California police move in to dismantle pro-Palestinian protest camp at UCLA
The pre-dawn police crackdown at UCLA marked the latest flashpoint for mounting tensions on US college campuses.
Thu May 02 2024
Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as Sri Lanka's new PM
The event came just hours after security forces raided a protest camp on government grounds in the main city of Colombo.
Fri Jul 22 2022
Sri Lankan forces raid anti-gov't protest camp as new president takes office
Protesters had feared a crackdown was imminent under new President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was seen as an ally of Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Fri Jul 22 2022
Hong Kong police arrest democracy protestors after clash
Hong Kong police said Thursday they had arrested a dozen pro-democracy protesters after a night of clashes in the first sizeable rally since the last protest camp was cleared last week.
Thu Dec 25 2014
Hong Kong 'business as usual' as activists vow to fight on
Rush-hour traffic streamed through the heart of Hong Kong for the first time in more than two months Friday after police cleared the city's main pro-democracy protest camp with mass arrests.
Fri Dec 12 2014
Hong Kong police order protesters out in rally shutdown
Hong Kong police ordered defiant protesters to disperse from the city's main pro-democracy site or face arrest Thursday.
Thu Dec 11 2014
Hong Kong police clear protest camp, arrest movement leaders
Hong Kong police arrested Joshua Wong and another student protest leader Wednesday as authorities forcibly cleared part of a main road blocked for two months by a pro-democracy sit-in.
Wed Nov 26 2014
Clashes as Hong Kong protesters attempt to break into parliament
Hong Kong police clashed with pro-democracy demonstrators after a small group tried to break into the city's legislature, as splits emerged within the movement before the clearance of protest camps.
Wed Nov 19 2014
Multiple arrests as Hong Kong protesters retake protest camp
Hong Kong police made 26 arrests in confrontations with a crowd which swelled to 9,000 people, with 15 officers injured in the incident.
Sat Oct 18 2014
Clashes as demonstrators try to take back Hong Kong protest camp
Fresh clashes broke out in Hong Kong Friday night as pro-democracy demonstrators attempted to take back a protest camp.
Fri Oct 17 2014
Police storm protest camp in Ukraine
Thousands of police have moved on a large protest camp in the centre of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.
Wed Dec 11 2013
Chaos and grief at overwhelmed Cairo morgue
Five days after forcible dispersal of two Cairo protest camps, the bodies of dozens killed remain at the morgue.
Tue Aug 20 2013
Egypt braces for 'Friday of anger' after carnage
Egypt's Islamists called for a "Friday of anger" after nearly 600 people were killed in a crackdown on their protest camps.
Fri Aug 16 2013
Echoes of Tiananmen in Egypt protest camp
Cairo-based photographer Mohammed Abdel Moneim, who freelances for AFP, had a feeling something big was going to happen when he arrived at the sprawling Rabaa al-Adawiya protest camp.
Thu Aug 15 2013
Muslim Brotherhood says at least 250 dead in Cairo crackdown
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said at least 250 people were killed and over 5,000 injured in a police crackdown on two major protest camps held by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.
Wed Aug 14 2013