Last Thursday, police violently waded into ranks of protesters and fired rubber bullets into crowds amassed in Brazil’s
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Women on the Front Lines of Turkey Protests
Protesters say Erdogan’s conservative policies — like urging them to have three children — threaten their lifestyle
Erdo-gone? After Taksim, Turkish Leader’s Political Future May Hang in the Balance
By Sunday night, most of the businesses on Istiklal Avenue, Istanbul’s biggest pedestrian street, seemed to have had their front teeth knocked in. ATM screens glared and winked stupidly from behind broken glass monitors. …
Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral: Protesters and Supporters Line Procession Route
When Paul Dooley was a police officer in the 1980s, he faced off against striking coal miners in the north of England. And although many in Britain at the time were highly critical of the tactics used by the police—there were …
Tibetans Turn to Alternative Protest as Self-Immolations Prove Futile
Last year, Norbu Jorden ran away to New Delhi to set himself on fire. Driven by accounts of other self-immolations by Tibetans — there have been 112 deaths since 2009 — the 20-year-old student concluded that this was the only …
Bahrain Bans ‘V for Vendetta’ Masks
The Bahraini government has announed a ban on V for Vendetta or Guy Fawkes masks across the country
Rallying in Shahbagh Square, Young Bangladesh Finds Its Voice
The protests continue to swell, in the capital and other major cities, despite the threat of violence and intimidation.
Belfast’s Flag Protests Stir Up Troubles Old and New
For nearly seven weeks, protesters wrapped in British flags have taken to Belfast’s streets. Anger has erupted in the Northern Ireland capital ever since a group of city-council politicians decided on Dec. 3 to restrict the …
Where Does France’s Unmarried President Really Stand on Same-Sex Marriage?
A demonstration drawing perhaps 800,000 showed mounting opposition to draft law granting marriage and adoption rights to same-sex couples–and highlights wide ambivalence some claim Socialist President François Hollande shares.
Sexual Violence in India: How Long Will the Media’s Interest Last?
It’s been nearly a month of relentlessly grim news in India, as more and more details of December’s brutal sexual assault come to light alongside a daily barrage of new rape cases reported around the nation. On Jan. 12, a …
Algeria’s Ghosts: France Acknowledges a 1961 Police Massacre
French President François Hollande reverses 51 years of official denial about the violent deaths of perhaps 200 people killed during a 1961 demonstration against the Algerian war
Must-Reads from Around the World
On deck for Thursday: Two Coptic Christian boys accused of profaning Koran in Egypt, Argentine police take the streets to protest against pay cuts, France plans to make the wealthy pay more taxes, Turkey retaliates against Syrian …
Inside the Prison That Beat a President: How Georgia’s Saakashvili Lost His Election
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili conceded defeat as his ruling party suffered in parliamentary polls, thanks in part to videos showing torture in a prison a TIME correspondent once visited
