All posts tagged "Peaceful Demonstrators"

After playing a key role in sparking a night of violence and bloodshed, Jean Quan, the mayor of Oakland, issued a statement late Wednesday saying that the city is in "support" of the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrations taking place around the nation.

Thirty-two people were arrested Sunday night in Iowa while participating in an "Occupy" protest on public land, after police warned that the proper permits had not been issued.

CAIRO — Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak, detained pending a probe into corruption and state violence, may be jailed or hanged if found guilty of ordering the killing of demonstrators, state media said on Friday.

SANAA (Reuters) - Top generals, ambassadors and some tribes threw their support behind Yemen's anti-government protesters on Monday in a major blow to President Ali Abdullah Saleh as he tries to survive growing demands for his immediate departure.

CAIRO — A "day of anger" against Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi turned into a bloodbath when security forces gunned down at least 24 people in two of the country's biggest cities, Human Rights Watch said on Friday.