Protests

Students from the government and private medical universities demonstrate to press home their four-point demands by blocking Amtoli road of Mohakhali in the capital on 3 November. Photo: Courtesy
Education

Medical students demand there be no exams amid pandemic

They blocked the busy Airport Road at 11am, staging a three-hour sit-in that created a tailback on the road

An activist from Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi Goshthi recites a poem against rape in Shahabagh on October 12, 2020. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed
Crime

Rape protesters demand ‘rule of law’

Indonesia parliament passes flagship jobs bill, critics vow protests
World+Biz

Indonesia parliament passes flagship jobs bill, critics vow protests

A protester tries to remove the mask of a law enforcement officer during a women's rally against police brutality following protests to reject the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus September 12, 2020. Tut.By/Handout
World+Biz

Belarus police detain dozens of protesters at anti-government rally

Family members of twelve Hong Kong activists, detained as they reportedly sailed to Taiwan for political asylum, hold a news conference to seek help in Hong Kong, China September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
World+Biz

Families of captured Hong Kong activists demand their return

An injured protestor is taken away by police officers after clashes broke out outside the Portland Police Bureau building as protesters demonstrate against police violence and systemic inequality for the 99th consecutive night in Portland, Oregon, US September 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
World+Biz

Portland police arrest 27 as US city nears 100 days of protests

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Thoughts

Protests suppressed by Covid-19 can shake the post-pandemic world

A man on a bike rides past a city truck on fire outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S., during protests following the police shooting of Black man Jacob Blake August 23, 2020. Picture taken August 23, 2020. Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via USA TODAY via REUTERS
World+Biz

Protests erupt in Wisconsin after US police shoot black man

Iraqi demonstrators clash with Iraqi security forces during the ongoing anti-government protests in Basra,Iraq.August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani
World+Biz

Protesters set fire to parliament office in Iraq's Basra

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko chairs a meeting on construction industry in Minsk, Belarus August 14, 2020. Andrei Stasevich/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

Lukashenko: Belarus does not need outside mediators to solve situation - Belta

Parit Chiwarak, a pro-democracy student, one of the leaders of Thailand's recent anti-government protests, reacts as he is being send to the court, at the police station in Bangkok, Thailand, August 15,2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
World+Biz

Thai student released on bail vow to continue anti-government protests

A man is beaten during a clash between people supporting a new citizenship law and those opposing the law in New Delhi, India, February 24, 2020/ Reuters
World+Biz

Deadly protests kill 35 in Delhi, 130 arrested

A relative of Jorge Mora, a follower of Colo Colo soccer team who died after he was ran over by a police truck, attends his wake in Santiago, Chile, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
World+Biz

Violence erupts again in Santiago after soccer fan run over by police