Riot police fired tear gas at protesters occupying Istanbul’s Taksim Square today in a bid to break up a four-day protest against a major construction project in the area.
Nearly 300 people were arrested in Paris after far-right groups clashed with riot police at a protest against gay marriage.
Spurred by a political assassination, tens of thousands have taken to the streets to protest the state into which their country has fallen. The same sense of decency and dignity that propelled them to the streets before drives them on now.
Despite the ban on such gatherings by the Ministry of Interior, opposition groups held their second rally on the streets of Manama last Friday, with the government stating that participating would be illegal.
Oil is fueling Kazakhstan’s growing economy, but the government and companies ignore the basic rights of workers who do the difficult and often dangerous work of bringing Kazakhstan’s oil to market. Workers’ rights are being trampled and they have nowhere to turn to resolve labor disputes.