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Clashes erupt at Niger protest over financial reforms

Niamey - Muslimchronicle

Angry protesters and police clashed in Niger’s capital Niamey on Sunday as a demonstration against financial reforms in the West African nation turned violent. Local civil society organizations have for weeks been denouncing the 2018 budget for one of the poorest countries on the planet. More than 1,000 demonstrators rallied near the city center to protest against the government’s financialRead more

12 people injured during IOF quelling of weekly march east of Ramallah

Ramallah - Arab Today

12 people injured on friday, during anti-settlement march east of Ramallah as Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) quelled the march with live bullets, rubber bullets and teargas, resulting in multiple gunshot injuries and people choking on teargas. According to medical sources, 12 civilians received injuries including 5 civilians being shot with live bullets. As the peaceful protest of the establishing ofRead more

Gangs of French youth clash with police in Paris suburb

Paris - Arab Today

A peaceful demonstration protesting the alleged rape of a black youth by police has degenerated, with small groups setting at least one vehicle afire and throwing projectiles at police in a Paris suburb. Officers responded with tear gas. Hundreds demonstrated Saturday by the courthouse in the northeast Paris suburb of Bobigny, calling for justice for the 22-year-old man arrested Feb.Read more

Israeli forces suppress Palestinian non-violent protest in Ramallah

Ramallah - Arab Today

A number of Palestinians suffered from inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli occupation troops who suppressed a non-violent protest against land confiscation plans. Israeli forces fired tear gas bombs at the weekly protest against the Israeli settlement building in western Ramallah, said local sources. Source : MENARead more

Palestinian man killed by Israeli tear gas near Quds

Gaza City - Arab Today

A Palestinian man was killed Friday after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli occupation forces at Qalandiya checkpoint in northern al Quds to perform Ramadan's last Friday prayers at the the holy mosque of Al Aqsa. The Palestinian man, in his fifties, was admitted to a medical center in Ramallah, but doctors failed to save his life. Source : MENARead more

Israeli Forces arrest 5 Palestinians in West Bank

Ramallah - Arab Today

Israeli forces Tuesday detained at least five Palestinians in predawn raids into Hebron and Bethlehem districts, said Palestinian security sources. Forces raided Surif town, northwest of Hebron, in the southern West Bank and detained four Palestinians. To the north of Hebron, forces handcuffed and detained a Palestinian after storming and thoroughly ransacking his family house in Beit Fajjat town,Read more

Israeli Army Attacks Palestinians with Tear Gas in Hebron, Suffocation Cases Reported

Hebron - Arab Today

A number of Palestinian students and locals Sunday suffocated after inhaling tear gas fired at them by Israeli armed soldiers during clashes in the southern part of Hebron city, according to local sources. Clashes reportedly broke out between Palestinian locals and soldiers in the vicinity of the school zone in the southern part of Hebron city, where the latter usedRead more

Tear gas, arrests as Egypt protesters defy ban

Egyptian police fired tear gas at protesters in Cairo who defied government warnings and held a rally Monday calling for the "downfall" of the regime, quickly scattering them and making arrests. A coalition of leftist and liberal groups had called for the protest, ostensibly against the handing over of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. But in a countryRead more