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New Zealand police arrest 120 demonstrators against vaccine mandate
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): New Zealand Police have arrested 120 people at the convoy protest on Parliament grounds on Thursday amid vaccine mandate demonstrations, Wellington District Commander Superintendent Corrie Parnell said.
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Four people injured in hit-and-run incident at Winnipeg protest, driver ar
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI/Sputnik): At least four people were injured when a man drove his vehicle through a group of demonstrators who were protesting against COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates in Winnipeg, the capital of Canada's Manitoba Province, the city police said.
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Pak industrialists demand gas supply restoration, say 'country would suffe
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 3 (ANI): Demanding that gas be restored to all industrial sectors in Pakistan's Karachi, hundreds of industrialists protested outside the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) headquarters on Wednesday, reported Dawn.
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Dozens gather outside DC jail in support of imprisoned US Capitol rioters
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the jail in Washington, DC to show support for detainees being held at the facility in connection with events at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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Thousands protest COVID measures in Netherlands despite ban on gatherings
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], January 4 (ANI): Thousands of demonstrators in the Netherlands on Sunday defied a government ban on large protests to voice their anger over COVID-19 restrictions.
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UN chief condemns violence against Sudan protesters: Spokesman
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 4 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the violence against demonstrators in Sudan protesting the military takeover of power and urged security forces to show utmost restraint, Sputnik reported citing UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric statement on Mon
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Tibetans, Uyghurs protest in Paris over China's rights violations
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 11 (ANI): Demonstrators from Tibetans, Uyghurs, and the Vietnamese communities gathered at Paris's Bastille Square for a candlelight vigil to protest against human rights violations and cultural genocide of ethnic groups by the Chinese government.
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2 more held in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 26 (ANI): The Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to investigate the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in Uttar Pradesh has arrested two demonstrators on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in the violence.
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Sudanese police fire tear gas at protesters demanding transfer of power to
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Khartoum [Sudan], October 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Police have deployed tear gas against demonstrators demanding a transfer of power from the military to the civilian government in the Sudanese capital, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Sunday.
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Noor Mukadam's murder: Protest outside Islamabad High Court for justice
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 14 (ANI): A protest was held outside the Islamabad High Court on Sunday with demonstrators demanding the court to not grant bail to parents of the prime suspect in the Noor Mukadam murder case.
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Taliban must stop violence on demonstrators, reporters, says UN rights age
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 10 (ANI): The Taliban must stop resorting to violence and the persecution of peaceful demonstrators and reporters covering rallies in Afghanistan, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday.
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Afghan resistance supporters rally in Faizabad against Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Residents of Faizabad, the capital of Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province, took to the streets on Wednesday to support the resistance in their fight against the Taliban (a terrorist group banned in Russia), one of the demonstrators t
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