Belgium Extinction Rebellion demands Belgian king declare climate emergency Extinction Rebellion activists staged a protest next to the gardens of the Royal Palace in Brussels on Saturday, calling on the King to declare a climate emergency. 12/10/2019
Spain Feminist protest in Madrid draws attention to domestic violence Thousands of protesters gathered in Madrid on Friday to march against domestic violence and a series of high-profile rape cases. 21/09/2019
world news Hong Kong protests continue Pro-democracy protesters show no signs of giving up despite continuing violent clashes with police over the weekend 01/09/2019
world news Hongkongers stage anti-government protests in the rain Thousands attended a rally showing popular support for the pro-democracy movement has been maintained despite violent clashes at Hong Kong International Airport earlier this week. 17/08/2019
View How a hashtag looks set to offer LGBTI people a #MeToo moment in Poland ǀ View Two days ago, a young man called Tomasz tweeted a message suggesting that LGBTI people post photos of themselves “in school or work showing that we are the normal people whom you might meet anywhere: in the shop, on the street, the office”. He added the hashtag #jestemLGBT ("I am LGBT”). 31/07/2019
China Hong Kong police charge 44 protesters with rioting offence A group of 44 activists have been charged with rioting in the latest violent confrontation during eight weeks of protests. 31/07/2019
world news Journalists protest against alleged police violence in Hong Kong 10,000 people also marched in the border town of Sha Tin calling for genuinely democratic voting in the former British colony. A handful called for an independent Hong Kong. 14/07/2019
China Hong Kong braces itself for a third weekend of protests Most of the thousands of demonstrators that had blockaded the police headquarters on Friday had mostly dispersed by Saturday morning, but it remained unclear whether further mass protests would take place. 22/06/2019
View Russians are tired of Moscow's despotism. And they're no longer afraid to say it ǀ View A few years ago, the authorities would never have backed down in this way. And the people would have put up with it — but not now. 18/06/2019
Haiti Haitian capital halted as protesters call for president to quit Haiti's capital has been brought to a standstill by protesters calling for the resignation of the country's president, after allegations of corruption. 15/06/2019
Indonesia Six dead after unrest following Indonesia election result Six people have died and 200 were injured in civil unrest in the Indonesian capital, its governor, Anies Baswedan, said on Wednesday. 22/05/2019
France Police clash with demonstrators as yellow-vest protests reach six-month mark French police fired tear gas at masked demonstrators in Lyon and Nantes on Saturday as heavy rain kept the number of yellow vest demonstrators down in Paris. 11/05/2019
United Kingdom Woman arrested as ‘New IRA’ admits killing journalist Lyra McKee The dissident republican group has offered ‘sincere apologies’ for shooting dead the 29-year-old reporter during rioting in Londonderry. 23/04/2019
world news Thousands protest in Budapest against government's labour reforms It's been dubbed a 'slave law' because it allows employers to ask staff to work the equivalent of six days a week or up to 400 hours of overtime every year. 19/01/2019
France 'Gilets Jaunes' appoint delegation to speak with French government The French 'gilets jaunes' group have appointed a delegation of eight spokespeople to negotiate with the French government over the tax hikes it intends to carry out. 26/11/2018
China Hong Kong: Activist found guilty of rioting in 2016 Prominent independence activist 26-year-old Edward Leung could face up to 12 years in prison for his role in one of the former British colony's worst ever riots. 18/05/2018
