April 2, 2024 Belarus arrests well-known activist on charges punishable by up to 4 years in prison, group says Belarusian authorities have arrested well-known activist Dzmitry Kuchuk for 'organizing activities that grossly violate public order;' he faces up to four years in prison.
April 1, 2024 South Korean president calls doctors' strike 'grave threat to our society,' refuses to concede South Korea's president said he would not give in to striking doctors' opposition to dramatically increasing medical student quotas, claiming the country needs more doctors.
March 28, 2024 French lawmakers vote to condemn 1961 massacre of Algerian protesters The French National Assembly voted Thursday to condemn the brutality of a 1961 police crackdown on Algerian protesters, which left about 120 people dead.
March 27, 2024 People form a human chain around Slovakia's public broadcaster that government wants to take over Protesters made a human chain around Slovakia's public television and radio building over a government takeover plan, in which journalists say public broadcasting would be under government control.
March 27, 2024 Rewritten Togo constitution bucked by citizens, stokes dictatorial fears Opposition leaders and disenfranchised citizens called Wednesday for protests against a new constitution that would prolong the tenure of authoritarian President Faure Gnassingbé.
March 27, 2024 In Vienna, 2 portraits of Alexei Navalny are painted near a monument to Soviet soldiers Portraits of Alexei Navalny, the late opposition leader in Russia, were spray-painted Wednesday in Vienna on property owned by former Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg's family.
March 26, 2024 Farmers seal off streets, throw beets, spray manure at police in protest outside of European Union HQ Police were pelted with beets and sprayed with manure as farmers blocked the streets outside the EU headquarters in protest of the bloc's measures to address the agricultural crisis.
March 25, 2024 South Korea doctors' strike escalates as senior doctors resign Senior doctors in South Korea began submitting resignations en masse in support of junior doctors who are striking over the government’s plan to increase medical school admissions.
March 22, 2024 A Moroccan town protests water management plans Leaders met with residents in eastern Morocco this week to discuss a water management plan set to take effect this year; residents have protested for months in fear of the policy changes.
March 22, 2024 Supporters of India's opposition leader flock to capital in protest of his arrest Arvind Kejriwal, an Indian anti-corruption crusader, was arrested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government ahead of national elections. Kejriwal's supporters protested en masse.