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Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters turned parts of Hong Kong into a massive street party on Monday night.

• 30 сентября 2014, 14:54

Dozens of protesters took part in an ongoing student demonstration against Beijing's refusal to grant the city unfettered democracy.

• 27 сентября 2014, 11:16

Tens of thousands of people in London joined a global day of protest to demand action on climate change.

• 22 сентября 2014, 12:22

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Madrid, accusing the government of betrayal.

• 22 сентября 2014, 09:58

Celebrities, activists and political leaders are expected to join people in New York for what could be the largest climate change protest in history.

• 20 сентября 2014, 09:57

Irina Dovgan stood on a street of the rebel-held city of Donetsk as passers-by punched, kickedand spat, sometimes crushing tomatoes in her face.

• 08 сентября 2014, 11:20

Residents of one seaside neighbourhood in Barcelona are fighting back, complaining that the Spanish city has fallen victim to its own tourism success.

• 06 сентября 2014, 12:45

A leading volunteer commander in Ukraine triggered protests against the government after a series of angry Facebook messages.

• 28 августа 2014, 10:50

Thousands of people marched through Hong Kong to protest against a pro-democracy campaign to blockade the business district .

• 18 августа 2014, 10:31

Thousands of protesters led by Pakistan's opposition leader arrived in Islamabad to try to topple the government he alleges was elected by fraud

• 16 августа 2014, 13:44

Several hundred people protested in New York against police brutality after the shooting death of a black teenager in Missouri .

• 15 августа 2014, 11:16

Cambodian police Tuesday fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators demanding authorities reopen the country's main protest venue, as clashes left at least 30 people injured, rights groups said.

• 15 июля 2014, 13:51

Clashes erupted in Paris on Sunday as thousands of people protested against Israel and in support of residents in the Gaza Strip, where a six-day conflict has left 168 Palestinians dead.

• 14 июля 2014, 13:28

Hong Kong police arrested more than 500 protesters at a sit-in early Wednesday following a huge pro-democracy rally that organisers said mobilised half a million people demanding the right to choose their next leader.

• 02 июля 2014, 10:38

Carrying banners and chanting slogans, thousands of protesters gathered for a pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong that organisers say could be the largest since the city was handed back to China.

• 02 июля 2014, 02:04

Police used pepper spray to scatter protesters at Hong Kong's government headquarters in an angry rally against plans for a new town development, with 21 arrested, officials said.

• 14 июня 2014, 13:02

Angry protests broke out in India's capital overnight over power blackouts as summer temperatures soar, fuelling concerns of a repeat of an electricity crisis two years ago, police said.

• 12 июня 2014, 00:45

French commuters faced traffic chaos Wednesday amid a national train strike called by trade unions in protest against a proposed railway reform aimed at containing the sector's soaring debt.

• 11 июня 2014, 12:39

Hundreds of youths took to the streets of Nigeria's second biggest city on Sunday to protest against naming the ousted central bank chief Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Emir of Kano, the country's number two Muslim leader.

• 09 июня 2014, 12:13

Thousands of Haitians took to the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince Thursday to demand that President Michel Martelly step down and new elections be held.

• 06 июня 2014, 12:23