Anti-government Protests

Venezuelan Oppn leader Maria Machado arrested after anti-govt protest

Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested Thursday when her motorcycle convoy was fired upon by security forces as it departed an anti-government protest in Caracas, according to aides. Machado emerged from months of hiding earlier Thursday to reappear in public as part of a last-ditch attempt to block President Nicols Maduro from clinging to power. Machado's press team said in a social media post that security forces violently intercepted the convoy as it was leaving eastern Caracas. There were no immediate details on her whereabouts and Maduro's government has yet to comment. They wanted us to fight each other, but Venezuela is united, we are not afraid, Machado shouted to a few hundred protesters from atop a truck in the capital moments before her arrest. The protests are taking place a day before the ruling party-controlled National Assembly is scheduled to swear in Maduro to a third six-year term despite credible evidence that he lost the presidential ...

Bangladesh calm amid curfew after top court scrapped some job quotas

No violence or protests reported on Monday morning and media said curfew would be relaxed for 3 hours in afternoon, extended from 2 hours previous day, so that people could buy essentials

Bangladesh student protest: Rally, deaths, nationwide shutdowns, and more

Explained: What is Bangladesh's new job quota and how student protests turned violent leading to nationwide school, university, and transport shutdowns

Karnataka BJP leaders on way to protest against MUDA scam detained

Vijayendra and other BJP leaders were whisked away in a bus on the Mysuru Road near Kengeri here, even as they sought to resist police action

Human rights group urge new Sri Lankan prez not to use force on protesters

An international rights group has urged Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to cease the unlawful use of force against anti-government protesters

SL forces raid anti-govt protest camp at President's Secretariat; 9 held

Sri Lankan security forces raided the main anti-government protest camp at the President's Secretariat here early on Friday, arresting nine people and injuring several others

7 injured in clashes between anti-govt protesters and police in Sri Lanka

At least seven persons, including two policemen, were injured in clashes between security forces and anti-govt protesters who had gathered in large numbers in the central Colombo's Fort area

Sri Lankan Police lifts curfew from 7 divisions ahead of anti-govt protests

Sri Lankan Police has lifted the curfew that was imposed in seven divisions in the country's Western Province, including in Colombo, ahead of planned anti-government protests on Saturday

Security tightened, curfew imposed to block Sri Lanka's anti-govt protest

Ahead of the major anti-govt protest, an indefinite curfew has been enforced in entrance areas to capital Colombo from Friday night

Sri Lanka police transfer 3 officers over protester's death in Rambukkana

The Sri Lankan government on Thursday deployed troops as a precautionary measure in Rambukkana after lifting the curfew

After Kazakhstan unrest, relatives await detainees' release: Report

The demonstrations began January 2 in the western part of Kazakhstan over a sharp rise in fuel prices and spread throughout the country

Police use teargas to disperse anti-CAA protesters in Karnataka's Mangaluru

Hundreds of college students, cadres of the Left organisations and minority institutions staged protests and staged sit-in demo in the port city against the CAA and sought its repeal at the earliest.

Over 1,000 people detained in Belarus at protests: Human rights centre

More than 1,000 people were detained during Sunday unauthorized anti-government protests held across Belarus, the non-governmental human rights center Viasna reported

Best of BS Opinion: The buyback rush, places of protest and politics & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Thailand protesters claim victory with a letter to king's council

Tens of thousands gather near Thammasat varsity campus for the biggest anti-govt protest since the 2014 military coup

Security law offenders in Hong Kong won't be sent to China trial: Report

The new law permits for the first time Chinese security agencies to open their establishments in Hong Kong

UK, Australia, Canada condemn China's proposed security law for Hong Kong

The legislation would allow Beijing to take aim at the large often violent anti-government protests

OIL appeals to Assam protestors to let it carry out daily operations

Assam has been facing a shortage of fuel supply due to the ongoing protests against citizenship amendment Bill

Over 278 detained in Paris ahead of anti-govt protests over rising fuel tax

The "yellow vest" movement began three weeks ago in opposition to a rise in fuel tax and planned increases in taxes