Senegal has sent its military to intervene in deadly clashes and has also blocked social media platforms in an attempt to control the spread of inflammatory messages.
On Tuesday, streets were filled with protests and transportation was on strike again in France. This marked the 14th day of demonstrations nationwide since January. These protests are in opposition to a
Following a protest rally in Warsaw on Sunday, where up to 500,000 people demonstrated while waving Polish and European Union flags, the Polish nationalist government reacted angrily on Monday to the most
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/06/04/multimedia/04poland-protests01-bwfz/04poland-protests01-bwfz-facebookJumbo.jpg In a mammoth show of opposition to the governing conservative party ahead of the general election in October, hundreds of thousands of people marched through Warsaw on Sunday. The demonstration was
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/06/03/multimedia/03serbia-protests-promo/03serbia-protests-kicker-jlmz-facebookJumbo.jpg Following back-to-back mass shootings last month that claimed 18 lives, protests in Serbia have escalated and become the largest street demonstrations seen in Belgrade, the capital, since the toppling of Serbia’s
Hong Kong used to be the only place in China where the victims of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy activists at Tiananmen Square in Beijing could be publicly mourned in a candlelight
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/06/01/multimedia/01senegal-new1-bgzm/01senegal-new1-bgzm-facebookJumbo.jpg In Senegal, protests have erupted across the country following the conviction of the leader of the opposition, Ousmane Sonko. A court has found him guilty of corrupting youth and sentenced him
The recent amnesty offer by the Serbian government to surrender unregistered firearms has met with resistance from many citizens. Nebojsa Pantelic, for instance, who was part of the security detail that guarded
Despite hoping for a drama-free Grand Slam tournament, Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has caused controversy by scrawling the message “Kosovo is at the heart of Serbia” on a plexiglass plate during
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/06/01/multimedia/00SUBRTO-FIGHT-print-mclz/00RTO-FIGHT-sub-mclz-facebookJumbo.jpg The rise of remote work has brought new challenges to employees such as Eric Deshawn Lerma who have been forced to return to in-person work after enjoying the flexibility of working
Narges Mohammadi, a human rights and women’s rights activist in Iran, has faced significant persecution and imprisonment for her advocacy. Ms. Mohammadi has spent much of the last 30 years in and