World Popular Resistance Clippings 21/5/2013

 

Stockholm braces for further rioting by young immigrants

Police in Stockholm were prepared for a third consecutive night of rioting by youths in a northwestern suburb as the disorder reopened the debate about how well immigrants are integrated in Sweden. Seven youths were arrested overnight from Monday to Tuesday after cars were set [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 20/5/2013

 

Unrest in Ashulia again

Some thousands of ready-made garment workers blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway and clashed with police while staging a protest demanding a wage hike and other facilities in Ashulia on Monday morning. Authorities of the concerned Ha-Meem Group were compelled to declare a holiday in the wake of the protest.

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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 18/5/2013

Tourists stuck as social unrest hits northwestern Colombia

More than 30 Colombian and foreign tourists are stuck in the northwestern corner of Colombia after locals went on strike. According to a strike leader, the tourists are not being held against their will. Thirty-two tourists got stuck in the Uraba region after strikers shut down public [...]

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 12/5/2013

Eight injured during clashes in Halkidiki

Seven policemen and one female protester were injured in Skouries in the northern peninsula of Halkidiki on Sunday, during a demonstration against mining activities in the area. According to police, one of the policemen was shot with a carbin and taken to the Polygyros hospital along with 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 8/5/2013

 

Liberia: Eviction Play – in Cooper’s Family E.L.W.A Land Saga, Residents Riot, Reject Action

Normal activities in the ELWA Robertsfield Highway Community Tuesday came to a standstill as a result of a protest action staged by some residents of the community. Some aggrieved residents of the area who are victims of a Supreme [...]

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 [...]