Social media
As tensions between the Nepal government and social media users continue to escalate, at least 13 people have lost their lives and over 200 have been injured in clashes between protesters and police. The protests have spread to other cities in the country, with Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli
Activists
Awami League leaders and activists staged a large-scale rally in Dhaka's Tejgaon Industrial Area, defying the interim government's ban on party activities. The demonstration, which began around 2pm on Friday, saw over a thousand activists marching from Nabisco towards the Tibet factory area, chanting slogans in
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Thousands of antigovernment protesters in Serbia, led by students and opposition groups, have been demanding snap elections and an end to President Aleksandar Vucic's 12-year government. The protests have been sparked by the fatal collapse of the Novi Sad train station roof last November, which killed 16 people
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Ivorian political activist Ibrahim Zigui was arrested on September 1, 2025, after urging supporters of the opposition PPA-CI party to prepare for protests ahead of the Constitutional Council's ruling on who qualifies to appear on the presidential ballot. His arrest comes amid mounting political tension ahead of the
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Amnesty International has voiced strong opposition to the sentencing of twenty protesters in Georgia to prison terms for participating in anti-government rallies. The organization has criticized the Georgian government for using the justice system to punish protesters and silence dissent, citing numerous cases of human rights violations, including torture, arbitrary
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Citizen activist Seema Tank has filed a complaint with the Panvel Municipal Corporation, CIDCO, and the LokAyukta alleging illegal encroachment and misuse of a government plot in Sector 16, Kharghar, by Sri Sai Ganesh Mandir Trust. The plot, located near mangroves and wetlands, has raised concerns about disturbance to local
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A new edition of Domingos da Cruz's book, originally published in 2015, has been released, providing civil resistance methods for authoritarian contexts like Angola and Mozambique. Da Cruz, a journalist and human rights defender, was detained in 2015 for discussing peaceful protest methods, and has since been living
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A Youth Congress protest march turned violent in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on Wednesday night, resulting in clashes with police and the registration of serious criminal cases against the agitators. The protest was organized to condemn the attack on opposition leader V D Satheesan's residence and on Vadakara MP Shafi
Theft
Opposition Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) called for safeguarding democracy amidst allegations of "vote theft" by the ruling coalition in the Lok Sabha and Maharashtra Assembly polls. The parties emphasized the need to protect democracy, highlighting the sacrifices made by freedom fighters and the importance of upholding
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Bihar Opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav are set to embark on a two-week-long protest march, known as the "Voter Adhikar Yatra", to raise concerns about alleged irregularities in the Election Commission's special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The yatra, which will cover over
Theft
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused several opposition leaders of engaging in "vote theft" by manipulating electoral rolls, with the party's former Union minister Anurag Thakur presenting an analysis of electoral rolls in several constituencies to make a range of allegations. The BJP claims that
Theft
The Madhya Pradesh Congress held a "Vote Chori Nyay Satyagraha" in Rewa to protest the Election Commission's special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and alleged vote theft in the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. The protest was led by state PCC chief Jitu
