no comment Rally cut short in Hong Kong as police confront protesters Violence erupted at a rally calling for greater democratic freedoms. 19/01/2020
no comment Hong Kong police descend on protesters at university campus Police fired tear gas and wielded batons. 18/11/2019
no comment Police face off against protesters on France-Spain border French police have used pepper spray and batons to push back pro-Catalan independence protesters who blocked a major highway border pass between France and Spain. 12/11/2019
no comment Hong Kong police shoot protester as chaos erupts across city Hong Kong police shot and wounded one protester on Monday, who, hospital officials said, was in critical condition, as the Chinese-ruled territory spiralled into rare working-hours violence in its 24th straight week of pro-democracy unrest. 11/11/2019
no comment More tear gas used, protesters wounded in Baghdad Iraqi security forces used tear gas and stun grenades to repel demonstrators who had marched towards government buildings in protest against corruption and economic hardship. The incident marked a renewal of the anti-government protests after security forces killed about 150 people. 25/10/2019
no comment Rocks and tear gas as protesters clash with riot police in Ecuador Protesters hurled rocks at riot police using tear gas in the Ecuadoran capital of Quito on Friday (October 11), amidst rising public anger over the austerity measures of President Lenin Moreno. 12/10/2019
no comment Police clear out protest with tear gas in Hong Kong Riot police cleared the streets of central Hong Kong of black-clad protesters and makeshift barriers in another night of rage on Monday 07/10/2019
no comment Tear gas fired at protesters in Hong Kong during protests Tens of thousands of protesters marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday wearing face masks in defiance of colonial-era emergency powers 06/10/2019
no comment Police use tear gas at anti-China protest in Hong Kong A large crowd amassed for a protest rally ahead of Tuesday's 70th anniversary of communist rule in China. 29/09/2019
no comment Hong Kong police fire tear gas to disperse protesters Hundreds of protesters, many of them masked and dressed in black, took cover behind umbrellas and barricades made from street fencing. 06/09/2019
China Watch: Petrol bombs and tear gas as Hong Kong protests turn violent Police used tear gas and a water cannon during protests outside the local headquarters of the China People's Liberation Army in Hong Kong. 31/08/2019
no comment Police fire tear gas during anti-government protests in Hong Kong Police said they used tear gas to disperse the crowd after protesters lit fires outside the Tsim Sha Tsui police station 03/08/2019
no comment Hong Kong police fire tear gas in clashes with protesters Hong Kong police have fired tear gas at protesters who defied police warnings not to march in a neighbourhood where six days earlier a mob apparently targeting demonstrators brutally attacked people in a train station. 27/07/2019
Israel Fourth day of clashes in Gaza Violent confrontations between Israeli military and Palestinians continue in wake of Trump Jerusalem move 10/12/2017
no comment School children caught in tear gas at Nairobi protest The pupils could be seen huddling against a wall while journalists in protective gear tried to shield them. 30/10/2017
Venezuela Venezuelan health workers march against Maduro Hundreds of medics protest at Venezuela's deteriorating healthcare system and medical shortages, blaming President Maduro 23/05/2017
no comment South African police clash with student protesters South African police have fired rubber bullets and set off stun grenades to disperse student protesters on a Johannesburg university campus. 05/10/2016
no comment Greece: Tear gas fired at cuts protest in Athens Greek police fired tear gas and pepper spray at pensioners during an anti-austerity protest in which some of the elderly demonstrators tried to tip over a riot police bus blocking a road to the prime 04/10/2016
Brazil Anti-torch protest in Rio before Olympic Games begin Riot police have fired tear gas and pepper spray at protesters who obstructed the route of the Olympic flame through a poor neighbourhood of Rio. 04/08/2016
world news Australian PM resists calls to broaden inquiry into youth detention centre abuses Australia is reeling after footage was aired on TV showing guards tear-gassing teenage inmates of a detention centre and strapping a half-naked, hooded boy to a chair. 27/07/2016
France "Up all Night" protest once more ends in violence in Paris Police use tear gas, more than 20 people arrested 16/04/2016