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Neo-Nazi woman begins murder trial in Germany as protesters rally outside courthouse
As angry anti-racism protesters rallied outside the courthouse Monday, the woman at the centre of a landmark German neo-Nazi murder trial was the picture of calm. As Beate Zschaepe entered the courtroom, arms casually crossed and looking confident, she briefly glanced toward the television cameras, then turned her back on…
Egyptian doctors ordered to operate on wounded protesters ‘without anesthetic’
The Egyptian military ordered senior doctors to operate without anaesthetic on protesters injured during demonstrations against military rule, according to extracts of a leaked report published in the Guardian newspaper on Friday. The report into military and police malpractice since 2011, commissioned by President Mohamed Morsi, also found evidence that…
Chicago trauma center protesters accuse cops of roughing them up
Protesters accused University of Chicago police of excessive force during a demonstration against the school’s medical center on Sunday. According to The Chicago Tribune, authorities arrested four protesters but also allegedly attacked others, including the woman whose family tragedy inspired the campaign against the University of Chicago’s youth trauma center.…
Anti-gay marriage protesters rally in Paris
Thousands of Catholics and other opponents of French government plans to legalise gay marriage and same-sex adoption marched in Paris on Sunday, a day after more than 100,000 turned out across France for the cause. The rally, organised by conservative Catholic group Civitas, was marred by accusations that journalists covering…
Anti-capitalist protesters criticize war spending outside British parliament
Around 200 anti-capitalist protestors, many affiliated to the Occupy movement, gathered outside parliament late Monday in a demonstration against government cuts. There was brief unrest when police moved in to move the demonstrators — many of whom were wearing Guy Fawkes masks — back from the main parliament gates and…
Kuwait police beat protesters to prevent demonstration
KUWAIT CITY — Kuwaiti riot police on Sunday beat opposition protesters who were gathering for a massive demonstration against a decision to change the electoral law, organisers and witnesses said. The clashes began as riot police prevented protesters from gathering at three different sites in Kuwait City and arrested several…
Occupy protesters chain themselves to London cathedral
Cathedral authorities accused of colluding with big banks during evensong protest on eve of anniversary of start of Occupy camp The traditional solemnity of St Paul’s Sunday evensong was disrupted when four members of the Occupy London movement, which camped outside the cathedral for four months, chained themselves to the…
Spanish police attack journalists and anti-austerity protesters
As the Spanish government defends police response to anti-austerity protests surrounding the country’s Parliament building, Russia Times and other outlets reported instances of police violence against both media members and demonstrators. An Associated Press photographer reported seeing police “severely beat” at least one protester Saturday, who had to be hospitalized.…
Islamist protesters burn German and British embassies in the Sudan
Around 5,000 protesters in the Sudanese capital angry over an anti-Islam film on Friday stormed the embassies of Britain and Germany, which was torched and badly damaged, an AFP reporter said. Police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters as several of them scaled the roof of the German embassy…
Yemeni protesters storm U.S. embassy before being expelled
Yemeni protesters on Thursday stormed the American embassy complex before being driven out by police, an AFP reporter said, as angry Muslim protests grew over a film mocking Islam. All protesters who breached the fence of the US mission in Sanaa have been ejected, the correspondent reported, as security forces…
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