Tokyo: Protesters demonstrate against China's human rights violations

Tokyo: Representatives from Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, Taiwan, Mongolia and Japan demonstrated outside the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo on Thursday.

Washington: Sindhi Foundation holds protests outside Pakistan envoy's residence

Washington: Protesting against forced disappearances, a US-based Sindhi organisation, along with Balochis and Pashtuns, on Saturday demonstrated outside the residence of Pakistan's Ambassador to the US, Asad Majeed Khan, here.

Black Lives Matter protest: Mahatma Gandhi's statue targeted with anti-racist messages in London

London/IBNS: Protesters on Sunday taped placards with anti-racism messages across India's 'Father of the Nation' Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in London's Parliament Square, which emerged as one of the major sites of demonstrations in the UK against the death of African-American man George Floyd in Minneapolis region of the United States.

Protect workers during and after lockdowns, urges UN labour agency

New York/IBNS: Marking the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has urged States to take action to prevent and control COVID-19 in the workplace.

Protest in Kabul against detention of PTM leader Manzoor Pashtun offsets Pakistan's anti-India event

Kabul/IBNS: Dampening the so-called Kashmir Solidarity event planned by the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul, a large protest broke out in the Afghanistan capital on Thursday against the detention of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Manzoor Pashtun in Peshawar.

Protests and civil unrest show ‘renewed sense of patriotism’ in Iraq, UN envoy tells Security Council

New York/IBNS: After decades of sectarian strife and conflict, “a renewed sense of patriotism has taken hold”, the head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) told the Security Council on Tuesday.

Almost 20 people hospitalised after protests in Hong Kong: Reports

Beijing, Sep 8 (Sputnik): Nineteen people have been hospitalized in Hong Kong following the Saturday clashes between the police and the opposition, local media reported on Sunday.

Hong Kong protest turns ugly; 29 held

Hong Kong, Aug 25 (UNI) At least 29 anti-government protestors were arrested after clashes overnight with the police which have been going on for the past three months, South China Morning Post reported on Sunday.

USA: Hundreds arrested protesting Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's appointment in Washington

Washington, Oct 5 (IBNS): Hundreds of protesters, who were demonstrating against US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, have been arrested in Washington, reports said.

Maldives resort employees on warpath with Election Commission over attempt to deny them voting rights

Male, July 23 (IBNS): Thousands of resort workers in Maldives have launched an agitation and threatened to strike work for their voting rights after the island nation's Election Commission (EC) decided to have ballot boxes in only seven resorts as against 40 in the 2013 polling.

Trump not ruling out military action to settle Venezuela crisis

Washington, Aug 12 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is not ruling out military action to settle the Venezuelan crisis, reports said.

South Sudan: Demonstrators protest outside UN compound without incidents

New York, July 21 (Just Earth News): A thousand people on Wednesday demonstrated in front of a United Nations compound in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, the UN Mission in the country announced, and dispersed without incidents after handing over a petition.