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The reported casualties were a result of clashes that occurred in Bago through Thursday night and Friday, according to the country’s Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). Witnesses claimed that the troops surrounded the demonstrators early on Friday, using firearms and rifle grenades against them. “It is like genocide. They are …

The civil unrest continued across Myanmar into Monday, with thousands protesting the February 1 coup, as well as mourning the victims of the violence. Some 114 people were reportedly killed and dozens more injured over the weekend – the bloodiest since the beginning of the protests and the military crackdown …

The detainees were released from Insein prison of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, on Wednesday. Some 16 buses carrying the freed protesters left the penal facility early in the morning, according to lawyer Khin Maung Myint. “They were sent to related police stations to go back home… Some clients called me …

The House of Commons passed a controversial policing bill last week which, in addition to providing stiffer penalties for serious crime, sets out prison sentences of up to 10 years for anyone causing “serious annoyance or inconvenience” in public – a provision that activists say will be used to clamp …

Protests against Covid-19 restrictions in multiple major cities across the country were planned for Saturday, with the biggest occurring in the central German city of Kassel. According to local media reports, citing police, at least 10 thousand people showed up for a rally there, many of them refusing to wear …

The anti-lockdown rally gathered on Saturday in Amsterdam’s Museumplein, a green open space named for the three national museums located in the area. The protest took place without a permit from the municipality, so the police declared Museumplein a security risk area, threatening a possible crackdown on those gathering there. …

People carried lit flares and placards saying, ‘My camera against your baton.’ They shouted anti-police slogans and demanded the resignation of Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin. The Global Security Bill, introduced by President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling party last year, would ban the showing of the faces of on-duty police officers “with …

The crowd swelled in Parliament Square where they could be heard shouting “kill the bill” as MPs in the nearby House of Commons had started debating a controversial new policing legislation which could heavily limit protests. Many demonstrators then walked onto Westminster Bridge, chanting slogans, including “our streets,” and blocking …

“We’re still in a pandemic,” Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick told reporters on Sunday. “Unlawful gatherings are unlawful gatherings. Officers have to take action if people are putting themselves massively at risk.” She said she had not considered resigning, as the Everard case “makes [me] more determined, not less, to …

The Lebanese pound has lost roughly 85 percent of its value in recent months and slid to a record new low on Saturday, falling to 12,500 pounds to the US dollar on the black market, though the official rate remains at roughly 1,500 pounds to the dollar.  In response, there …