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Private and public sector unions go on strike - Athens

Private and public sector unions go on strike and demonstrate against new austerity mesures including salary reductions under heavy rain. Greece. 7th...

by Socrates Baltagiannis in Greece on 07/02/2012

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Labor Unions strike and demonstrate in the rain - Athens

Private and Public Sector Unions go on 24hr strike, protesting against new upcoming austerity measures imposed by the troika and the Greek Government...

by Poderosa gr in Greece on 07/02/2012

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Night clashes in downtown Cairo

Protests continue in Mohamed Mahmoud Street near the Ministry of Interior following the Port Said incident in which more than 70 Ultras Ahly fans...

by Mohamed Ali eddin in Egypt on 03/02/2012

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19/10/2011 - Clashes at General Strike protest in Athens - Greece - A massive protest of between 400,000...
29/06/2011 - Police violence at mass Indignant protest outside Parliament in Athens - Greece - As the new austerity package was voted...
15/05/2011 - Palestinian Youth Riot in Isawiyah on Yom El-Nakba - Israel - Jerusalem Police disperse a few dozen...
28/01/2011 - Violent Clashes Continue in Tunis - Tunisia - Violent clashes took place this...
28/01/2011 - Cairo riots turn Violent - Egypt - Anti-goverment protesters took to the...
20/06/2009 - Running battles as Iran battle reaches climax - Iran - Protests following the 2009 Iranian...
19/03/2009 - Fridays in Ni'lin - Palestinian Territory - Ni'lin is a Palestinian town west...

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Popular Resistance against Israeli occupation in Qaryut, West Bank
The Palestinian village of Qaryut held its first protest against the forced closure of one its main roads by the Israeli army. Since the beginning of the year, many new protests have be...
Private and public sector unions go on strike - Athens
Private and public sector unions go on strike and demonstrate against new austerity mesures including salary reductions under heavy rain. Greece. 7th Febuary 2012
Labor Unions strike and demonstrate in the rain - Athens
Private and Public Sector Unions go on 24hr strike, protesting against new upcoming austerity measures imposed by the troika and the Greek Government. Athens, Greece, 7th February 2012
Ukrainians say 'Release Hunger Strikers' at embassy - London
Protesters at the Ukrainian Embassy call for the immediate release and fair treatment of Somali refugees on hunger strike in the Lutsk Detention Centre who have been beaten and intimida...
Continued sporadic clashes At Mohamed Mahmoud Street
Egyptian protesters react to tear gas as they gather at a barricade erected against the riot police near the central Tahrir square, where deadly clashes raged into a fourth day. Cairo, ...
Riot near the Ministry of Interior
Protesters gathered against the deaths of over 70 people in Port Said. Demonstrators threw bricks at the police; the police threw tear gas canisters to disperse the crowds. Cairo, Egypt...
Night clashes in downtown Cairo
Protests continue in Mohamed Mahmoud Street near the Ministry of Interior following the Port Said incident in which more than 70 Ultras Ahly fans died during a riot. Police were using r...
Night clashes in downtown Cairo
Protests continue in Mohamed Mahmoud Street near the Ministry of Interior following the Port Said incident in which more than 70 Ultras Ahly fans died during a riot. Police were using r...
Weekly protest in the village al-Nabi Salih results in injuries
Demonstrators hold a weekly, non-violent protest in the village of al-Nabi Salih. Several injuries were reported, including that of a French citizen who was struck in the neck by an Isr...
Clashes between security forces and Egyptian demonstrators
Egyptian police fire tear gas as thousands of demonstrators outside the Interior Ministry protest the security forces' failure to prevent a soccer riot that killed more than 70 peo...
Egyptians mark second day of mourning following Port Said catastrophe
Protesters of the Port Said football catastrophe demonstrate at the Interior Ministry, where hundreds were injured from tear gas on the second day of a three-day mourning period for tho...
Protests on Dakar streets against upcoming presidential elections
Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for a third term, light street fires in Dakar. Police opened fire with tear gas on demonstrators and left at least one person dead...
Kuwaiti Bedoons call for official Kuwaiti citizenship - London
A small group of Kuwaiti Bedoons living in the UK gathered outside Downing Street to implore the British Government to use its influence and help them in their bid for official Kuwaiti ...
Tear gas breaks up Kizza Besigye rally in Namungoona
The opposition group Activists for Change have been given the green light from the police to go on with their planned rallies, although a rally descended into chaos when police fired te...
Romanian austerity cuts protest at London embassy
Around 200 Romanian nationals protested outside their embassy in Kensington to demonstrate their anger and frustration at recent austerity cuts imposed on the Romanian people by the gov...
Activists protest 4 weeks after Mustafa Tamimi was killed - Jerusalem
Protests continue against the Israeli occupation of Nabi Salih and to mark four weeks after Mustafa Tamimi was killed by a close-range tear gas canister. Israel. 20th January 2012
Fifth day of Demonstrations in Bucharest
A profile of some of the people who have been involved in a fifth day of protests in the Romanian capital against austerity cuts and declining standards of living. Romania. 17th January...
Romanian protests continue against public cuts and corruption
More than 1000 protesters clashed with police, who used tear gas to disperse them after a main road was blocked in frustration against public wage cuts, slashed benefits, higher taxes a...
Third day of protests in Bucharest turns violent
More than 1000 protesters clashed with police, who used tear gas to disperse them after a main road was blocked in frustration against public wage cuts, slashed benefits, higher taxes a...
Kosovo police disperse, and arrest Self-Determination party members
Kosovo police dispersed, and arrested Self-Determination party members and supporters trying to stop Serbians from entering at Kosovo-Serbia crossings. They are protesting alleged Serb...