World Popular Resistance Clippings 19/5/2013

 

Vendors seek to profit from China’s security budget

BEIJING: Mannequins in riot gear, armoured cars and drones line a police equipment and “anti-terrorism technology” trade fair in Beijing as vendors seek to profit from China’s huge internal security budget. The country is estimated to have more than 180,000 protests each year and the [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 16/5/2013

 

Six injured in Cameroon varsity riot

At least six people have been injured and learning halted following a second spate of unrest in less than four months at state University of Buea in southwest Cameroon. The striking students also damaged at least three vehicles belonging to the institution, according to an official who [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 14/5/2013

Hundreds of Bangladesh Textile Plants Shut Indefinitely

DHAKA – Hundreds of factories which form the hub of Bangladesh’s garment industry are to close indefinitely after worker unrest sparked by the death of more than 1,100 colleagues, employees announced Monday. As the search for bodies from last month’s collapse of a factory complex wrapped up, the [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 9/5/2013

Chinese woman’s death after allegations of gang rape sparks unrest in Beijing

Earlier today, the Beijing Public Security Bureau reported that “non-Beijing residents” were gathering in Fengtai District, in southwest Beijing, to “reflect discontent” with the May 3 death of a woman who had allegedly been gang raped (link in Chinese). The death of the [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 6/5/2013

 

Police Seal-off UNZA as Student Set Fire in Protest

Police in Lusaka have sealed-off part of Great East Road after University of Zambia students set fire and stoned motorists in protest of reported increase in tuition fees.

It is the second riot the Zambia Police has had to deal with in a day [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 4/5/2013

 

Mexico Teacher Protests: Four Leaders Arrested During Demonstrations Against Education Reform

MEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors say four leaders of violent teachers protests have been arrested on charges of sedition, terrorism, rioting and property damage. The Attorney General’s Office of the southern state of Guerrero says the four have been sent to federal [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 22/4/2013

Plot to disrupt UCPN (Maoist) gathering foiled: Police

BARDIYA, April 22: Police on Monday arrested four people along with arms and ammunition they had allegedly hoarded in their attempt to disrupt the mass gathering of the UCPN (Maoist), which was to be addressed by senior Maoist leaders including Pushpa Kamal Dahal in Gulariya. According to [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 19/4/2013

 

Pakistan quake victims burn tyres at angry protests

MASHKAIL, Pakistan — Pakistani earthquake victims burnt tyres at angry protests on Friday, accusing the government of failing to provide adequate relief three days after their homes were destroyed or damaged. Tuesday’s 7.8-magnitude quake, centred in southeastern Iran, killed 41 people — all but one [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 17/4/2013

‘Carter has no right to suggest on Nepal’s internal affairs’

KATHMANDU, APR 17 – CPN-Maoist Chairman Mohan Baidya has said that former U.S President Jimmy Carter has no right to suggest on Nepal’s internal affairs. Carter, upon his departure from Nepal following his visit to the country, had suggested Baidya via Carter Center’s official website [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 16/4/2013

 

Social conflict in Latin America sparked by inequality: UNDP report

UNITED NATIONS, April 16 — The Latin American countries with greatest numbers of conflicts are those with broad social inequalities and governments with limited capacity to manage unrest, said a report released on Tuesday in English by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). [...]