Coordinator for Irish rights group among 57 arrested ahead of protests in Belarus
The head of the main opposition party was also arrested by police ahead of the protests in Minsk.
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The head of the main opposition party was also arrested by police ahead of the protests in Minsk.
Garry Kasparov was arrested for peaceful protests on several occasions, the court found.
The protest was directed at the country’s embattled president Dilma Rousseff amid an anti-corruption probe into the workings of her government.
“I love the elements. And this is where I’m going to breathe my last breath…I’m not going to spend my last days in a cell.”
Police urged the protesters to “Go home, be with your own families and end this peacefully.”
The Venezuelan government is set to name its ambassador to Washington today.
The demonstrators want Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to resign to make way for an unelected “people’s council” that would oversee reforms.
Meet the women on the frontline of Turkey’s mass anti-government protests. Their grievances include proposals to limit abortion rights, tighten rules for morning-after poll and ban late-night sale of alcohol.
Anti-government protests also spread to other cities.
The Tánaiste deplores the attacks in Houda which killed 90, while the Assad government denies responsibility.
The reported massacre in Houla represents one of the highest death tolls in a single area since an internationally-brokered cease-fire went into effect last month.
The Formula One race is set to go ahead this Sunday amid rising tensions and anti-government protests
Officials have called an emergency meeting to discuss putting more pressure on Syria’s government to end its bloody crackdown on anti-regime protesters.
Twenty doctors, some of whom trained in Ireland, have been sentenced to between five and 15 years in prison for treating anti-government protesters.
Day 112 of the Syrian Revolution and Assad’s crackdown on the anti-government movement continues as tanks move on the city of Hama.
Demonstrations calling on President Saleh to step down continued in the capital Sanaa today, as Saleh turned his back on a deal which would have offered him immunity if he resigned.