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Chauvin Faces Hearing on Federal Charges in Floyd's Death
The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder in George Floyd's death is to face charges alleging he violated Floyd's civil rights by pinn
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Thai Police Use Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets to Break Up Protest
Pro-democracy camp wants release of detained activists, constitutional changes and reform of monarchy
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Myanmar Security Forces Use Stun Grenades, Tear Gas Against Protesters
UN envoy calls for collective action to stop Myanmar repression
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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
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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
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Protesters Return to French Streets to Denounce Police Violence; Tear Gas Fired
Protesters denounce police violence and President Emmanuel Macron's security policy plans, which the demonstrators say would crimp civil liberties
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Ugandan Police Says 16 Killed in Clashes Between Officers, Opposition Protesters
Forty-five others were injured in violence that followed arrest of opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine
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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
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Belarus Police Use Tear Gas, Stun Grenades to Disperse Anti-Government Protesters
Scores of protesters demanding the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko were detained
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Police Continue to Crackdown on Anti-government Protesters in Minsk
It is the latest anti-government protest fueled by a disputed election 12 weeks ago
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Belarus Forces Fire Tear Gas, Beat Demonstrators in Minsk
It is the latest anti-government protest fueled by a disputed election 12 weeks ago
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Iraqi Forces, Protesters Clash in Baghdad, Injuries on Both Sides
Renewed anti-government rallies converged on Sunday to mark a year since mass unrest over corruption and widespread deprivation in oil-rich Iraq
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Environmental Groups Sue Over Portland Tear Gas Use
With the city experiencing some of the most sustained Black Lives Matter protests in the country, efforts by local officials and researchers are under
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Oakland, Portland Sue Over Use of Federal Agents at Protests
Protests over racial injustice and police brutality have roiled both Western cities since death of George Floyd
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Protesters March on Nigerian Parliament After Army Threatens to Step In
The protest defied a ban on mass rallies in the capital, that the government said was imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus
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Protesters Knock Down Roosevelt, Lincoln Statues in Portland
Protest organizers dubbed the event 'Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage,' in response to Monday's federal holiday named after 15th-century Italian explore
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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
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Iraqi Protesters Continue Assault on Pro-Iranian Militias in Basra, Nasiriyah
Protests come after killing of protest leaders, and explosion in Nasiriyah's central Haboubi Square
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Kenya Police Fire Tear Gas at COVID-19 Corruption Protesters
Demonstrators accuse government officials of misusing equipment and supplies meant to fight coronavirus
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Portland Police Use Tear Gas After Declaring Riot for 2nd Night
Law enforcement officials call protest near the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office an 'unlawful assembly'
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Portland Police Use Tear Gas to Disperse Protesters
Nightly demonstrations have taken place in the city for several months
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Tear Gas at Portland Protests Raises Concern About Pollution
Officials said they're testing for pollutants that are found in crowd control agents such as the heavy metals zinc, lead, copper and chromium
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Portland Protest Groups Sue Over US Agents' Use of Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets
The lawsuit was filed after Portland's mayor and the leaders of five other U.S. cities appealed to Congress to make it illegal for the U.S. government
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Clashes Between Federal Officers, Protesters Set for Examination at Congressional Hearings
AG William Barr is appearing before one committee, while another is focused on June 1 operation to clear park outside White House
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US Agents Use Gas, Flash Bangs to Clear Portland Protesters
US agents repeatedly fired what appeared to be tear gas, flash bangs and pepper balls to clear a mass of protesters outside the Mark O. Hatfield Unite