The Coordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates of Iran (CCTSI) reported on Wednesday that Iranian security forces beat a 16-year-old girl student named Asra Panahi to death after forcing her to attend a rally in support of the government, where she allegedly refused to sing a pro-regime song.
Iranian sport climber Elnaz Rekabi was greeted by a cheering throng at Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran on Wednesday morning.
The whereabouts and status of rock climber Elnaz Rekabi, 33, are uncertain after she represented Iran at the Asian Championships in South Korea and was photographed competing without her hijab, the Islamic headscarf mandated for all women by the authoritarian regime in Tehran.
Footage of a pro-Hong Kong protester being dragged into a Chinese consulate by masked men and beaten up has emerged online
Evin Prison in Tehran, long notorious for both its hideous conditions and the large number of political prisoners held there, caught fire on Saturday.
Christians who are caught “praying”, “reciting scripture”, or “crossing themselves” near an abortion centre could be sentenced to up to six months in jail in the United Kingdom.
Iran Human Rights (IHR), a group based in Oslo, Norway, said on Tuesday that at least 201 people have been killed during the Iranian regime’s “bloody crackdown” on the Mahsa Amini uprising.
Protests in Iran grew larger and louder this week, despite regime efforts to dismiss the movement as a Western propaganda effort, or crush it with police and militia violence. Acts of defiance that were unthinkable a month ago have been reported across the country, while international support for the demonstrators grows stronger.
A French feminist group attending a protest in favour of abortion was allegedly attacked in Paris this week, claiming that transgender activists labelling members of the group transphobic were behind the violence.
Thousands of conservatives convened in at least 35 cities in Colombia on Monday to protest a series of government reforms proposed by far-left President Gustavo Petro, including tax increases to fund social programs, establishing ties with Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro, and building a universal health care system.
Iran Human Rights (IHR), a monitoring group based in Oslo, Norway, said on Monday the death toll in Iran’s hijab protests is now over 75 — far higher than the Iranian government’s official count of 41.
Protests continued across Iran on Sunday night despite promises by the regime to “deal decisively with those who oppose the country’s security and tranquility” and take “decisive action without leniency.”
The Iranian regime on Thursday sent new signals that it is preparing for a bloody crackdown on hijab protesters, as hardline Islamist President Ebrahim Raisi insisted his government respects “freedom of speech” but “acts of chaos are unacceptable.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s declaration that he will double down in Ukraine by calling up 300,000 Russian reservists did not go over well with the 18-to-65-year-old men who might get called up. One-way airline tickets out of Russia to visa-free destinations skyrocketed in price on Thursday, and then sold out completely. Land traffic across Russia’s borders also picked up, although European news agencies disputed the most sensational claims of 20-mile traffic jams at Finnish checkpoints.
Protests in Iran over the killing of a young Kurdish woman for not wearing her headscarf properly continued to spread on Thursday, despite an increasingly brutal crackdown from the theocratic regime.
Protests against the death of a young Kurdish woman named Mahsa Amini, killed by the “morality police” for failing to keep her head properly covered, grew and spread across Iran on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Massive protests swept Iran over the weekend after the so-called “morality police” killed a 22-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini for violating strict requirements for women to keep their heads covered in public.
King Willem-Alexander visited with disgruntled farmers to hear their pleas for help against the green agenda of the government of Mark Rutte.
Black Lives Matter activists gathered outside Scotland Yard on Saturday, just yards away from where Queen Elizabeth II is lying in state, to protest against the police shooting a drill rapper who allegedly drove a car at officers.
A massive brawl erupted in the city of Kolkata, India on Tuesday, as thousands of Hindu nationalist demonstrators clashed with 6,500 riot police.
Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court ruled Wednesday that it lacks the legal authority to dissolve Parliament, as demanded by Shiite nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. The much-anticipated ruling sets the stage for a showdown between Sadr’s followers and other factions, as Iraq approaches one full year without a functional government.
Thousands of demonstrators marched through the cities of Indonesia on Tuesday, protesting against the first hike in government-subsidized fuel prices in eight years. The blowback may prove to be the stiffest challenge to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s popularity since his re-election in 2019.
A few dozen pro-abortion activists crashed the March for Life rally in London on Saturday, chanting “not to conceive, I f**k to c*m”.
Farmers Belgium tried to break into Hoogstraten town hall during a protest against the government’s EU-driven push to cut nitrogen emissions.
The socialist government of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe charged student protesters on Monday with violating the “Prevention of Terrorism Act” by holding a peaceful march, the latest in a string of actions supporters of the nation’s anti-government protest movement say are a “witch hunt” against legitimate complaints against corruption and incompetence.
During an interview with author and former NPR Education Correspondent Anya Kamenetz aired on Monday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” host Steve Inskeep stated that public health officials were willing to balance controlling the coronavirus pandemic with other priorities when
Qatar, which will host the 22nd FIFA World Cup beginning in late November, announced the arrest of 60 protesting foreign workers on Sunday. The workers were protesting the lack of pay for their labor.
Kenya’s long, slow presidential election concluded on Monday, with anti-China candidate William Ruto declared the winner by 50.5 percent to 49 percent against Raila Odinga, chosen candidate of outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Over 100 people have been arrested by police in relation to demonstrations resisting EU green agenda plans that will see Dutch farmers lose their livelihoods.
A group of about 40 women converged on the education ministry in Kabul on Saturday, chanting “bread, work, and freedom!” to protest the Taliban’s hideous treatment of women. The Taliban responded by beating the protesters with rifle butts and firing gunshots in the air to break up the rally.
Riots resulting from gas shortages are to make anti-lockdown protests look like a “children’s birthday party”, one official has said.
Germany’s Antifa-linked Interior Minister has threatened the public with consequences should they decide to like posts she disapproves of on social media.
The Dutch farmers have characterised the first round of negotiations with Prime Minister Mark Rutte as disappointing, with some declaring “stronger” actions will follow the meeting.
Dutch farmers once again took to the motorways to deploy flaming bales of hay as road blocks ahead of negotiations with the government.
The controversial megayacht of Amazon’s climate crazy tsar Jeff Bezos appears to have avoided egging while sneaking through Rotterdam.
Polling data released by the Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) reveals President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party out-of-step with Independents and Democrat voters, who condemn the protests outside the homes of Supreme Court Justices in the wake of the Roe v. Wade decision.
The Port of Oakland was shut down for the third day in a row on Thursday as truckers continued to protest a California gig worker labor law that could impact an estimated 70,000 truckers.
Dutch political commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek told Breitbart News that her homeland is being used as a “pilot” for the Great Reset agenda.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Fascist) believes protests should make everyone uncomfortable … except Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Several people said they were injured on Sunday by security personnel in China’s Zhengzhou city while protesting a local bank’s recent decision to freeze millions of dollars of deposits, Reuters reported.
