About Protest News Updates
Protest News Updates is a regular presentation of protest news items sorted out from several leading newspapwers around the world. Numerous Dissenting Voices take place in various parts of the world which the general public needs to know. This presenation includes protests, hungerstrikes, dharnas, hartals, labour strikes, shutdowns, blockades etc., The main objecitve of publishing the news updates is to create awareness about the role of dissenting voices in a healthy democracy.
26 April 2022
Protests
Thousands of Germans of various faiths don Jewish skullcaps to fight …
ABC Online-1 hour ago
The chairman of the Jewish Community in Berlin, Gideon Joffe, gave his approval to the kippah protests. “I see support and we feel support from the Muslim side. Together Christians, Jews, Muslims and also atheists, we have to take a stand against this hate together and come up with counter-measures,” Mr Joffe said.
SA protests over minimum wage bill
The Herald-1 hour ago
Members of Saftu and affiliated unions marched in a number of cities across the country, including Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban to protest against the proposed minimum wage of R20 an hour. “Workers, in particular, are campaigning against a ferocious declaration of war by the ruling class of white monopoly …
With pink vests and protests, Philippine clergy bless land rights struggle
ABS-CBN News-2 hours ago
KORONADAL - For some years now, people in bright pink vests have become as familiar a sight in parts of Mindanao in the southern Philippines as gun-toting soldiers, a ray of hope for the indigenous peoples who have been forced off their lands by armed conflict. The pink vests are a mark of the Iglesia Filipina …
GMA News
FEATURE-With pink vests and protests, Philippine clergy bless land …
Thomson Reuters Foundation-3 hours ago
By Rina Chandran. KORONADAL, Philippines, April 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - F or some years now, people in bright pink vests have become as familiar a sight in parts of Mindanao in the southern Philippines as gun-toting soldiers, a ray of hope for the indigenous peoples who have been forced off their lands by …
Why Boulder police didn’t enforce open carry restrictions during recent …
9News.com KUSA-3 hours ago
Boulder police say they made a decision to not enforce the city’s open carry restrictions during a recent protest because doing so might have escalated the situation. The Daily Camera reports that residents rallied Saturday afternoon in opposition to the City Council’s proposed ban on assault weapons. Currently, it’s illegal in …
TABOR, Colorado education funding and the teacher protests (for …
9News.com KUSA-3 hours ago
Colorado’s teachers are protesting a few things. First off, they’re speaking out against the state’s lack of education funding (some studies put Colorado in the bottom tier nationwide), low teacher pay (while you’ll see some reports that teacher pay in Colorado is ranked 46th in the country, it’s actually 31st at $52,736 a year, …
Stuff.co.nz
Farmers back protests over rescue helicopter axing
TVNZ-3 hours ago
Farmers back protests over rescue helicopter axing. 38 min ago. share. Source: NZN. Federated Farmers is backing calls to stop the axing of rescue helicopter services in some regions. File photo. Existing rescue helicopter services in Te Anau, Taupo/Rotorua and Coromandel are set to be cut and replaced with larger area …
Kasparov: Armenia Unrest Is Political Bellwether
Voice of America-3 hours ago
Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan resigned unexpectedly Monday after days of protests against him by opposition supporters who claimed he was clinging to power after serving the maximum 10 years as president. Armenia’s turmoil deepened Wednesday as tens of thousands of people took to the streets after the …
Deadly Nicaragua protests subside as talks mooted
Manila Bulletin-3 hours ago
The protests were triggered by pension reforms that Ortega ended up withdrawing amid mounting condemnation of the harsh police tactics against the demonstrators. Other grievances also surfaced, notably resentment at the authoritarian style of Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo, who is his vice president. The unrest was …
Did feds pay protesters?
Castanet.net-3 hours ago
The federal Liberal government found itself taking fire over the stalled Trans Mountain pipeline expansion from opposite flanks Wednesday: accused of helping to finance pipeline protesters on the one hand, and rigging the review system in favour of the project on the other. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer led off …
Dharna
Asaram’s followers to challenge Jodhpur rape case verdict in High Court
India Today-1 hour ago
Mishra told Mail Today that a meeting was held in the ashram 10 days ago and it was unanimously decided to not organise any dharna, protest and agitation in the country against whatever the decision would come from the court. The followers of Asaram also directed to avoid going to Jodhpur. They have been asked not to …
The Nation
How this country is being run: Justice Isa
The News International (blog)-2 hours ago
Earlier, during the outset of hearing, Justice Qazi Faez Isa observed that a security agency even does not know the sources of income and bank accounts of Khadim Hussain Rizvi, adding that it is also not aware that the dharna had destroyed billions of rupees public properties. He asked Deputy Attorney General Sohail …
Business Recorder
Faizabad dharna report case: IHC asks DAG to submit reply
The News International (blog)-2 hours ago
ISLAMABAD: Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) here on Wednesday while hearing into a petition seeking to public the inquiry report of Fiazabad dharna case directed a deputy attorney general (DAG) to submit reply and put off hearing till first week of May. IHC bench was hearing into the writ …
Pest attack: BJP demands direction from Speaker
The New Indian Express-2 hours ago
BHUBANESWAR: Members of BJP expressed concern over pest attack on paddy crops in Sambalpur district. Raising the issue in the Assembly during zero hour, Rabi Narayan Naik of the BJP said pest menance has returned to the State which saw large scale crop damage in many parts of Western Odisha last year leading …
Muttathara residents ask for better sewerage connectivity
Kaplan Herald-3 hours ago
Not just Beemapally, areas such as Beemapally East, Valiyathura, Poonthura and Manikyavilakom etc lack sewerage connectivity. “It is the sheer neglect on the part of authorities. While the from the city is brought to our place, we are being denied sewerage connectivity. Though IUML led the dharna, entire local community …
Beef murder scars run deep in Ramgarh
Kaplan Herald-3 hours ago
BJP leader and former MLA Shankar Chaudhary, who has shaved off his head in protest against the court’s decision, sits on dharna at Subhas Chowk in Ramgarh demanding a central probe into Alimuddin’s death (TOI photo- Mahadeo Sen). So what killed Ansari? “Bajrang Dal activists and tipped-off the police about …
Lokesh promises safe water in agency areas
The Hans India-3 hours ago
Various skill training activities are being conducted at ITDAs across the state to provide employment to youth,” Minister said. Lokesh interacted with agitators in front of ITDA administrative building at Sitampeta, who have been staging a dharna for the past 113 days, demanding that the government include Boya and Valmiki …
VRS given SRTC workers stage protest demonstration
Daily Excelsior-5 hours ago
Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Apr 25: The voluntarily retired workers of J&K State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) held protest demonstration and dharnaagainst the management of the Corporation and State Government at Exhibition Ground, near Press Club here today. The VRS accorded workers of the …
Som Parkash joins General Samaj Manch dharna, invites leaders’ wrath
The Tribune-6 hours ago
The move by the Phagwara MLA Som Parkash to join a dharna of the General Samaj Manch in the city’s market here on Wednesday did not go down well with the Dalit community that he represents. Since the beginning of the protests about 10 days ago, Som Parkash has been maintaining, “I am a Dalit first and then a BJP …
Shutdown in Phagwara over renaming of chowk
The Tribune-6 hours ago
Meanwhile, manch activists lifted their dharna near Gandhi Chowk on the Phagwara-Banga road following an intervention by IGP Naunihal Singh. Several politicians belonging to both SAD-BJP and the Congress extended support to the general community and joined the protest. Phagwara MLA Som Parkash, Mayor Arun …
Hartal
Clerical Cadre rejects announcement of 7th Pay Commission, extends …
State Times-5 hours ago
On the third consecutive day of three-day pen down strike, the clerical cadre across the State observed complete Kaam Choro Hartal on the call given by Coordination Committee Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh All Departments Clerical Staff Association.While speaking in the programme organized in support of removal of Pay …
Clerical Cadre extends Kaam Choro Hartal upto Apr 28
The Northlines-7 hours ago
On 3rd consecutive day of three days Kam Choro/Pen down Hartal, the Clerical Cadre across the State had observed complete Kam Choro Hartal on the call given by coordination committee Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh All Departments Clerical Staff Association. While speaking in the programme organized in support of …
Five Years After the Tragedy, Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza Is Still Falling
The Wire-12 hours ago
The day had begun with a hartal (strike) due to a breeding political crisis between the ruling party and opposition. The streets were empty, and I remember reading a snippet of the first bit of news as I headed to work – building collapse; few dead. I glanced past the initial news. With similar events over the past few years, this …
Pinarayi Vijayan slams state human rights commission chief over …
Times of India-21 hours ago
While referring to the social media-triggered hartal held in the state last week, the CM said those who had the similar mind set of the commission were behind the hartal. He said the government would never approve of third degree torture methods by police. “Four policemen are already arrested in Varapuzha case.
BJP alleges IS links, demands NIA probe
Kaplan Herald-22 hours ago
Thiruvananthapuram: state unit has alleged IS links in the ‘janakeeya hartal‘ on April 16, which originated through social media. The party demanded a probe by National Investigating Agency () to expose those behind the hartal call and the vandalism that followed. BJP state general secretary M T Ramesh, in a news …
Karnataka a good state for independents to fight in
Times of India-24-Apr-2018
For example, Belur Gopalakrishna, who was denied a ticket by BJP in Sagar, said not only would he not back Hartal Halappa (who got the ticket), he’d ensure BJP is routed. “Independents who make a difference are confident people who think they have nurtured the constituencies. When they rebel and contest, they also …
Hunger strike
Deccan Chronicle
Take up demands with panel: Minister
The Hindu-8 minutes ago
With members of the Secondary Grade Seniority Teachers Association (SSTA) refusing to call off their protest seeking to resolve certain pay anomalies, School Education Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan on Wednesday urged them to give up the strike and take up their demands with the one-man committee constituted by the …
Worst Possible Pick for US Ambassador to South Korea
Scoop.co.nz (press release)-9 minutes ago
After the riot, some of the prisoners went on hunger strike. On June 9, 2006, during the hunger strike, Hickman was in charge of guards on watch from towers, etc., overseeing the camp that night. He and every other guard observed that, just as the Navy Criminal Investigative Service report on the matter would later say, …
Drama: New play Norah explores human dilemma of the Hunger Strike
The Irish News-2 hours ago
THE Hunger Strike and the deaths of 10 young IRA men in 1981 is one of those combustible periods in our recent historical past where many still recall the pervading tension all too clearly. While publicly it involved a deadly stalemate between the IRA’s demands and the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s refusal to …
The Hindu
Chennithala launches hunger strike for CBI probe into custodial death
GkMen-3 hours ago
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday slammed the Kerala State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) acting chairperson P Mohana Das for seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged custodial death of a 26-year-old youth in Kochi. Sreejith, from Varappuzha in Ernakulam district, …
Rally to end Santa Clara County Jail hunger strike
San Francisco Bay View-3 hours ago
Official public statement from Prisoners United of Silicon Valley. Introduction: Over 200 prisoners in Santa Clara County have been on a hunger strike since April 15, 2018, to end meaningless classification reviews and the torturous practice of indefinite solitary confinement etc.. Hunger strike participants have lost anywhere …
Failing health lands nearly 100 elementary school staff in hosp
The New Indian Express-4 hours ago
CHENNAI : Nearly 100 government elementary teachers have been hospitalised since they began their hunger strike on Monday. Teachers from all over the State have been pouring into Chennai since Monday, demanding revision of wages. By Tuesday evening, more than 5,000 had gathered in the city to join the protest.
Chennai: R Sarathkumar fasts for Cauvery, Vijayakanth greets him
Deccan Chronicle-5 hours ago
… Makkal Katchi R. Sarathkumar observed a fast protest near the Chepauk government guest house here on Wednesday to condemn the central government for not constituting the Cauvery Management Board. A large number of pro-Tamil leaders, activists, party workers and general public participated in the hunger strike, …
Lucasville Uprising Survivors On Hunger Strike After Ohio Prison …
Shadowproof (blog)-5 hours ago
Incarcerated survivors of the 1993 Lucasville Uprising are on hunger strike, demanding to know why Ohio officials restricted their phone and email access for nearly five days during the 25-year anniversary of the rebellion. Prison officials said the restrictions, which impacted at least five survivors, would be lifted by the …
The Harrowing Saga of the Grey Lady of Bagram Jail
Kashmir Reader-6 hours ago
In 2005, male prisoners were so agpalled by her plight, crying and shouting that they went on a hunger strike for six days. This, in a way, reflects the extreme cunningness and brutality of American imperialism and domination. After 9/11, Afghanistan, in particular, in general, Muslims becomes the victim of American …
Lawyers protest for permanent HC bench in Udaipur
NYOOOZ-7 hours ago
… association Ram Kripa Sharma, and Satyendra Sankhla were among the protesters. The bar association had been sitting on an indefinite ‘anshan’ or hunger strike for ten days with the members of the civil society and various organizations also extending their support over the demand and participating in the dharna daily.
Strike
Teachers’ Strike: What do future teachers think?
KGUN-55 minutes ago
Now they’re about to watch people in their futures careers walk out on strike. Freshman Lian Don says, “I feel like teachers need to be paid more, especially since classes are getting bigger. It’s not fair for classes to be increasing and teachers not to be getting paid enough for it.” Education Sophomore Morgan McCloud told …
WestJet pilots begin strike vote after months of failed contract …
Globalnews.ca-1 hour ago
The union representing WestJet pilots announced Wednesday it is calling a strikevote as an agreement still hasn’t been reached with WestJet management after months of negotiation. “With the busy summer travel season fast approaching, the end of the statutory 60-day federal conciliation period on Friday the 27 marks …
BRIEF-Westjet Statement Regarding ALPA Strike Authorization Vote
Reuters-1 hour ago
April 25 (Reuters) - WestJet Airlines Ltd: * WESTJET STATEMENT REGARDING ALPA STRIKEAUTHORIZATION VOTE. * REMAIN FOCUSED ON “SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATING AN AGREEMENT THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR PILOTS AND WESTJET” Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: Our Standards:The …
The Latest: House and Senate leaders won’t bend to teachers
Daily Mail-2 hours ago
Tens of thousands of educators are planning to strike beginning Thursday and rally at the Capitol. Yarbrough says the Legislature will remain open as they continue work in a state budget that boosts teacher pay. He said he hopes teachers will return to the classroom. Mesnard says whatever happens, teachers will see a …
Statement from Reuben Foster’s ex-girlfriend says 49ers linebacker …
49ers Webzone (blog)-2 hours ago
“[Foster] did not strike her, injure her or threaten her,” read the statement. The statement explains that the injuries were the result of a physical fight with another woman. It further explains that Foster, who has been charged with multiple felonies following the incident, tried to end his relationship with Ennis following the fight.
First Hospital workers strike; company locks them out
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader-2 hours ago
Registered nurses at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton — also owned by CHS — and RNs, mental health technicians, and other workers at First Hospital held the one-day strike after unproductive negotiations with CHS. The sessions failed to make sufficient progress in key areas such as staffing, safety, training, and pay …
Arizona unites to care for, feed kids during teacher strike
The Herald-News-2 hours ago
Working parents had a week to figure out where to send their children starting Thursday after teachers voted for an unprecedented statewide strike to push for increased education funding. While tens of thousands of educators rally this week, students will be cared for by friends, family or community organizations.
Ambulance services hit as staff strike work
The New Indian Express-2 hours ago
ELURU: The 108 ambulance services have been hit following sudden strike by the staff. The staff have switched off their mobile phones as discussion with the union leaders and contracting agency failed on Wednesday. The 108 ambulance staff union leaders held discussions with Bharat Vikas Group (BVG), the contracting …
VIDEO: SA house fire caused by lighting strike captured on camera
KSAT San Antonio-2 hours ago
A @ksatnews viewer shared this footage w/ https://t.co/9vJTopdcvD of a house fire that was caused by a lighting strike. #SanAntonio fire crews received at least 5 structure fire calls within 2 hours. FULL VIDEO & STORY➡ https://t.co/5rEE30gHi8 #KSATnews pic.twitter.com/uk6zRkxRPT — Adrian Garcia (@KSATadrian) …
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey pushes raise plan before strike
ABC15 Arizona-2 hours ago
PHOENIX - Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is pushing his plan to give educators a 20 percent raise by 2020 a day before an unprecedented statewide teacher walkout. FULL COVERAGE: Teacher walkout in Arizona. He said Wednesday that he’s committed to getting his plan passed, and he’s hopeful lawmakers vote on it as …
