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Cape Town protests against attacks on immigrants

Hundreds in Cape Town have attended a protest against the wave of xenophobic violence that has gripped parts of South Africa recently. Demonstrators

Ukraine

Ukraine miners demand help for their industry in Kyiv protest

Amid a country in conflict, their industry is in crisis…and Ukraine’s miners are making themselves heard. From the west and war-torn east, hundreds

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Anti-ISIL demonstrations turn violent in Ethiopia

USA

Crowds protest over death of black man arrested by Baltimore police

Hundreds gathered in Baltimore on Tuesday in protest over the death of a black man just days after he was held in police custody. Freddie Gray, 27

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Protest in Egypt : Students clash with security

Hungary

Thousands protest government corruption across Hungary

Thousands of people have gathered in 50 cities across Hungary to protest what many say is an erosion of democratic freedoms and government

World News

'Stop TTIP': Protests in Europe and beyond against US-EU trade pact

Hundreds of demonstrations have taken place worldwide against a planned free trade agreement between the US and the EU – in one of the largest series

Chile

Chile students on the streets again

Students in Chile have returned to the streets to demand education reforms and denounce political corruption. The government under President Michelle

South Africa

Peace march in South Africa amid rising violence against foreigners

A rising wave of violence against foreigners in South Africa brought thousands of protesters to the streets for a ‘peace march’ in the eastern city

Ukraine

Hundreds protest as top Ukrainian court examines challenge to civil service purge

Hundreds of Ukrainians demonstrated in Kyiv on Thursday in support of a controversial law that aims to cleanse the new government of any remnants of

USA

Workers across the US hold rallies to call for a minimum wage of 15 dollars an hour

Ahead of next year’s US presidential election the minimum wage is becoming an issue. The ‘Fight for Fifteen Dollars’ campaign is organising

Turkey

Movie-makers and critics pull out of Istanbul Film Festival amid censorship row

Nearly two dozen movie-makers and a group of international critics have pulled out of the Istanbul Film Festival, amid a censorship row. The

USA

New Yorkers march in anger at deaths by police

Hundreds of New Yorkers have marched through the city protesting at police violence against unarmed black men. Protests in U.S. cities against police

Guinea

Guinea's opposition calls for a halt to violent protests

Opposition parties in Guinea have called for violent protests to stop after one person was killed and at least ten others were injured. Guinea

Germany

Right-wing Dutch politician speaks at anti-Islam rally in Dresden.

Right wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders spoke at a meeting in Dresden of the anti-Islam PEGIDA movement on Monday. The crowd fell far short of the

Brazil

President Rousseff faces growing national anger in Brazil

Brazil’s president has come under more public pressure to quit, with protest rallies in 156 cities over the weekend. Although well over half a

Turkey

Turkey: Company executives go on trial over Soma mine disaster

Protesters are calling for harsh sentences, as mining company executives go on trial over Turkey’s worst ever industrial accident

Brazil

Nationwide demonstrations call for Brazil's president to be sacked

There have been more demonstrations in major cities across Brazil all calling for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff. Protesters are angry

Hungary

Budapest: Thousands march in remembrance of Holocaust victims

Hungary’s annual March of the Living which is held in remembrance of the victims of the holocaust was attended by thousands in central Budapest on

Turkey

Turkey protests after Pope Francis cites Armenian 'genocide'

Turkey has summoned the Vatican’s ambassador in Ankara in protest after Pope Francis quoted the word ‘genocide’ in referring to the mass killings of