At least two killed after Kenyan police fire on protesters
Protests against tax rises and cost of living turn violent with hospitals reporting many wounded by gunshot At least two people have been killed during...
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South Koreans confront IAEA chief over Fukushima water release
Rafael Grossi met with protests in Seoul during visit to try to calm fears over radioactive water discharge Protesters have confronted the head of the...
MPs and peers urge UK government to do more to free jailed activist in Egypt
More than 100 signatories express concern in letter to foreign secretary over lack of progress in case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah More than 100 MPs...
Zimbabwe author Tsitsi Dangarembga has conviction for protest overturned
Harare high court quashes suspended sentence and fine handed down to Booker-longlisted writer last year Zimbabwean author and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga has had her conviction...
Zimbabwe opposition tweet case fuels poll crackdown fears
CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere convicted over tweet as Zanu-PF accused of curbing free speech One of Zimbabwe’s most vocal opposition politicians, Fadzayi Mahere, has narrowly...
Hong Kong court jails Tiananmen anniversary vigil organisers
Prosecutors said Chow Hang-Tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong were under foreign influence but refused to say who it was A Hong Kong court has...
Thai man jailed for selling duck calendars that ‘mocked’ king
‘Tonmai’, 26, given two-year sentence over cartoons of yellow ducks that became symbol of democracy protests A 26-year-old man in Thailand has been sentenced to...
Hundreds in Tunisia protest against president’s anti-migrant clampdown
March follows Kais Saied’s allegation that undocumented sub-Saharan migrants were part of plot to change country’s culture Hundreds of people in Tunisia’s capital took to...
Peru calls on citizens to report ‘acts of terrorism’ on social media
Rights groups say the move is a threat to freedom of expression in a country currently facing deadly anti-government protests Peru’s deadly protests: what is...
Descendants of Namibia’s genocide victims call on Germany to ‘stop hiding’
Herero and Nama people demand direct talks and take Namibian government to court for accepting reparations on their behalf for 1904-1908 killings Descendants of victims...
