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# Protests

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2022
# just stop oil
Met Police ‘fully prepared’ to counter further Just Stop Oil protests ahead of Christmas
The group has been using civil resistance and direct action as part of its campaign to stop future gas and oil projects.
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Nov 27th 2022, 12:01 PM
# Human Rights
UN human rights council eyes investigation of Iran's crackdown on protests
Over 360 people, including 47 children, have been killed in the crackdown according to human rights groups
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Nov 22nd 2022, 8:01 AM
# hijab
Iran arrests two top actors who removed headscarves, state media reports
Iran’s clerical leadership has been shaken by more than two months of women-led demonstrations
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Nov 21st 2022, 10:30 AM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Iranian protesters have been arrested & killed, but 15,000 aren't sentenced to death
Justin Trudeau helped spread the claim, but later deleted his tweet.
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Nov 16th 2022, 2:12 PM
# Protests
Iran issues first death sentence for Mahsa Amini 'riots'
Dozens of people, mainly demonstrators but also security personnel, have been killed during the protests
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Nov 13th 2022, 6:11 PM
# Protests
'People are in real crisis': Cost-of-living protests take place across the country
The Cost of Living Coalition said the protests will ‘send a clear message that the budget is not enough’.
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Nov 12th 2022, 4:52 PM
# going swimmingly
Templemore swimming pool to be re-opened to local groups following protests
The pool at the Garda training college was closed to the public several months ago.
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Nov 10th 2022, 12:47 PM
# Pelted
Man detained after eggs thrown at Britain's King Charles during visit to York
Police officers were seen restraining a suspect following the incident, which left the British Royals unhurt.
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Nov 9th 2022, 1:19 PM
# Brazil
Bolsonaro asks supporters to 'unblock' roads following election defeat
Demonstrators unwilling to accept the results of Sunday’s election have clogged routes around the country.
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Nov 3rd 2022, 8:17 AM
# Climate Change
Drivers drag Just Stop Oil protesters away during London road blockages
Police have made a number of arrests after anti-oil activists blocked four roads in London.
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Oct 29th 2022, 4:57 PM
# Protests
Iran security forces 'open fire' as thousands mourn Mahsa Amini
The crowds were marking 40 days since the 22 year old’s death.
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Oct 27th 2022, 7:54 AM
# London
Just Stop Oil protesters halt traffic and throw soup over UK Government department
Earlier two activists climbed to the top of the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge which links Essex and Kent.
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Oct 17th 2022, 1:21 PM
# Riots
Iran doubles official toll for Tehran prison fire deaths to eight
An government news agency claimed clashes at the prison were unrelated to protests about the death of Mahsa Amini
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Oct 17th 2022, 9:10 AM
# Mahsa Amini
Iran’s crackdown on protests over Mahsa Amini death intensifies in Kurdish region
Riot police fired into at least one neighbourhood in Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s Kurdistan province.
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Oct 11th 2022, 12:47 PM
# morality police
Mother of teen protestor in Iran says her daughter was murdered
The protests were sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police.
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Oct 7th 2022, 5:59 PM
# Iran
Iranians protest for 10th night following warning of 'decisive' response from judiciary
Protests abroad in solidarity with Iranian women were also held in Athens, Berlin, Brussels, Istanbul, Madrid, New York and other cities.
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Sep 26th 2022, 7:48 AM
# headscarf protests
Iran's main reformist party urges end to mandatory dress code
At least 35 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in the protests that erupted after Mahsa Amini’s death.
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Sep 24th 2022, 7:43 PM
# Tehran
17 dead in Iran as protests grow following death of woman after morality police arrest
Iranian authorities have also restricted internet access and blocked messaging apps including WhatsApp and Instagram.
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Sep 22nd 2022, 9:47 PM
# Protests
Over 1,300 arrests at anti-mobilisation protests across Russia, NGO says
The OVD-Info monitoring group counted at least 1,332 people detained at rallies in 38 cities.
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Sep 21st 2022, 10:35 PM
# morality police
Protests spread across Iran over woman's death following arrest due to 'improper' headscarf
In the demonstrations, many Iranian women have taken off their headscarves in protest.
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Sep 21st 2022, 8:59 AM
# Protests
Controversy swirls at LIV Golf's first US event
A group of family members of people killed in the 11 September, 2001 attacks held a press conference to voice their outrage.
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Jul 1st 2022, 3:05 PM
# Abortion Rights
'My body my choice': Thousands rally across US for abortion rights
Thousands also rallied in Texas and Kentucky, and more protests were planned in other major cities as well as at hundreds of smaller events across the country.
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May 14th 2022, 10:30 PM
# Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka deploys troops in capital after violence and protests
In the past few days, eight people have died and more than 200 have been injured in violent attacks in which mobs set fire to buildings and vehicles.
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May 11th 2022, 2:03 PM
# Roe v Wade
White House warns against violence after abortion protests
Press Secretary Jen Psaki called for restraint after reports of demonstrations outside the homes of two Supreme Court justices.
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May 9th 2022, 5:16 PM
# Armenia
Thousands rally in Armenia against Karabakh concessions
Karabakh was at the centre of a six-week war in 2020 that claimed more than 6,500 lives before it ended with a Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement.
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May 1st 2022, 5:36 PM
# Drive-by fruiting
Donald Trump tells court he was afraid he'd be killed if protesters threw tomatoes at him
Donald Trump said that “tomatoes are bad, by the way” – but that “some fruit is a lot worse”.
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Apr 28th 2022, 8:44 AM
# Climate Change
More than 80 arrested in Essex as climate change protests continue
Police said arrests were made for a variety of offences.
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Apr 2nd 2022, 8:15 PM
# Price rises
Protests to take place across Britain over cost-of-living crisis
Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets across Britain today.
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Apr 2nd 2022, 3:01 PM
# Climate Change
Hundreds of climate protesters gather across island of Ireland
A rally closed off one side of Merrion Square in Dublin, as protesters gathered to demand urgent action to tackle climate change.
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Mar 25th 2022, 5:26 PM
# Protests
Rangers accuse fans’ group of waging ‘propaganda war’ against club
Influential fans’ group Club 1872 say the club’s executive team have an ‘extremely unhealthy disdain for the Rangers support’.
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Mar 22nd 2022, 3:38 PM
# Protests
British royals to face protests and call for slavery reparations in Jamaica
It is thought a demonstration will be staged outside the British High Commission in Kingston on Tuesday.
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Mar 21st 2022, 7:39 AM
# UK
Demonstrators protest over 'barbaric' strip-search of black schoolgirl in London
A review found that Met Police officers searched the girl without another adult present and in the knowledge that she was menstruating.
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Mar 19th 2022, 7:40 PM
# Job Losses
Downing Street warns P&O Ferries it is ‘looking very closely’ at legality of sackings
Demonstrations are being held at ports today, with unions calling for a boycott of the company.
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Mar 18th 2022, 2:08 PM
# Protests
'Choose the side of good': Ukrainian nationals protest outside Chinese Embassy in Dublin
Gardaí were on patrol outside the embassy as the protest took place.
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Feb 28th 2022, 5:46 PM
# Ottawa
More protesters against Covid measures enter Canada capital
Similar protests were planned for other Canadian cities including Toronto and Winnipeg.
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Feb 5th 2022, 5:45 PM
# Arrests
Dozens arrested to suppress protests on Myanmar coup anniversary
Opponents of military rule in the country have called for a “Silent Strike” aimed at emptying the streets of Myanmar’s cities and towns.
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Feb 1st 2022, 7:12 AM
# Kazakhstan
Kazakh leader says Russian-led troops will pull out after quelling unrest
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has blamed the unrest on foreign-backed “terrorists”.
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Jan 11th 2022, 2:07 PM
# Protests
Albanian opposition supporters clash over party leadership
Police used a water cannon and tear gas on protesters who had stormed the ground floor of the centre-right Democratic Party’s headquarters.
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Jan 8th 2022, 3:00 PM
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# Hong Kong
Hong Kong votes on new 'patriots only' legislature
It is the first legislature poll under the new political blueprint China imposed on Hong Kong following massive pro-democracy protests two years ago.
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Dec 19th 2021, 1:13 PM
# Protests
Four face trial over toppling of Bristol statue of slave trader Edward Colston
Rhian Graham, 29, Milo Ponsford, 25, Jake Skuse, 36, and Sage Willoughby, 21, will go on trial at Bristol Crown Court accused of criminal damage
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Dec 13th 2021, 7:20 AM
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