Thousands of garment workers have marched through the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh over mass dismissals
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Thailand’s Protesting Rubber Farmers Reflect Deeper Social Divisions
The escalating disquiet is being seen as an indictment of populist Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s Administration
In Turkey, Critics of Erdogan’s Government Claim Familiar Pattern of Reprisal
The fallout from the June protests in Turkey is settling into a growing pattern of reprisal against those dissenting against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, critics of his government say. But that pattern may be backfiring, …
A Bulgarian Spring? Entrenched Protests Challenge Eastern Europe’s Status Quo
Anti-government street protests are not just a feature of countries abutting the Mediterranean—they’ve now taken root in one on the Black Sea. In February, protesters in Bulgaria, an Eastern European nation of 7 million people, …
Internet Censorship Is Taking Root in Southeast Asia
Every time Le Anh Hung starts to write he thinks of his three young children. The 38-year-old has already been imprisoned twice for blogging about human rights and corruption from his home in Hanoi and lives half-expecting …
A Luta Continua: Brazil’s Protest Movement Sputters, but It’s Far From Dead
In Brazil, demonstrators closed highways, shut businesses and brought large parts of the country to a standstill once more this past week. But unlike in June, when the government was shaken by an almost unprecedented wave of …
Cairo Protesters Demand New Egyptian Revolution
Hundreds of thousands urge that President Mohamed Morsi to step down after just one year in office
Brazil’s Protests: Social Inequality and World Cup Spending Fuel Mass Unrest
Last Thursday, police violently waded into ranks of protesters and fired rubber bullets into crowds amassed in Brazil’s financial capital, sparking days of unrest. On Monday night, some 200,000 to took to the streets of this
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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