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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday pardoned 30 prisoners convicted over protests, the presidential website said. Lukashenko “signed a decree pardoning 30 people convicted for crimes related to protests,” the statement…
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Hundreds of Iraqis in the southern province of Diwaniyah protested on Monday against power cuts and water shortages during the extreme heat of summer, an AFP correspondent said. Decades of war have left the country’s infrastructure in a…
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Protesters took to the streets for the second day Monday in Algeria’s northern Tiaret region, social media reports said, in rare demonstrations against severe shortages of drinking water. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune had vowed to…
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Students protesting against Israel’s war on Gaza are being treated more harshly and unfairly by authorities at Arizona State University than pro-Israel activists, including a professor accused of harassing a Muslim woman who was not…
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Hundreds of Tunisians rallied Saturday in the town of El Amra to protest makeshift camps for migrants primarily from sub-Saharan African countries, an AFP correspondent said. The demonstration in the small town in central Tunisia follows…
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Turkish police on Tuesday sealed off Istanbul’s central Taksim Square to prevent any May Day protests as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned unions to stay away from any provocative steps. High metal barriers were erected around the…
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Algeria’s first Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet has resumed operations after a temporary closure prompted by a series of pro-Palestinian demonstrations last week. However, the restaurant, situated in the Algiers suburb of Dely Ibrahim,…
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Jordan’s government will allow peaceful protests at Israel’s embassy in Amman but not violence and damage to public property, its security directorate said on Sunday. The warning was issued by Jordan’s Public Security Directorate in the…
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Thousands of Jordanians rallied near the Israeli Embassy on a fifth day of large protests against Israel, calling for an end to Jordan’s unpopular peace treaty with its neighbor to the West. The protesters in an affluent neighborhood of…
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Thousands protested deteriorating living standards outside the prime minister’s office in Tunis on Saturday following a call from Tunisia’s main trade union confederation. “The economic and social situation continues to worsen,” the…
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