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Kurds claim US complicity with Turkish attacks - London

Kurdish supporters of the PKK protested at the US Embassy following Turkish air strikes on Uludere which killed 38 innocent villagers. The protesters...

by Pete Riches in United Kingdom on 09/01/2012

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London March in Solidarity with Tahrir Square

More than 200 protesters, many of them Egyptians, marched from the Marylebone flyover through London to protest outside the Egyptian embassy in...

by Peter Marshall in United Kingdom on 26/11/2011

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Protest in Berlin because police repression in Poland

Approximately 50 Persons demonstrated in Berlin Grunewald in response to scandalous police actions on Independence Day in Warsaw. Protestors gave a...

by Theo Schneider in Germany on 22/11/2011

BREAKING NEWS

09/01/2012 - Kurds claim US complicity with Turkish attacks - London - United Kingdom - Kurdish supporters of the PKK protested...
26/11/2011 - London March in Solidarity with Tahrir Square - United Kingdom - More than 200 protesters, many of them...
22/11/2011 - Protest in Berlin because police repression in Poland - Germany - Approximately 50 Persons demonstrated...
20/11/2011 - Unpaid Honduran teachers protest while police try to evict them - Honduras - Honduran teachers and their supporters...
31/10/2011 - Jubilee Debt Campaign holds Halloween Protest - London - United Kingdom - The Jubilee Debt Campaign held a...
22/10/2011 - Tibetans March Through London Against Chinese Repression - United Kingdom - Several hundred Tibetans marched...
13/09/2011 - Arms trade show protesters hold Die-In at BAE Systems HQ - London - United Kingdom - A large crowd of anti-arms trade...
13/09/2011 - Anti-arms trade protesters target Clarion Events at Olympia - London - United Kingdom - Activists from the Stop the Arms Fair...
06/09/2011 - Ukrainian opposition lawmakers protest in Parliament - Ukraine - Ukrainian opposition lawmakers protest...
03/09/2011 - London Syrians show solidarity with people in Syria - London - United Kingdom - Syrians of all ages marched from the...

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Protest against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad
Palestinians in front of the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem waving Syrian flags and placards against the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria and against the repressive massacres at Ertkba. J...
Anti-war and anti-Islamic regime of Iran protest at US Embassy
Groups of Iranian protesters who are against the Islamic regime of Iran, war and any kind of military intervention, participated in the picket protest, which launched in front of the US...
People demonstration against police brutality
Around 1200 people participated in a demonstration against police brutality. During the autonomous march, firecrackers were thrown and pyrotechnics were burned. Berlin, Germany. 28th J...
Clashes after demonstration against police brutality
Clashes broke out during a demonstration against a police congress, police violence and repression. Several shop windows and police cars were attacked and damaged. The police could only...
Police trial starts over 27M Indignados Dispersal - Barcelona
File Images: The trial began against police officers who allegedly gave orders to the 'Mossos' (Catalonia police officers) to violently disperse supporters of the Indignados m...
Activists hand in anti-arms trade petition to FCO - London
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) hands in a petition signed by over 7,000 people to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, on the first anniversay of the Egyptian uprising.The petitio...
The last of the Franco repressed
Reprisals and retaliation we live. The last fighters and fighters who were prisoners in the jails of dictatorship.
Parliament Square protests continue after police raid - London
Brian Haw's Parliament Square Peace Campaign continues on to Day 3881, despite the police seizure of tents and the arrest of Barbara Tucker last night. An injunction protects the P...
Clashes between police and "indignados"
The police repressed a peaceful demonstration of "indignados" in Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City. The protesters, mostly French and Spanish, are in Rome for an inter...
Kurds claim US complicity with Turkish attacks - London
Kurdish supporters of the PKK protested at the US Embassy following Turkish air strikes on Uludere which killed 38 innocent villagers. The protesters claim the US is complicit by allege...
Shut Guantanamo End 10 Years of Shame rally - London
"Shut Guantanamo - End 10 Years of Shame" rally in Trafalgar Square. Speakers included Baroness Sarah Ludford (MEP), Louise Christian (lawyer), Lindsey German (Stop the War Co...
Celebrating the eighth night of Chanukah – Jerusalem
Young ladies light a chanukkiah, an eight-branched menorah, on the eighth and last night of the holiday of Chanukah. Jerusalem, Israel. 27th December 2011.
Unpaid Honduran teachers protest while police try to evict them
Honduran teachers and their supporters protest at the Finance Secretary in Tegucigalpa because thousands have been unpaid all year in 2011. The coup-continuation regime reacted to this ...
Occupy Wall Street attempts to re-occupy New York City
On their three-month anniversary, Occupy Wall Street protesters gather at Duarte Square for music, art and to attempt taking a vacant lot adjacent to the park owned by Trinity Wall Stre...
Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested entering new site - New York
On the three-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests, the movement held a celebratory rally before entering a vacant lot owned by Trinity Church. Police arrested 50+, inclu...
Congolese demonstration ends in Violence and Arrests - London
Several people were hospitalised and police made 139 arrests as Congolese demonstrators gathered outside Downing Street for a third evening to highlight alleged ongoing atrocities under...
Congolese demonstrate against ongoing atrocities - Downing Street
Hundreds of Congolese demonstrators gathered outside Downing Street for the third evening to highlight the ongoing atrocities their country is enduring under President Joseph Kabila. Lo...
Egyptian Embassy in London Occupied in Solidarity with Tahrir Protests
Four female activists entered and occupied the Egyptian Embassy in solidarity with the Tahrir Square movement. The activists were subsequently arrested and taken to West End Central Pol...
Four protesters arrested for occupying Egyptian embassy in London
Just before 10am, four protesters entered the Egyptian embassy in London to protest against continued government oppression. They were each arrested by Diplomatic police and all were br...
'Cities for life' ceremony at The Colosseum in Rome
More than 1400 cities illuminate a monument symbol against the death penalty. Rome, Italy. 30th November 2011