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Thailand will indict ex-security personnel over the deaths of 78 Muslim protesters in 2004
BANGKOK (AP) — Eight former state security personnel accused of responsibility for the deaths of 78 Muslim protesters who were arrested in southern Thailand in 2004 will be indicted on murder charges, the prosecutor’s office announced Wednesday. The case earned special notoriety...
March for Bolivia's ex-President Morales turns violent, as political crisis escalates
CARACOLLO, Bolivia (AP) — Thousands of anti-government demonstrators marching in support of Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales clashed on Tuesday with counterprotesters blocking their way, a stark sign of an escalating power struggle in the volatile Andean nation. In his most...
Bangladesh opposition party demands a new election after Hasina's ouster
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of activists and leaders of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party rallied Tuesday in the nation’s capital to demand a democratic transition through an election as an interim government has yet to outline a timeframe for new voting. The...
Ghana's main opposition party stages nationwide protests over alleged voter roll irregularities
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana’s biggest opposition party held nationwide protests in regional capitals across the country Tuesday demanding an audit of the voter roll for the general election set for December. Millions of supporters of the National Democratic Congress party, the...
Georgia prosecutors drop all 15 counts of money laundering against 3 'Cop City' activists
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia prosecutors on Tuesday dropped all 15 counts of money laundering that were levied against three Atlanta organizers accused of misusing a bail fund to aid violent protests against the city’s proposed police and fire training center. Atlanta Solidarity Fund...
Gunfire injures 6 police officers in Martinique during protests over living costs
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — At least six police officers were injured by gunfire overnight in the French Caribbean island of Martinique during violent protests over the high cost of living, officials said Tuesday. Two unidentified suspects were arrested, according to a statement...
Many in Indian-controlled Kashmir plan to vote this time to deny Modi total control
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — For decades, boycotting elections in Indian-controlled Kashmir was a sign of protest against Indian rule. That may change on Wednesday, when many residents of the Muslim-majority region say they’re willing to use their vote in a local election to deny Prime...
Bolivia's iconic ex-President Morales calls for anti-government march as political fight escalates
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's hugely popular and controversial former leftist president, Evo Morales, on Monday called on supporters to take to the streets in protest against his bitter political rival, current President Luis Arce, who hours earlier accused Morales on national TV of trying to...
Will same policies yield a different response from campus leaders at the University of California?
Michael Drake, the president of the University of California, wrote a letter last month telling the system’s 10 campuses to ban encampments and regulate other protest-related conduct. But, as the letter references, most of those regulations were already on the books for the...
US hits more Georgian officials with asset freezes and visa bans for ‘undermining democracy’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is hitting more senior Georgian officials and others with sanctions for undermining the country’s democracy and violating basic human rights. The State and Treasury departments announced Monday that they had imposed asset freezes on two...
