Tag: Protests
Police warn against gatherings in Singapore to support protesting farmers in India
Singapore — The Singapore Police Force (SPF) issued a statement on Tuesday (Dec 15), warning against persons who have gathered “at various locations” around...
Hong Kong police make national security arrests over campus protest
Hong Kong police arrested three people on Monday for chanting banned slogans at a university campus last month, accusing them of violating a draconian...
Two US police shot as protests erupt over Breonna Taylor case
by Camille CAMDESSUS
Two police officers were shot as angry protests rippled across the United States after authorities announced no one would be charged with...
Singaporean in US: Please don’t criticise Black Lives Matter movement
A Singaporean who has been in the United States for five years has appealed to Singaporeans to stop criticising the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Conspiracy theories flourish about the protests in US and Hong Kong
While protests rage across many US cities and Hong Kong, there are similarities between the demonstrations in Hong Kong and the US.
In both places,...
Srinagar, India | AFP | Monday 12/23/2019 – 15:28 UTC+8 | 663 words
by Parvaiz BUKHARI
In remote Indian Kashmir people have been offline since August, queuing for hours to pay bills or using government "internet kiosks". As...
India bids to bust citizenship law ‘myths’ with cartoon Muslims
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA
India's ruling party launched a video with animated Muslim characters on social media Monday as part of a publicity blitz to try...
India protests rage over ‘anti-Muslim’ law
by Aishwarya Kumar with Jalees Andrabi in Guwahati and Sailendra Sil in Kolkata
Fresh protests rocked India Monday as anger grew over new citizenship legislation...
China’s Xi gives Hong Kong leader ‘unwavering support’
Chinese President Xi Jinping told beleaguered Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Monday that she had Beijing's "unwavering support" after another huge pro-democracy rally...
India deploys troops as protestors defy curfew over citizen bill
by Anup Sharma
Authorities deployed thousands of paramilitaries and blocked mobile internet in northeast India Thursday, while police fired blank rounds at protesters who defied...