Tag: Tear gas
Georgia’s dream of Europe and the specter of inflation that refuses to die
Clashes between police and protesters in the Georgian capital Tbilisi have involved firebombs, tear gas and water cannons. On the surface, the protests have been about a bill aimed at organizations and media that receive money from abroad, it has been called “the Russian law”. But beneath the surface, the strong images are about much […]
Right now: Violent clashes in Athens
Police and protesters have clashed in the Greek capital, Athens. Firebombs have been thrown by protesters and police have reportedly used tear gas. Participating makes Ekots Milan Djelevic direct from Athens and foreign reporters Filip Kotsambouikidis.
Dialogue or rubber bullets when riots erupt
Swedish dialogue strategy after the Gothenburg riotsConflict tells how the Swedish dialogue strategy developed after the Gothenburg riots in 2001, and how it has been very successful in preventing demonstrations from degenerating. But during the Easter riots of 2022 when the right-wing extremist Rasmus Paludan, known for his Koran burning, manifested, it became very violent […]
Then Erdoğan became Turkey’s most powerful man
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was born in the working-class district of Kasimpasa in Istanbul and began working early on selling goods such as the Turkish sesame pretzel “simit” on the city streets. Later he became a good football player and today the football arena in his upbringing is named “Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stadium”. Erdoğan’s political career […]
Part 1/2 The theft of the Silver Bible – the tear gas coup at the library
Two masked men steal the 1500-year-old Silver Bible. The police start the hunt but they have almost no tracks to follow. The Silver Bible is the crown jewel in Uppsala University’s collections. It is stolen in the middle of the day in April 1995 and the thieves disappear without a trace. The police are launching […]
Defender: My client is a sample cloth for corona paragraph
It is clear on Wednesday morning in the Eastern High Court, where the case will be heard. The parties disagree both on which sections the woman should be judged by and whether the special corona section should be used. – The prosecution makes my client a sample cloth for section 81d (the corona section, ed.), […]
Police move out to several fires in Copenhagen
On Friday evening, Copenhagen Police responded to several fires in the area around Guldberggade and Sjællandsgade in Nørrebro. The police inform BT and Ekstra Bladet. According to BT, there were fires in five or six places in the area, including in a container and in some rubbish bins. There was also a fire in a […]
Police dissolve violent demonstration at Israel’s Embassy
A demonstration in favor of the Palestinians at the Israeli embassy in Hellerup has been disbanded after “extensive disorder” on Friday afternoon. The Copenhagen Police writes this on Twitter. Train operations have been temporarily suspended between Hellerup Station and Svanemøllen due to the unrest. Videos from the site show that battle-dressed police are present in […]
Violent protests in Jerusalem continue
At least 90 people were also injured after clashes during the night towards Sunday in several places in East Jerusalem. Protesters threw stones and fireworks at riot police who responded by firing rubber bullets, tear gas and a water cannon. Dissatisfaction among Palestinians is burning after several Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah district are […]
Lindberg after new death: “Many see a pattern”
New protests against racism and police violence have broken out in Minneapolis in the USA, where a black man has been shot dead in a police intervention. Equipped riot police fired tear gas and distraction grenades to disperse the crowd outside a police station in Brooklyn Center, located northwest of Minneapolis, where hundreds of people […]
The military’s strategy: Lethal violence
Since the military coup in Myanmar, nearly a hundred people have been killed by the junta and nearly 2,000 have been imprisoned. The people of Myanmar continue to protest despite the threat of brutal violence from the security forces and more and more people join the demonstrations “We are not safe anymore,” says ThiThi. “At […]
The military shut down hundreds of protesters in a residential area
Hundreds of protesters in Myanmar have been trapped in a residential area during the night. Many were women who attended demonstrations to mark International Women’s Day. Security forces blocked off all access to and exit in the area and searched apartments for fleeing protesters. At least five people were killed by security forces in Myanmar […]
61-year-old was shot by police – jailed for threats
Thursday morning, the man was shot by police as he, according to police, was armed and behaving threateningly. He is charged with threatening someone else’s life and threatening police. When officers showed up at the man’s residence on Thursday morning to charge him with threatening someone else’s life, the man was armed with a firearm […]
Messy in Buenos Aires when Maradona was buried
On Thursday night, Diego Armando Maradona was buried in Buenos Aires – in the Bellavista cemetery, which was surrounded by police to ensure a private ceremony for loved ones. At the same time, chaos in the streets of the Argentine capital in the aftermath of thousands of people queuing to say goodbye to the football […]
