Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has summoned the Iranian ambassador to protest the “unacceptable” response to women-led protests in the Islamic republic, his office said Tuesday. Ambassador designate Mohammad Reza Sabouri has been called in to a meeting on Wednesday, the foreign ministry said in a note to the media. Tajani has previously condemned the […]
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Iran carries out first known execution over Amini protests
Iran carried out its first known execution Thursday over protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death, hanging a man convicted of blocking a street and wounding a paramilitary member in what human rights activists condemned as “show trials”. Demonstrations have swept Iran for nearly three months since Amini died after her arrest by the morality police […]
Fire clashes at Iran’s Evin prison during Mahsa Amini protests
PARIS: Fire clashes erupted at Tehran’s Evin prison Saturday night as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death in custody entered a fifth week. The facility in northern Tehran is infamous for the ill-treatment of political prisoners and also holds foreign detainees. Hundreds of those detained during the demonstrations over Amini’s death have reportedly […]
US city removes flashpoint statues including Confederate generals
The southern US city of Charlottesville on Saturday took down controversial statues including two honoring Civil War pro-slavery generals which had become the focus of protests. The statues of generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson are among hundreds of Confederate monuments in the United States now widely considered symbols of racism, even if […]
Sudan protesters demand govt resign over IMF-backed reforms
Hundreds of Sudanese protesters took to the streets of major cities on Wednesday to demand the government’s resignation over IMF-backed economic reforms seen as too harsh, AFP correspondents said. “We want the fall of the regime” and “No to (IMF) policies”, shouted demonstrators who massed outside the presidential palace in Khartoum. The protests erupted a […]
Qureshi expresses disappointment at EU’s resolution on blasphemy
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday said that Pakistan was ready to play its part for positive and productive partnership with the European Union as enormous potential existed in areas of trade, climate change and digitization. In his virtual address to the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, he said that the […]
Death toll rises as deadly Iraq protests resume despite curfew
BAGHDAD: Iraqi official said 10 protesters were killed overnight, raising death toll in three days of anti-government protests to 19. Iraqi security forces fired live rounds on Thursday to break up protests held for a third day in Baghdad despite an open-ended curfew in effect since dawn. Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi ordered the ban on […]
Protesters burn parliament building in Indonesian town
MANOKWARI: Thousands of people in Indonesia’s West Papua province set fire to a local parliament building on Monday in a protest sparked by accusations that security forces had arrested and insulted students from neighbouring Papua province, officials said. The angry mob torched the building and set fire to cars and tires on several blocked roads […]
Twitter, Facebook accuse China of Hong Kong, discord campaign
Twitter and Facebook have accused the Chinese government of backing a social media campaign to discredit Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement and sow political discord in the city. The American tech giants announced Monday they had suspended nearly 1,000 active accounts linked to the campaign, while Twitter said it had shut down about 200,000 more before […]
Hong Kong travel warning issued by the US
Washington on Thursday warned US citizens to “exercise increased caution” when travelling to Hong Kong, as protesters announced three days of new demonstrations at the city’s airport. The financial hub has been rocked by two months of unrest, initially triggered by opposition to a planned law that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China. The […]