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Kremlin critic Navalny calls Putin 'naked king' in his first hearing since
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 30 (ANI): A judge in Moscow upheld a defamation conviction Thursday against jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who joined a court hearing via video link, in his first public appearance since he went on hunger strike.
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Putin critic Navalny ends three-week long hunger strike
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 23 (ANI): Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny said on Friday that he is ending his weeks long hunger strike.
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Navalny feels 'pride and hope' over protests against his detention
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 23 (ANI): Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Thursday he feels "pride and hope" over a swarm of protests against his detention.
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Hong Kong court extends Joshua Wong's jail time for 2019 pro-democracy pro
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 14 (ANI): Joshua Wong, one of Hong Kong's democracy activists and among 47 people charged under the draconian national security law, was sentenced to four months in jail on Tuesday for unauthorized assembly and violating an anti-mask law.
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8 killed in Myanmar, protesters continue to defy night curfew
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], March 14 (ANI): At least eight people were killed in Myanmar Saturday as security forces opened fire on protesters, including those who continue to defy a nighttime curfew to demonstrate against February's coup.
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Several injured in anti-government clash in Nepal
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 11 (ANI): Several protestors were injured on Thursday in Kathmandu as resistance against the dissolution of parliament continued to intensify in the Himalayan Nation.
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Minsk collected USD 375,000 from anti-govt protesters for damage
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Minsk authorities have collected about $375,000 from participants of anti-government unauthorized rallies for damage caused by their actions to the city, Vladimir Kukharev, the mayor of the Belarusian capital, said on Tuesday.
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Russia 'forced' to expel EU diplomats for going to illegal protests: Forei
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): A spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday defended the expulsion of three diplomats from Germany, Poland and Sweden for taking part in illegal protests, saying they forced Russia's hand.
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70 children injured during days of protests in Lebanon's Tripoli
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Protests in Lebanon's second-largest city, Tripoli, have led to the injury of at least 70 children over the course of one week, according to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
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Paris Police face internal probe after officer filmed beating protester
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The Paris prefect has ordered an internal probe into the beating of a protester by an officer at Saturday's rally, a French news channel cited a police source as saying.
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Former envoy writes open letter on Canada's vote bank politics
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Days after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made remarks on the farmers' agitation in the wake of the recently enacted farm laws, Former High Commissioner to Canada Vishnu Prakash slammed Trudeau for "gratuitously wading" into ongoing protests by I
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60 protestors detained in London for anti-lockdown protests
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 60 people have been detained in the UK capital during a protest against the government's coronavirus-related lockdown measures, London's Metropolitan Police Service said on Saturday.
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