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Indonesia 30 Mar 2025 | 04:52 AM

Women activists call for end to violence against students in Indonesian Military Law protests

JAKARTA: A group of women activists and intellectuals calling themselves Suara Ibu Indonesia (Voices of Indonesian Mothers) staged a rally on Friday (March 28) at an intersection on Jalan MH Thamrin in Central Jakarta to demand that authorities end their violence against student protesters during demonstrations across the country against the recent passage of the Indonesian Military (TNI) Law.

World 29 Mar 2025 | 09:12 PM

Protests erupt in Denmark over Vance's visit to Greenland

NUUK, Greenland, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of demonstrators in Denmark's capital Copenhagen and the city of Aarhus voiced strong opposition on Saturday to recent remarks and actions by the U.S. administration regarding Greenland.

Indonesia 28 Mar 2025 | 12:41 PM

Water cannon break up Indonesia military law protests

Indonesian police fired water cannons Thursday (March 27) to disperse hundreds of protesters in the capital Jakarta angry at a newly passed military law, AFP reporters said.

World 27 Mar 2025 | 10:56 AM

Turkey detains nearly 1,900 people in protests over jailed mayor, rejects international criticism

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey said on Thursday it rejected "prejudiced" international statements over the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and the nationwide protests triggered by it, as authorities detained nearly 1,900 people taking part in the demonstrations.

World 27 Mar 2025 | 07:46 AM

Turkish court frees AFP journalist held while covering protests, agency says

ANKARA (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Thursday freed Agence France-Presse journalist Yasin Akgul, detained this week while covering mass protests over the jailing of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the news agency said.

World 25 Mar 2025 | 05:09 PM

Thousands protest in Budapest against law banning Pride

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Thousands of people protested in Budapest on Tuesday against a new law that aims to ban the annual Pride march by LGBTQ+ communities and allows the use of facial recognition software to identify organizers and attendees.

World 26 Mar 2025 | 12:42 PM

Rubio didn't raise U.S. concerns over Turkey protests as stated, Turkish source says

ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not express concerns about arrests and protests in Turkey in the way he stated in a social media post after meeting his Turkish counterpart in Washington, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Wednesday.

World 24 Mar 2025 | 05:52 PM

Thousands protest against Kushner's Serbia project, commemorate NATO bombing victims

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Thousands gathered in Belgrade on Monday to remember a NATO bombing campaign in 1999 and protest against the development of a luxury compound by an investment company set up by Jared Kushner, the son in law of U.S. President Donald Trump.

World 26 Mar 2025 | 06:03 AM

Australian senator wields dead salmon in Parliament to protest farming laws

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian senator pulled out a large, dead fish in Parliament on Wednesday to protest the government's proposed laws that would safeguard controversial salmon farms in a heritage-listed inlet in the state of Tasmania.

South Korea 24 Mar 2025 | 07:22 AM

Foreign embassies advise people to avoid protest hubs in Seoul ahead of Yoon ruling

SEOUL: Foreign embassies in Seoul have advised avoiding protest hubs as South Korea's Constitutional Court prepares to rule on the impeachment of President Yoon Suk-yeol.

World 24 Mar 2025 | 07:59 AM

Erdogan slams protests over jailing of Istanbul mayor as 'movement of violence'

ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that protests over the jailing of Istanbul's mayor had become a "movement of violence" and that the main opposition party would be held accountable for injured police officers and damage to property.

World 22 Mar 2025 | 11:37 AM

Top Russian security official, Serbian deputy PM discuss protests in Serbia, agencies say

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, has met Serbia's outgoing deputy prime minister Alexandar Vulin in Moscow and discussed anti-government protests in his country, Russian state-run news agencies reported on Saturday.

World 21 Mar 2025 | 03:55 PM

Serbia deputy prime minister says Russian spies help put down protests

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's deputy prime minister said on Friday Russia's spy services had helped the Belgrade authorities respond to months of anti-government protests, remarks which critics said revealed that the government had become dependent on Moscow.

World 21 Mar 2025 | 06:45 AM

Tense protests grow in Turkey over Istanbul mayor's detention

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Protests against the detention of Istanbul's mayor grew on Friday and turned increasingly tense, Turkey's biggest show of civil disobedience in more than a decade after President Tayyip Erdogan warned it would not be tolerated.

India 20 Mar 2025 | 11:00 PM

Hundreds of farmers held as police tear down protest sites

POLICE in the northern state of Punjab detained hundreds of farmers and used bulldozers to tear down their temporary camps in a border area where they had protested for more than a year to demand better crop prices.

World 22 Mar 2025 | 09:58 AM

Turkey detains 343 people over protests against Istanbul mayor’s detention, interior ministry says

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have detained 343 people during overnight protests in several cities against the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

World 20 Mar 2025 | 05:15 AM

India detains hundreds of farmers as police bulldoze protest sites

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police in India's northern state of Punjab detained hundreds of farmers and used bulldozers to tear down their temporary camps in a border area where they had protested for more than a year to demand better crop prices.

Nation 19 Mar 2025 | 07:54 AM

Group holds protest against Carbon Capture Bill, citing lack of climate governance framework

KUALA LUMPUR: A group of people from the Climate Emergency Coalition of Malaysia (GDIMY) held a protest in front of the Parliament building here against the Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) Bill here on Wednesday.

World 24 Mar 2025 | 06:07 AM

Some Europeans reconsider trips to US in protest against Trump

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Danish traveller Kennet Brask loved his fishing trip to Florida two years ago and was planning to return this year. But after watching U.S. President Donald Trump's explosive meeting with Volodomyr Zelenskiy in the White House, he called it off.

World 20 Mar 2025 | 07:47 AM

Turkish protests ramp up over Istanbul mayor's detention

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Thousands of Turks were expected to ramp up protests on Thursday over what they called the undemocratic detention of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu despite a ban on gatherings, police barricades and dozens of detentions over social media posts.

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