Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Athens on Sunday, days before lawmakers vote on whether to ratify an agreement to rename the country’s northern neighbor North Macedonia.
Tag: Demonstrations, Protests and Riots
Denied Use of Roundabouts, Can Yellow Vests Stay United, Visible and Viable?
People who felt abandoned found an unlikely sense of community at the traffic circles. Without such a central gathering place, will the movement dissipate or get swept up in extremist politics?
Women’s Marches Around the World Reflect Worry Over Violence and Populism
In a dozen cities around the globe, women voiced worries about a bleak political future and called for an end to inequality and violence against women.
Serbians Are Fighting to Keep Democracy Alive as the Country Takes an Authoritarian Turn
As pro-democracy protesters flooded the streets of Belgrade for the sixth consecutive week, Russian President Vladimir Putin also attracted a crowd here. At a time when authoritarianism is on the rise, a visit like this suggests that Serbia may also be…
Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesters in Sudan
Demonstrators clashed with security forces on the streets of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, as they marched to the presidential palace to demand the resignation of President Omar al-Bashir. Some protesters and eyewitnesses reported that security force…
Sudan Protesters Met With Tear Gas on March to Presidential Palace
Demonstrators clashed with security forces on the streets of the capital in the latest demonstration against President Omar al-Bashir.
The Interpreter: When Crises Rally a Nation, and When They Don’t
Presidents Trump and Emmanuel Macron are not the first to capitalize on — or manufacture — a crisis to advance their agenda. And they are not the first to stumble.
China Investigates Latest Vaccine Scandal After Violent Protests
The inquiry comes after hundreds of Chinese parents demonstrated outside a local government office, angered that their children had received expired polio vaccines.
Costa Rica Dispatch: 23,000 Nicaraguans Have Fled to Costa Rica. 50 Fugitives Are Hiding Here.
At a secret safe house, protesters wanted by the Nicaraguan government hope their exile is brief. All want to return and renew their uprising against President Ortega, “even if it’s only with rocks.”
Nicaraguan Supreme Court Justice Resigns in Protest
As Judge Rafael Solís Cerda steps down, a scathing open letter denounces President Daniel Ortega’s violent response to dissent.