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Mozambique Police Clash with Protesters Following Fatal Shootings of Opposition Figures

On Monday, police in Mozambique fired teargas and live bullets at protesters in the capital, Maputo, who had gathered to demonstrate at the site where two opposition party figures were shot dead following a disputed election. CNBCAfrica reports that police officers used handguns while attempting to disperse the crowd. According to Adriano Nuvunga, director of Mozambique's Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, two journalists and a security guard were injured […]

todayOctober 22, 2024 3

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Three killed in Bangladesh job quota protests

        By Mohammad MAZED and Eyamin SAJID     At least three people were killed in Bangladesh on Tuesday during violent clashes between rival groups over quotas for coveted government jobs, police said, a day after more than 400 people were injured. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as students demanding quotas be cut battled with counter-protesters backing the ruling Awami League party, fighting with sticks […]

todayJuly 16, 2024 17

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Kenya state-backed rights body says 22 killed in Tuesday protests

      Twenty-two people were killed in Tuesday's protests in Kenya, a state-funded rights organisation said, vowing an investigation into what it described as "the largest number of deaths (in) a single day protest." "We have recorded 22 deaths... we are going to launch an inquiry," said Roseline Odede, chairwoman of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, adding that 19 people had died in the capital Nairobi, where […]

todayJune 26, 2024 13

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‘Shaken to the core’: Kenya shocked as protests turn deadly

          By Dylan GAMBA, Rose TROUP BUCHANAN     Kenya was in a state of shock Wednesday following unprecedented scenes that left parts of parliament ablaze and gutted, as protests over proposed tax hikes turned deadly, prompting President William Ruto's government to deploy the military. "Deaths, mayhem", read the front-page headline on the Standard newspaper, while the Daily Nation described the situation as "Pandemonium", saying: "The […]

todayJune 26, 2024 19

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Kenya protesters shot as they near parliament

Anti-tax protesters in the Kenyan capital Nairobi have pushed their way into the complex where the parliament sits. Local TV has been showing images of a police truck on fire nearby. There have been reports of people being wounded as police fired rounds to disperse the crowds. A human rights organisation said it had witnessed four protesters being shot, and said that one person had been killed. This has not […]

todayJune 25, 2024 19

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Europe’s top rights body blasts Serbia over police abuse

  The Council of Europe on Thursday slammed Serbia for failing to rein in police abuse, saying in a report that alleged violence by officers could amount to torture. The new report comes less than a year following a visit to Serbia in March 2023 by a delegation from the council's anti-torture committee. During its research trip, representatives from the committee found individuals in police custody in Serbia run the […]

todayJanuary 25, 2024 16

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