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Riot police in the Armenian capital early used water cannon to disperse several hundred demonstrators protesting a government hike in electricity prices.

• 23 июня 2015, 12:49

Campaigners protesting China's annual dog meat festival were forcibly dispersed by unidentified men as they attempted to rally outside a government office.

• 22 июня 2015, 14:06

Burundi's opposition late Friday slammed the election commission for steering the country towards a controversial presidential vote next month.

• 13 июня 2015, 15:44

A member of punk protest group Pussy Riot and a fellow activist were arrested at a demonstration in Moscow demanding better conditions for women held in Russian prisons.

• 13 июня 2015, 11:39

At least 10 people were injured and 25 arrested in Kiev as scuffles broke out between members of a rare Ukrainian gay pride march and their nationalist foes.

• 07 июня 2015, 10:57

Germany's anti-Islam PEGIDA movement has its sights set on gaining a political foothold when its eastern stronghold city of Dresden goes to the polls.

• 05 июня 2015, 12:04

More than 30,000 people kicked off protests against a G7 summit starting at the weekend in the southern German state of Bavaria.

• 05 июня 2015, 10:52

Several hundred protesters gathered in Brasilia to demand the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff after they completed a 1,000-kilometer (650-mile) march on the capital.

• 28 мая 2015, 15:47

Polls opened in Ireland for a historic referendum on allowing same-sex marriage that is backed by all the main political parties but opposed by the Catholic Church.

• 23 мая 2015, 10:51

Prince announced a peace concert in Baltimore on Mother's Day after the death in police custody of an African American man sparked sometimes violent protests.

• 06 мая 2015, 13:36

Baltimore lifted a curfew that was imposed across the US East Coast city following widespread riots, as thousands of National Guard troops began to pull out.

• 04 мая 2015, 13:07

More than two dozen protesters including a leading human rights activist and opposition politicians were detained overnight in Malaysia.

• 02 мая 2015, 16:08

Several hundred people protested in New York demanding police reform and justice for the African-American man who died from injuries sustained in custody in Baltimore.

• 02 мая 2015, 13:25

Bare-chested Femen activists making Nazi salutes disrupted a speech by France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen at her National Front party's traditional May 1 rally in Paris.

• 02 мая 2015, 10:48

A Hong Kong pro-democracy protester apparently assaulted by police -- in a beating captured on video.

• 17 апреля 2015, 15:24

Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets, venting anger over government corruption and economic drift a month after larger protests gathered.

• 13 апреля 2015, 14:43

Protesters waving Australian flags and carrying signs such as "Yes Australia. No Sharia" rallied around the country.

• 04 апреля 2015, 12:30

Thousands marched in Mexico City to mark six months since the disappearance of 43 college students.

• 27 марта 2015, 10:10

Thousands of Salvadorans marched in memory of slain archbishop Oscar Romero, who was assassinated 35 years ago during the country's civil war.

• 25 марта 2015, 10:49

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff pledged to hold talks with her growing number of critics and said her embattled government needed to show humility.

• 17 марта 2015, 15:01