, with violence reported in at least two major northern cities, Milan and Turin.…

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Tens of people detained by Belarus police

Tens of people were detained by police in the town of Lida in western Belarus on Sunday during a protest, Russia's RIA news agency cited the regional branch of the…

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278 persons detained by Polish police in anti-coronavirus restrictions protests

Warsaw police detained 278 people on Saturday after thousands protested against new curbs aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus, a police spokesman said. Police said demonstrators had attacked…

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Burned-out buildings and armed gangs in Lagos despite president’s plea

Gangs armed with knives and sticks blocked major roads in Lagos on Friday, with many on the streets angered by a speech in which the president called for calm but…

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Protests turn violent in Chile as churches burned, police fire tear gas

Tens of thousands of Chileans gathered in the central square of Santiago to mark the one-year anniversary of mass protests that left over 30 dead and thousands injured, with peaceful…

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