Tehran: Within only a few days of the anti-government demonstrations in Iran, news of hijab protests by women have surfaced from different cities in Iran. The women protesters were demanding the withdrawal of the compulsory hijab law for the Iranian women. 29 women participating in the protests were arrested by the security agencies. While this […]
Read More »Tunis: Tunisia, formed seven years ago as a result of the Arab Spring protests, is once again reeling with anti-government agitations. The demonstrations which broke out because of the taxes and expenditure cut back policies imposed by the government, leading to lower wage costs and inflation, have taken a violent turn in the last two […]
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Mexico City: While the US and the Mexican government had been negotiating on the ‘North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)’, thousands of Mexican citizens took to the streets in bitter protest over the NAFTA agreement. The Mexican rulers have been striving hard to prevent US from retracting; whereas, a contradictory picture of the Mexican population opposing […]
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Jerusalem : Ignoring the criticism of the European nations, Israel has announced its decision to build three thousand more homes in the ‘West Bank’ region of Palestine for the Jewish settlers. This is the third decision taken by Israel in the course of last two weeks, of building settlements for the Jewish refugees. Protests have started […]
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Beijing : Almost over 1000 soldiers held protests in front of the headquarters of China’s Defense Ministry, to express their discontent against the increased corruption and job cuts of soldiers by China’s ‘People’s Liberation Army’. Retired soldiers of China’s army as well as currently serving soldiers participated in this protest. Such type of anti-government protests […]
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Kabul : Pakistan has closed the Wagha Port for the Afghani businessmen/traders which generated a strong reaction from Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani threatened Pakistan to shut the transit route which connects Pakistan to Central Asia. He also clarified that they do not necessarily depend on Pakistan alone for trade and have other countries. Since last […]
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Baloch residents from Leipzig, Germany had earlier drawn attention of the international fraternity towards the atrocities of Pakistan in Balochistan by the means of several protests. Barely a few hours after this, Baloch activists in London carried out similar protests in front of the Chinese embassy there. Several protestors even demanded separation of ‘Sindu Desh’ […]
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Quetta : Protests against Pakistan seems to have intensified on the Afghanistan side of the border. Afghans on both sides of the border have torched Pakistan national flags to express their dissatisfaction while shouting pro-India slogans. As a consequence, Pakistan subsequently, decided to close the ‘Chaman’ border crossing. Pakistan has blamed India for provoking Afghanistan against […]
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Srinagar : The CRPF have been using the non-fatal ‘pellet gun’ to control the violent crowds. However if the ‘pellet gun’ is banned and the situation goes out of control, then the CRPF will be left with no other option, but to Gunfire. This would cause more fatalities as per the clarification of the CRPF […]
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Berlin: The discontent in Germany against the open door refugee policy of Chancellor Angela Merkel is getting more fervent by the day. On Saturday, thousands of protestors took to the streets in the German capital of Berlin shouting the ‘Merkel must go’ slogan to vent their ire. At the same time, results of a survey […]
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