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Global coronavirus report: Italian police use tear gas to disperse anti-lockdown rally
Police in Italy have fired tear gas to disperse angry crowds in the northern cities of Turin and Milan after protests against…
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Vatican rebuts US protests over China deal
ROME — The Vatican has renewed a controversial agreement with China despite intense opposition from the U.S. government. Hannah Roberts…
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Thailand’s Government lifts state of emergency in Bangkok after days of protests
The decree had banned public gatherings of more than four people and allowed censorship of the media, among other provisions.…
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Online Symposium: George Bizos & his Odyssey to Freedom
This symposium is free and open to the public. Details: 1) The Online Symposium can be accessed via Zoom /…
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End Sars: How Nigeria’s anti-police brutality protests went global
Over the last two weeks, an outpouring of support for Nigerian protesters has played out on Twitter, with various hashtags,…
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Behind Bangkok’s Wave of Popular Dissent
In this Q&A, Crisis Group’s senior analyst for South East Asia, Matt Wheeler, explains how this crisis over political legitimacy…
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Protests as Turkish side opens part of Varosha beach
A gate to the fenced beach area opened at noon while Turkish Cypriot ‘prime-minister’ Ersin Tatar visited the area at…
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Thousands protest after Belarusian leader hastily sworn in
Ignoring calls for an end to his 26-year grip on power, Lukashenko was sworn in for a sixth term after…
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Police Killing Rouses Colombia’s Lockdown Furies
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Elizabeth Dickinson explains that reactions to the unrest have exposed the country’s political polarisation…
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Trouble in paradise on Greece’s ‘refugee island’
The Greek island of Lesbos is a powder keg of tension, where conflict among Lesbos locals – known as Lesbians…
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Opinion: Anti-pandemic protesters too cozy with neo-Nazis
Protesters who aren’t white supremacists should reconsider the alliances they’re forging, DW’s Jaafar Abdul Karim writes. Deutsche Welle As I…
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Trump defends supporters accused in deadly clashes
He suggested a teen accused of killing two in Wisconsin last week and Trump fans involved in clashes in Oregon…
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Germany coronavirus: Hundreds arrested in German ‘anti-corona’ protests
Some 38,000 people took to the streets in the city for mostly peaceful demonstrations. BBC About 200 people were arrested…
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NBA walkout sparks historic US sport boycott over police shooting
The NBA postponed its entire slate of Aug. 26’s fixtures after the Bucks refused to play game five of their…
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EU too slow to help Belarus, says Lithuania
Lithuania has a message for the European Union on Belarus: Move faster. Charlie Duxbury The Conversation In an interview, Lithuanian…
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To anyone familiar with Thailand, what’s happening is breathtaking
But mass protests against a king or queen seemed to be a relic, a very 20th-century thing. Peter Hartcher The…
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