Protests
At least five dead in Iraqi 'day of rage' protests
February 25, 2011At least five people have been killed in anti-government protests in Iraq as thousands take to the streets in cities across the country for a "day of rage". Baghdad has been virtually locked down, with the authorities banning traffic in the...
Egypt: UN officials urge Government restraint, respect for human rights
January 28, 2011Top United Nations officials today urged the Government of Egypt to protect the rights of its citizens amid the political protests taking place in the country, particularly freedoms of expression, information and assembly. “One of the ground...
Russia: Internet can’t compensate for a information blockade
May 20, 2010By Paul Goble Too few Russians currently go online for their news and even fewer of them can cope with the variety and often contradictory quality of its reporting for the Internet to be able to compensate when Moscow decides to throw up an information...
Yanukovych Backers 'Defend' Ukraine Parliament From Critics
May 11, 2010Hundreds of supporters of recently inaugurated Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych have formed a cordon around the country's parliament to ward off more than 2,000 anti-Yanukovych protesters. The presidential critics, urged to protest by former prime...
Economic crisis in Greece sparked riots that killed three people
May 06, 2010By Nathan Morley Greek economic crisis sparks riots, slide in Euro The economic crisis in Greece has sparked riots that killed three people [bankers]. Massive protests broke out against severe government spending cuts aimed at saving the country from...
Moldovan parliamentary commission fails to reach consensus on 2009 riots
May 05, 2010The members of the commission for the elucidation of causes and impact of the post-electoral riots on 7 April 2009 have contradictory positions on the matter. The head of the commission, Vitalie Nagacevschi, has told MOLDPRES that, in his tenure of jurist...
Greece: Communist protests build up against austerity measures
May 04, 2010Greek public-sector workers have begun two days of strikes and protests against government-proposed austerity measures. The civil servants' protests today come ahead of a general strike on May 5 against the measures the government agreed to implement...
Trial begins for former Moldovan interior minister, police chief
April 20, 2010A Moldovan court today began the first high-profile trial over the violent protests that followed the country's disputed April 2009 parliamentary elections, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. The violence left at least one demonstrator dead and led to...
Moldova arrests ex-Chisinau police chief for role in 2009
April 16, 2010Chisinau's former police chief was arrested today in connection with the violent protests that led to hundreds of arrests of demonstrators in April 2009, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. Iacob Gumenita was charged with abuse of power earlier this month...
Moldovan prosecutors open criminal investiation into another protester death in April 2009
April 14, 2010The General Prosecutor's (GP) office has announced that it has opened a criminal investigation into the death of Ion Tibuleac, an anti-Communist protester who was allegedly killed by police forces on April 7, 2009 or during that period. Thus far, authorities...