Protests

Protestors clashed with police during an illegal protest on Sunday, where protesters vandalizing pro-China businesses were met with tear gas and water cannons.

"We are victims of systematic oppression by our own government," Dima El-Ayache, a student protester, told Newsweek. "Today we are revolting."

The state of emergency hands responsibility for security in the capital to the Chilean military.

About twenty Oahu-based protesters, inspired by the success of outcry against the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory, continue to protest the construction of wind farms in their neighborhood. It's a fight they've kept up for ten years.

Protests began October 11 as students jumped turnstiles and clashed with police in mass fare evasion to protest fare hikes.

The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 bill would allow the U.S. to sanction Chinese and Hong Kong officials believed to be undermining the territory's autonomy.

Nine Catalan leaders were sentenced to between nine and 13 years in prison by the Spanish supreme court on Monday.

Two well-known activists have been detained and tortured in a wave of arrests meant to crack down on protests against the Egyptian president, Abdel Fatteh el-SIssi,

Denise Ho said China's aggressive approach to freedom of expression is only making its reputation worse and its situation more difficult.

Andrew Pollack, father of Parkland shooting victim, Meadow Pollack, voiced his objections over her image being used by the "March For Our Lives" movement, which was started by survivors of the same massacre.

Queensland government may enact stricter search and seizure laws against Extinction Rebellion protesters.

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Nearly 700 have been arrested in protests in the Ecuadorian capital as President Lenin Moreno tries to quell the violence.

As the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases involving LGBTQ employment rights, over 100 protesters were reportedly arrested.

Climate change protests organized by the group, Extinction Rebellion, are taking place around the world.

A Russian women's rights activist wants a federal ban of facial recognition technology in Moscow following political protests in the city.

60 Amazon workers on the night shift at Amazon's Eagan, Minnesota plant walked out in protest of their pay and working conditions, but they aren't the only ones, as the corporation's employees begin to strike in response to the status quo.

Between 19 and 21 people have been killed and hundreds injured as protesters clash with Iraqi security forces over calls for more job opportunities, an end to corruption and better access to social services.

Extinction Rebellion said they used an out-of-commission fire engine to spray 475 gallons of fake blood—made from water colored with food dye—on the Treasury building in Westminster, London.

Michael J. McDonald told the 2020 Democratic primary candidate that Nevada was "Trump country" a year after Democrats gained a Senate seat in Nevada.

President Donald Trump received widespread scorn from critics over his praise of the National Day of the People's Republic of China amid the government's ongoing conflict with Hong Kong protesters.

Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers are on the streets once again, facing off with police who are on high alert for the national celebrations.

The columnist's comments came under fire from England's former chief prosecutor, who said police should speak to him.

The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 moved through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee Wednesday.

"The policeman would have been rewarded for that too."

Activist dance group WERK for Peace participated in the "Shut Down DC" protest, helping to disrupt traffic by dancing in the street in Washington during rush hour on Monday.

The woman on top of the van remains silent and clinging to the vehicle as it is towed away by the police truck. 

Religious protesters, apparently enraged by a production of the "Rocky Horror Show" musical, were given a show of their own when a gay couple paused for a kiss in front of the group this week in England.

Turzai says public school teachers '"don't really care about kids."

An editorial in the state-run China Daily said Beijing would not allow the U.S. to interfere in what it called its "internal affairs."