Coronavirus: Trial starts of those arrested for anti-lockdown protest
The trial of 11 people arrested in February 2021 during a march against government corruption and pandemic measures began on Wednesday at the Nicosia district...
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Police watchdog recommends legal action against officers in protest crackdown
The independent police watchdog is recommending the launch of criminal and disciplinary procedures against police officers in connection with a violent crackdown on an anti-corruption...
Anti-corruption video attacks ‘rotten’ government
A short video released on Friday by a local artist who was injured by a police water cannon during an anti-corruption protest aims to break...
Girl injured by police water cannon releases protest video
A local artist injured by a police water cannon during an anti-corruption protest earlier this year gave a bold answer to injustice on Tuesday by...
Coronavirus: Probe into police violence at rally takes further step
The findings of a probe into complaints against police violence during a protest in Nicosia last February against the restrictive pandemic measures were delivered on...
Woman injured by water cannon undergoes eye operation (Updated)
A 25-year-old woman who was injured by a police water cannon during a protest in Nicosia on Saturday underwent an eye operation on Monday. Local...
Two killed as Kenyan police disperse opposition supporters
Two people were killed on Friday as Kenyan police tried to disperse supporters cheering a convoy carrying opposition leader Raila Odinga from the airport to central...
U.N. chief ‘shocked’ by treatment of refugees on Hugarian-Serbian border (Updated)
By Maja Zuvela and Krisztina Than Riot police fired water cannon and tear gas on Wednesday at migrants demanding to be let through Hungary’s newly...
Indian police storm religious leader’s compound to find six dead
By Rupam Jain Nair Indian police on Wednesday deployed water cannon and a baton charge in storming the hermitage of a self-styled religious leader who...
Thai PM calls for talks as police use rubber bullets on protesters
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Aubrey Belford Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Monday she would “open every door” to find a peaceful solution...
