Protests

Three people were killed in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru after violence erupted between police and protesters over a reported derogatory Facebook post about the Prophet Mohammad, a senior police official said on Aug. 12.

Protesters clashed with riot police officers outside the US embassy in central Athens on Wednesday night, during a march over the death of George Floyd, a black man who suffocated as a Minneapolis officer jammed a knee into his neck.

A resident of the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos has been identified as one of the assailants in a vandalism attack last month against riot police officers sent there to quell unrest over plans to build a new migrant facility.

Istanbul prosecutors have issued a new detention warrant for businessman Osman Kavala, shortly after he was acquitted on terrorism charges in a trial pertaining to the 2013 Gezi Park protests.

An Istanbul court on Feb. 18 ruled to acquit businessman Osman Kavala and nine other defendants of charges of "attempting to overthrow the government" during the nationwide Gezi Park protests in 2013.

Amnesty International on Feb. 1 warned that India was becoming a dangerous place for peaceful protesters, citing ruling party leaders' remarks against demonstrators protesting a citizenship law passed last year.

Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and live rounds during clashes with anti-government protesters overnight and on Jan. 20 morning in Baghdad, wounding at least 13 demonstrators and prompting authorities to close key streets and thoroughfares leading to the city center, officials said.

Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency said on Jan. 15 that Egyptian security forces raided their Cairo office and took four journalists into custody, including a Turkish national, to an unknown destination.

Lebanese protesters blocked several roads around the capital of Beirut and in other areas of the country on Jan. 14 in renewed rallies against the ruling elite they say has failed to address the economy's downward spiral.

Nearly 250 million workers strike in India in protest of Modi's economic policies, AFP reported.

Banking and other sectors of the economy across India have suffered damage as millions of workers strike in protest against the economic policies of the Hindu nationalist government, especially against the planned sale of several state-owned companies, including Air India.