Passerby Killed As SA Students Protest Over Tuition Debt
A passerby was shot dead Wednesday after South African police moved to disperse students protesting against the refusal by a top Johannesburg-based university to register those in arrears with tuition fees, local media and the university said.
AFP journalists saw the body of a man lying on his back on the sidewalk covered with a silver-coloured safety sheet, just a street away from the University...
Journalists Jailed For Two Years Over Protest Coverage in Belarus
A court in Belarus on Thursday sentenced a pair of television journalists to two years in prison for covering a protest last year, the first lengthy jail term in a legal crackdown on independent news media.
The two women were detained in November while filming one of the anti-government rallies that swept Belarus after strongman Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory in an August election that the...
Teachers In Thyolo Deliver Petition
Thyolo Police Station Officer in Charge has received a petition from teachers who are protesting over risk allowances.
Teachers across the country, yesterday announced that they will go to the streets arguing that government is playing hide and seek in addressing their grievances.
Teachers have been asking government to provide them with Personal Protective Equipment and risk allowances as schools reopen after five weeks of closure.
According...
Lockdown Protestors Burned To Ground COVID Testing Center
Lockdown protestors burned down a COVID testing site in Urk, a Dutch fishing village.
A violent mob in the Netherlands caused chaos as rioters protested lockdown measures.
The Independent reported that the rioters have been accused of setting fire to a COVID testing site in the Dutch fishing village of Urk. In addition to this, they have reportedly destroyed police cars and attacked police officers by hurling bricks...
Malawi S_x Workers To Protest Against Covid-19 Guidelines
Malawi Female S_x Workers have announced that they will hold peaceful demonstrations on Thursday, January, 2021 against newly gazzeted Covid-19 guidelines.
In a press statement seen by this publication, the S_x Workers have said they want to raise their concerns on the challenges they are facing due to Coronavirus preventive measure that government has put in place.
“The peaceful demonstrations have been organized to raise our...
