UN Special Rapporteur "concerned" about Shell to Sea protesters
Margaret Sekaggya said there is “tangible frustration amongst local residents who are standing up for their rights”.
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Margaret Sekaggya said there is “tangible frustration amongst local residents who are standing up for their rights”.
One councillor slammed the disruption of the meeting as ‘tantamount to fascism’, while another congratulated those involved on their protest.
The PSNI also fired six AEP baton rounds during a second night of disorder. Fifteen police officers were injured.
Enda Kenny was met with anger from protesters on a visit to a shopping centre in Westmeath yesterday.
Jerrie Ann Sullivan says she is “not at all surprised” about the findings of the GSOC investigation released today.
There seems to be a trend towards stigmatising protesters, writes TheJournal.ie columnist Lisa McInerney. What are we afraid of? The Bono effect?
Just one doctor was brought to trial over forced “virginity tests” conducted on female protesters in Egypt. The verdict cannot be appealed.
We haven’t rebelled at cut after cut, writes Fergal Browne. So are Irish people really such pushovers, or are there more complex factors at work?
The protests continue today as people attempt to get to Pearl Square, which was the epicenter of protests last year.
Thousands of people are reported to have gathered in Athens to protest against the country’s austerity deal, leading to teargas being thrown by police.
Demonstrators believe planned staffing cuts will lead to large class size increases – and fear some schools could close down altogether.
The mission sharply criticised the regime of President Bashar Assad for the escalating violence which has killed at least 80 people across the country.
Protesters have gathered outside the former Anglo Irish buildings in both cities today to protest against the payment of €1.25 billion to senior bondholders.
Major General Adel Emara said the attack as an “isolated incident” and that the army has a duty to protect the state.
Military police have been shown in video footage dragging women by the hair, even stripping the shirt off one veiled woman, and ferociously beating, kicking and stomping on protesters.
Time says that protesters across the Middle East, Europe and North America changed the world in 2011 – but who were the runners up?
The protesters have so far defied an order from the city’s mayor to move on from outside the City Hall, where they have been camped for the past two months.
Police used grinders to access an abandoned building in Sydney where up to 10 protesters had squatted as part of the Occupy Sydney protests.
A video filmed by Occupy London protesters claims to show that the thermal imaging camera used in Monday’s video could not detect the presence of people inside the tents.
Twenty doctors, some of whom trained in Ireland, have been sentenced to between five and 15 years in prison for treating anti-government protesters.
The killings come a day after the United States and its European allies called for President Bashar al-Assad to step down following five months of unrest.
Former Egyptian president Hosni Muburak could face the death penalty if convicted. Includes video which gauges the thoughts of people on the streets of Dublin…
After the Syrian authorities vowed ‘decisive’ action over the death of 120 troops, locals in the north of the country have fled for their lives ahead of gathering troops and government tanks.
About 200 protesters have blockaded the entrance of the Athens finance ministry and hung a giant banner from the roof calling for a general strike – as Greece tries to wrap up tough international negotiations on new austerity measures.
Four people died on Thursday as anti-government protests are set to continue and the country’s royals pressurise international media according to reports.