Saturday 12 June, 2021
Winston Boogie Smith Jr died on Thursday night in Minneapolis.
The protests are focused on the Bolsonaro regime’s pandemic response, which has claimed more than 461,000 lives here.
The gathering was small and in line with Covid-19 regulations which limit how many can meet in public.
Their picketing days are over but they are determined to keep fighting for workers’ protections.
The fixture was postponed 11 days ago when supporters stormed the pitch.
The supporters have said ‘change is needed and the club must act now’, setting out a five-point plan.
Last weekend’s match against Manchester United at Old Trafford was postponed.
A number of supporters forced their way into Old Trafford on Sunday as a demonstration against the Glazer family.
The demonstration caused the postponement of Manchester United’s Premier League clash with Liverpool.
The city is already experiencing tensions as the George Floyd murder trial continues.
Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill said he expected closing arguments to begin next week.
Protests against the 1 February coup that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi are still ongoing.
Meanwhile, the UN Security Council has strongly condemned the use of violence against peaceful protesters.
The festival, dubbed ‘La Boum’ or ‘the party’, had been advertised on social media and police warned that it was a fake event on April Fool’s Day.
Labour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says dismissing protesters as ‘cranks’ will not work.
Earlier, the civilian leader of Myanmar’s government vowed a ‘revolution’ against the junta.
More than 70 people are believed to have been killed during the clashes.
Students and other civilians took part in one of many daily protests across the country against the military’s seizure of power last month.
Police in Yangon used tear gas against the protesters.
Footage showed protesters in Yangon running away from police as they charged at them.
Demonstrators had sought to assemble in Yangon and Mandalay.
Mya Thwet Thwet Khine was shot during a demonstration in Naypyitaw on February 9.
The country’s new military leadership has so far been unmoved by a torrent of international condemnation.
Protesters are calling for power to be restored to Aung San Suu Kyi’s deposed civilian government.
Britain, France, Germany, the United States and the European Union denounced the ruling and called for his immediate release.
Protesters defied government warnings to rally from Vladivostok to Saint Petersburg in a second weekend of mass demonstrations.
Around 250 people were arrested following protests across the Netherlands yesterday over a new curfew.
Hundreds gathered to protest a curfew in place until February.
Tens of thousands rallied in support of jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny in Russia this weekend.
Hazel Chu was approached by a group of people who criticised her for wearing a mask and referred to her as a ‘shape-shifting dragon’.
Fans gathered outside the stadium calling for manager Neil Lennon to be sacked after a defeat to Ross County.
The four officers are under investigation for ‘violence with a racist motive’.
In the capital Minsk, police wielded clubs and used tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of demonstrators.
Seven ministers of Peru’s cabinet resigned last night.
The protesters, some of them armed, gathered overnight in the wake of the president’s baseless claims of election fraud.
Protests by Trump supporters took place in multiple locations, whereas other marchers demanded every vote must be counted.
Scattered protests also took place from Seattle to New York City, but across the US there were no signs of widespread unrest.
Krakow, Wroclaw, Szczecin and Lodz have all seen protests.
A court ruling last week, when published, will rule out abortions in almost all cases in Poland.
