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Flamenco artists in Spain protest COVID-19 restrictions

Flamenco performers protested a lack of government aid, saying they were concerned for the survival of the art form amid the pandemic restrictions.

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France: Thousands protest virus restrictions on cultural sector

Thousands protested in Paris after the government backtracked on reopening theatres and cultural venues.

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Thousands protest in Warsaw against abortion reform and PiS government

Thousands demonstrated in Warsaw to protest against a Constitutional Court ruling imposing an almost total ban on abortion in Poland, and also to demand the resignation of the ruling PiS government.

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More than 100 arrested at tense security law protest in Paris

Riot police charged protesters in a bid to push them back at a demonstration in Paris against a planned security law that would restrict the publication of pictures showing the faces of police officers.

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USA

Six injured after car ploughs through protesters in Manhattan

Police said the driver, a woman, was stopped near the area. She was taken into custody and questioned. It's not clear whether she will face charges.

Albania

Albania's interior minister resigns over fatal police shooting

On Thursday, Prime Minister Edi Rama confirmed he has accepted the resignation of interior minister Sander Lleshaj.

Moldova

Thousands protest in call for resignation of Moldovan government

At least 20,000 people gathered in the capital of Moldova on Sunday, calling for the resignation of the government and the dissolution of parliament.

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Anti-Amazon protesters demonstrate in front of Paris Finance Ministry

Activists in Paris dropped off fake packages bearing the logo of Jeff Bezos' company in front of the Finance Ministry in Paris to "symbolise the government's collusion with Amazon".

Moldova

Thousands protest after Moldova's new president stripped of key power

MPs loyal to outgoing pro-Russia president Igor Dodon voted to strip Maia Sandu, Moldova's new pro-EU president-elect, of control of the powerful state security.

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Protesters air Amazon gripes outside Jeff Bezos' NYC apartment block

They sought to highlight that Amazon had profited during the pandemic and that, at the same time, workers were unhappy over pay and protections.

France

French government to 'totally rewrite' controversial security measure

Thousands of people took to the streets across France at the weekend to protest against the new measure, over fears that police violence would be harder to expose.

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Scuffles, flares and tear gas at protest over French security bill

Police fired tear gas at protesters in Paris during a rally against a proposed security law that would restrict sharing images of police officers in France.

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Hundreds protest in Chile demanding access to pensions

Hundreds of people protested in the Chilean capital demanding access to pension funds to help them in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.

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Pro-democracy protesters rally again in Bangkok

Protesters were out again in Bangkok and so were their inflatable yellow ducks.

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Defiant pro-democracy protesters rally in Bangkok

The protesters want the monarchy reformed to make it more accountable.

Germany

Is anti-Semitism on the rise in Germany among COVID-denial movements?

Groups that would normally have nothing to do with each other are uniting in Covid-denying movements: right-wing groups, left-wing extremists, Islamist groups. And 'anti-Semitism is acting as a binder.'

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Thousands protest in Taipei over US pork imports

Protesters are also angry over labour issues and media freedom.

Thailand

School students lead third pro-democracy rally in a week in Bangkok

The students defied government threats to crack down on Thailand's pro-democracy protest movement which is demanding sweeping changes to the constitution, including the monarch's rights and privileges.

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Protests in Brazil after black man beaten by supermarket security

People protested in a Carrefour supermarket in Rio de Janeiro after the death of a Black man beaten by white security guards at another branch in Porto Alegre. The killing has sparked outrage on social networks and overshadowed Brazil's Black Consciousness Day, a holiday in several states.

France

Watch: Protesters in Paris call for new security law to be dropped

Journalists and rights organisations have criticised the new law, arguing that it shields French police from scrutiny.