International

Yemen Rebels Admit Tear Gas Touched Off Fire at Migrant Detention Facility

Fire in Sanaa killed at least 45 people, mostly Ethiopian migrants

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 20 Mar 21

International

Myanmar Security Forces Use Stun Grenades, Tear Gas Against Protesters

UN envoy calls for collective action to stop Myanmar repression

VOA News • 06 Mar 21

International

Haiti Police Fire Tear Gas on Journalists Covering Peaceful Anti-Government Protest

AP, VOA Creole reporters among those targeted; one journalist was treated at a hospital for severe leg injury

VOA News • 11 Feb 21

International

Dozens of Anti-Lukashenko Demonstrators Detained in Belarus 

Belarus has been roiled by nearly daily protests since early August when Lukashenko was declared victor of a presidential election that opposition lea

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 20 Dec 20

International

Ukrainian Police Tear-Gas Anti-Lockdown Protesters in Kyiv's Maidan

Protests come amid signs that coronavirus pandemic is worsening, claims of suppressed case numbers

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 16 Dec 20

International

Thai Police Fire Water Cannons and Tear Gas at Pro-Democracy Protestors/ 

Protestors demanding changes to the constitution and removal of Thailand's prime minister 

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 17 Nov 20

International

More than 1,000 Detained as Belarus Police Use Tear Gas, Stun Grenades on Protesters

Protesters across the country demand the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 16 Nov 20

International

Belarus Police Use Tear Gas, Stun Grenades to Disperse Anti-Government Protesters

Scores of protesters demanding the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko were detained

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 15 Nov 20

International

Belarus Forces Fire Tear Gas, Beat Demonstrators in Minsk 

It is the latest anti-government protest fueled by a disputed election 12 weeks ago

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 01 Nov 20

International

Haiti Police Fire Tear Gas, Live Rounds at Student Protesters

Protesters are demanding justice for fellow student Gregory Saint-Hilaire who was shot and killed Oct. 2 on state university grounds, allegedly by pol

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 10 Oct 20

International

Belarus Police Detain Hundreds of Protesters in Minsk

Detentions come as around 2,000 people marched through the city demanding that President Alexander Lukashenko step down

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 19 Sep 20

International

Police Fire Tear Gas as Migrants Demand to Leave Greek Island After Fire

European leaders face growing calls to take in more of the displaced

VOA News • 13 Sep 20

International

Kenya Police Fire Tear Gas at COVID-19 Corruption Protesters

Demonstrators accuse government officials of misusing equipment and supplies meant to fight coronavirus

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 21 Aug 20

International

Federal Forces Tear Gas Oregon Protesters, Portland Police Say 

Portland police detail another night of conflict between protesters and federal forces outside US courthouse

VOA News • 20 Jul 20

International

Federal Officers Use Tear Gas on Protesters in Portland

Officials in the northwestern US state of Oregon oppose federal troop presence in response to nightly anti-racism and police brutality demonstrations

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 18 Jul 20

International

Police Fire Tear Gas as Nairobians Protest Lack of Services, Rights Violations

Police used tear gas and arrests to block the protesters as they tried to reach the president's office to deliver a petition

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 07 Jul 20

International

Clashes, Tear Gas in Beirut as Protests Turn to Riots

Hundreds of Lebanese demonstrators are gathered in central Beirut Saturday, hoping to reboot nationwide anti-government protests that began late last

VOA News • 06 Jun 20

International

Police in Alabama Use Tear Gas, Smoke on Protestors  

Video of the chaotic scene streamed by WHNT, WAFF and other media outlets showed law enforcement agents wearing gas masks and riot gear advancing on t

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 04 Jun 20

International

Police Commissioner Defends Use of Tear Gas in Philadelphia

Tear gas was used as 'means to safely diffuse a volatile and dangerous situation,' Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said referring to protests over

VOA News • 02 Jun 20

International

Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas, Water Cannon in Protest against Beijing's Security Law Plan

China reveals plan to bypass Hong Kong's legislature to impose national security law on Hong Kong to prevent and punish acts of 'secession, subversion

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 24 May 20

International

Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas at Pro-Democracy Demonstrators

Protests targeted proposed security law they see as an assault on the territory's autonomy

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 24 May 20

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Hong Kong Police Fire Volleys of Tear Gas at Protesters

Hundreds march against China's proposed tough national security legislation for city

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 24 May 20

International

Lebanon Security Forces Fire Tear Gas, Water Canon at Protesters

The demonstrators rallied near the parliament building in the early hours to protest the new government; they hurled stones, firecrackers and sticks a

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 22 Jan 20

International

Police Fire Tear Gas to Disperse Thousands in Central Hong Kong

Organizers initially applied for a permit for a march, but police only agreed to a static rally in the park, saying previous marches have turned viole

VOA News • 19 Jan 20

International

Eastern Forces Reject Call for Cease-Fire in Libya    

Russian and Turkish presidents appeal for truce, say fighting destabilizing entire region

VOA News • Actualités similaires • 10 Jan 20