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Turkish police have intervened using water cannon and tear gas against locals and environmentalists in the northeastern province of Artvin’s Cerattepe are after protesters sought to march to the site of a controversial mining project

The Serbian National Assembly on Tuesday adopted the Law on Police, which provides for reorganization and career progression in the sector.

It also regulates the setting up of one special unit and improving internal control, as well as the use of electroshock weapons and pepper spray by police officers.

Kosovo police on Wednesday morning detonated a hand grenade found in the courtyard of the Constitutional Court.

The Court was evacuted and the area surrounded while the police carried out the controlled explosion of the hand grenade.

No one was injured and no damage was casued by the device.

Turkish police drew criticism on Nov. 12 for firing tear gas and water cannon at a HDP delegation attempting to enter Silvan

Police used water cannon and tear gas to forcefully enter the Gülen-linked Koza İpek Holding’s media headquarters in Istanbul amid protests

Macedonian police on Friday used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse thousands of migrants located in "no man's land" on the country's border with Greece.

The migrants are stranded there and attempting to cross into Macedonia.

The first reports of street violence on Friday afternoon cited a group of 500 so-called “anti-state” activists attacking riot police with clubs and other objects near the “no” rally — incidents, however, that have occurred repeatedly in the past in central Athens.

The 13th Istanbul LGBTI Pride March on June 28 witnessed scenes of joy and fear as police cracked down on participants with tear gas and water cannon. Click through for the photos

A police officer that gained notoriety for spraying pepper spray at peaceful protesters, including an academic who became known as the ?woman in red? during the outset of the Gezi Park uprising in 2013, has been sentenced to 20 months in jail and ordered to plant 600 trees.

Schoolchildren in the eastern Turkish province of ??rnak experimented with riot control vehicles with water cannons known as TOMAs as part of Highway Traffic Safety Week activities. 

Students from Nene Hatun Primary School in the Silopi district of ??rnak visited the local police department, guided by teams from the community policing unit, as part of the week?s activities.