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new anti-regime demo held in bahrain
Bookmarked 654 weeks ago
people in bahrain have held another anti-regime demonstration calling for an end to dictatorship and authoritarianism in the countryprotesters took to the streets across the tiny persian gulf kingdom including dair tubli kawarah and ma039ameer villages the protests were largely peaceful with demonstrators also demanding equality and justice in the village of buri however demonstrators set fire to tires and clashed with regime forces who used tear gas canisters to disperse them meanwhile a us-based pro-democracy advocacy group freedom house has slammed bahrain over the detention of an award-winning photographer ahmed al-fardan fardan was detained on august 8 and beaten by security forces to prevent him from covering the recent demonstration in the country the group wrote on its website on august 14 protesters held anti-regime demonstrations across the country including the capital manama chanting slogans against the ruling al-khalifa regime clashes erupted in several areas between regime forces and protesters reports said that the security forces fired tear gas and birdshot to disperse protesters the demonstrations came while prime minister sheikh khalifa bin salman al khalifa issued a warning saying that regime would quotforcefully confrontquot and punish anti-regime protesters if they went ahead with their planned protests the uprising in bahrain began in mid-february 2011 the al khalifa regime launched a brutal crackdown on the peaceful protests and called in saudi-led arab forces from neighboring states meanwhile bahrain039s main opposition group al-wefaq says that more than 200 people including a woman and 19 children were detained during the regime crackdown on protesters in july http:wwwpresstvir

protest in times square says quothands off syriaquot
Bookmarked 652 weeks ago
there have been large protests across the united states against the possibility of a u-s-led attack on syria a very large protest was held in new york city caleb maupin reportsthe recent announcement from the obama administration that washington intends to take military action against syria has caused massive outcry throughout the u-s polls have shown that the public is overwhelmingly opposed to such an action hundreds gathered in times square to voice their opposition to any us attack on syria joe lasalle a community organizer from the bronx explained why he came to the protest many of the protesters say that they do not believe the obama administrations allegation that assad used chemical weapons mark ludas a college student who works with the united national anti-war committee explained why he doesn039t believe what is being said the protest included many different people from many different sectors of u-s society many syrian-americans from around the country came to join the protest sanna from syrian american forum explained why she and so many other syrian americans are opposed to the war diop olugbala from the black is back coalition explained why he supports the assad government against the united states the protesters continued to circle times square loudly chanting making clear they will oppose and resist any us intervention in syria the world is still waiting to see what will happen next as obama continues to talk of military actionhttp:wwwpresstvir

hk protest leader on hunger strike
Bookmarked 587 weeks ago
cnn039s ivan watson talks to protest leader joshua wong about his hunger strike and the future of occupy central

uk cop caught framing a citizen journalist - video
Bookmarked 629 weeks ago
a citizen journalist was assaulted and set up by a british cop last week while covering a fracking protest in barton moss england to intimidate and coerce the citizen into leaving the protest one cop frames the citizen for drinking and driving

liveleakcom - brazil: beach women bare breasts as weapon of protest explicit content
Bookmarked 636 weeks ago
on the first day of the brazilian summer several women bared their breasts on rio de janeiro039s famed ipanema beach in protest against a nationwide ban on female toplessnesssurrounded by men

our fight for disability rights -- and why we039re not done yet judith heumann
Bookmarked 413 weeks ago
four decades ago judith heumann helped to lead a groundbreaking protest called the section 504 sit-in -- in which disabled-rights activists occupied a federal building for almost a month demanding greater accessibility for all in this personal inspiring talk heumann tells the stories behind the protest -- and reminds us that 40 years on there039s still work left to do

st louis crowds protest officer039s acquittal
Bookmarked 440 weeks ago
crowds in st louis protest after former police officer jason stockley was acquitted in the shooting death of anthony lamar smith

lebanon protests beirut crisis beirut government resigns - youtube
Bookmarked 287 weeks ago
30 seconds that forever changed a country the beirut crisis continues lebanon blast has been felt around the world beirut lebanon protests intensify subs

tractorcade madison wisconsin protest rally 3-12-11 1
Bookmarked 781 weeks ago
tractorcade madison wisconsin protest rally 3-12-11 1

thousands protest in the streets of hong kong
Bookmarked 504 weeks ago
new voices and political parties have been calling for greater autonomy and even independence in china cnn039s andrew stevens reports

fast food workers stage protest for 15 hr wages
Bookmarked 537 weeks ago
the fight for a wage of 15 an hour and for union rights for fast food workers continued tuesday morning workers across the nation walked away from drive-thru lines and took to the streets in protest roop raj talked with some of those protesters and supporters

police officer addresses anonymous
Bookmarked 749 weeks ago
listen to this man and don039t get arrested

occupy portland: tensions rise between portland police and crowd
Bookmarked 746 weeks ago
hours after the eviction deadline of 12:01 am portland police interact with protesters attempting to push the crowd out of the streets a police officer was injured shortly before 2 am by a projectile thrown from the crowd as tension rose police arrested a 23-year-old man and warned demonstrators they would be subject to arrest or chemical agents

occupymelbourne eviction 10212001 1245
Bookmarked 749 weeks ago
this is the occupymelbourne protest being forcibly evicted from city square in melbourne

nfl039s kaepernick sits in protest during national anthem
Bookmarked 496 weeks ago
san francisco 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick sat in protest during the national anthem for a pre-season game cnn039s victor blackwell has more