Tear gas

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Fact-check: Are UK weapons being used against protesters in Iran?

Images shared online purport to show that UK-made tear gas, stun grenades and other weapons are being used against protesters in Iran. But is this the case?

21/10/2022

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Reporter struggles as police use tear gas to break up demonstration

Reporter struggles as police use tear gas to break up demonstration in Paris.

12/02/2022

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Teargas, bullets fired at protesters during demonstration in DRC

Demonstrators converge on arterial roads in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, setting up barricades and burning tyres and mobile phone box in the capital of the Nord Kivu province. At least one policeman died, as police fired tear gas and used live rounds to disperse the crowd.

20/12/2021

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Explosion, teargas during church protest in Montenegro

Riot police used tear gas on protesters who fired gunshots in the air and hurled bottles and stones early Sunday in Montenegro before a planned inauguration of the new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the country

05/09/2021

World

Campaigners call for restraint in use of tear gas against protestors

Campaigners are calling for restraint in the use of teargas after riot control agents have been used extensively in protests globally.

26/06/2020

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Teargas and water cannons fired at migrants on Turkey-Greece border

Greek border police fired teargas toward migrants on Saturday as tension continued at a border crossing in the Evros region

07/03/2020

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Security forces use tear gas amid anti-government protests in Iraq

At least 500 people have been killed since protests began.

18/02/2020

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Hong Kong: Clashes on anniversary of snack stand dispute

Back in 2016, government health workers followed by police tried to shut down informal food sellers in the densely-populated Mong Kok.

27/01/2020

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45 hospitalised after protests turn to violent clashes in Beirut

The Red Cross said more than 145 people were injured in the clashes in Beirut including 45 who needed treatment in hospital.

20/01/2020

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Rally cut short in Hong Kong as police confront protesters

Violence erupted at a rally calling for greater democratic freedoms.

19/01/2020

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Hong Kong police descend on protesters at university campus

Police fired tear gas and wielded batons.

18/11/2019

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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