Articles for Opposition Activists

Zimbabwe police quash opposition courthouse protest over prolonged detention of activists
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Zimbabwe police quash opposition courthouse protest over prolonged detention of activists

Associated Press  

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe police on Thursday used batons to break up a courthouse protest by opposition supporters, angered by the continued detention of dozens of activists arrested in mid-June, after they allegedly gathered without official police clearance. The detained activists, including Jameson Timba, interim leader of a faction of the splintered opposition party, have been in detention since June …

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IS militants kill at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria
9 months, 2 weeks ago

IS militants kill at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria

Associated Press  

IDLIB, Syria — Islamic State militants attacked villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and leaving dozens injured and missing, opposition activists and pro-government media said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said that the attack Wednesday in Deir el-Zour left 18 people dead and 16 wounded. In Syria’s …

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At least 18 villagers collecting truffles killed by militants in eastern Syria
9 months, 2 weeks ago

At least 18 villagers collecting truffles killed by militants in eastern Syria

LA Times  

Islamic State militants attacked villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people and leaving dozens injured and missing, opposition activists and pro-government media said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said that the attack Wednesday in Deir el-Zour left 18 people dead and 16 wounded. In Syria’s Idlib province, the …

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Western officials, Kremlin critics blame Putin and his government for Navalny’s death in prison
10 months, 1 week ago

Western officials, Kremlin critics blame Putin and his government for Navalny’s death in prison

LA Times  

A demonstrator holds a poster with a portrait of opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a protest in front of the Russian Embassy in Berlin on Friday. “If this is true, then no matter the formal cause the responsibility for the premature death is Vladimir Putin personally, who first gave the green light to the poisoning of Alexei and then put …

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Bangladesh arrests more opposition leaders as PM Hasina rejects dialogue
1 year, 1 month ago

Bangladesh arrests more opposition leaders as PM Hasina rejects dialogue

The Hindu  

Bangladesh’s main opposition party said on November 3 that three more of its senior leaders had been arrested, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ruled out talks with adversaries demanding her resignation. Hundreds of senior cadres and supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have been arrested, with former Commerce Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury among those taken into custody overnight. The …

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Bangladesh police break up anti-PM protest with tear gas, rubber bullets
1 year, 1 month ago

Bangladesh police break up anti-PM protest with tear gas, rubber bullets

The Hindu  

The police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at huge crowds of Bangladesh Opposition supporters on Saturday to break up a giant protest against the Prime Minister, with one officer killed and scores of people injured in several hours of violent clashes in central Dhaka. One officer was killed and more than 100 injured, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesman Faruk …

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400 Cong., BJP activists join BRS in Kamareddy
1 year, 1 month ago

400 Cong., BJP activists join BRS in Kamareddy

Deccan Chronicle  

Kamareddy: Joinings from opposition parties into the ruling party have been continuing in the Kamareddy Assembly constituency. Around 400 activists of the BJP and Congress activists joined the BRS in the presence of government whip and MLA Gampa Govardhan and MLC Sheri Subhash Reddy in Kamareddy on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, the Kamareddy MLA challenged the opposition leaders to …

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Bangladesh police clash with opposition activists ahead of elections, leaving hundreds injured
1 year, 4 months ago

Bangladesh police clash with opposition activists ahead of elections, leaving hundreds injured

Associated Press  

DHAKA,Bangladesh — Police in northeastern Bangladesh used batons and tear gas to disperse opposition activists amid a political dispute over who would oversee the next election, which is expected to be held in January, police and activists said Sunday. Around 300 people were injured in the clash on Saturday evening, including some with bullets, the country’s leading Bengali-language daily newspaper …

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Hundreds injured after Bangladesh police clash with opposition activists
1 year, 4 months ago

Hundreds injured after Bangladesh police clash with opposition activists

Al Jazeera  

Officers say they were forced to take action after demonstrators suddenly attacked them while trying to break through a barricade. Police in northeastern Bangladesh used batons and tear gas to disperse opposition activists amid a political dispute over who will oversee the next election. The United News of Bangladesh agency said as many as 150 people including police officers were …

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Russian officials seek another opposition activist’s arrest
1 year, 9 months ago

Russian officials seek another opposition activist’s arrest

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — A Russian court on Thursday issued an order to arrest an opposition activist on charges of disparaging the military, and auhorities declared other activists and bloggers “foreign agents” amid efforts to muzzle criticism of Russia’s action in Ukraine. Moscow’s Basmanny District Court ordered the arrest of Maxim Katz, an opposition activist and blogger who has left Russia. Days …

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Hong Kong Activists Sentenced For Their Role In Anti-Government Protest
4 years ago

Hong Kong Activists Sentenced For Their Role In Anti-Government Protest

NPR  

Hong Kong Activists Sentenced For Their Role In Anti-Government Protest Enlarge this image toggle caption Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images A trio of young Hong Kong opposition activists have been sentenced after pleading guilty to organizing a demonstration last year as part of a larger protest against Hong Kong's receding autonomy. Their sentencing on Wednesday …

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Belarus musician emerges as a key opposition activist
4 years, 3 months ago

Belarus musician emerges as a key opposition activist

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — A professional flute player with no political experience might seem to be an unlikely figure to take on the feared KGB state security agency in Belarus. The 38-year-old musician with close-cropped blond hair has emerged as a key opposition activist, appearing at political rallies and fearlessly walking up to lines of riot police and making her signature …

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Belarus Opposition Activists Go Missing, Colleagues Fear Detention
4 years, 3 months ago

Belarus Opposition Activists Go Missing, Colleagues Fear Detention

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING KYIV, Ukraine — A leading opposition activist in Belarus and two other members of an opposition council went missing Monday, raising fears they were detained as authorities seek to squelch nearly a month of protests against the re-election of the country’s authoritarian leader. Council member Maxim Znak said Kolesnikova’s colleagues fear she was detained and two other …

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