Thousands of people protest in Madrid for the right to housing

Thousands of people protest in Madrid for the right to housing

The price of housing in Spain has reached a new historical record. The Community of Madrid is the one that records a more inaccessible market. ADVERTISING He access to housing It is among the main concerns of the Spaniards according to the latest report of the Sociological Research Center (CIS) and, although Pedro Sánchez has … Read more

Train disaster in Greece: thousands of demonstrators demand “justice”

Train disaster in Greece: thousands of demonstrators demand “justice”

More than 40,000 people, according to police, demonstrated on Sunday in central Athens and Thessaloniki (north) demanding « justice » for the families of the 57 dead from the 2023 railway disaster, the worst rail accident in Greece. Providing a first assessment on Sunday at noon, the police reported 12,000 demonstrators in Athens, but two … Read more

Syria: in Douma, demonstrators want answers about missing activists

Syria: in Douma, demonstrators want answers about missing activists

Dozens of demonstrators gathered Wednesday in Douma, near Damascus, to demand answers about the fate of four activists who disappeared eleven years ago in this town which was controlled by rebels. The densely populated semi-urban area east of Damascus was recaptured from former rebel and jihadist factions by the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad … Read more

Kenya arrests dozens of protesters calling for an end to kidnappings

Kenya arrests dozens of protesters calling for an end to kidnappings

Kenyan police on Monday fired tear gas and violently arrested dozens of demonstrators who were peacefully protesting against a new wave of kidnappings of young opponents which is sparking outrage in the country, AFP noted. Kenyan security forces have been accused of being behind dozens of disappearances following harshly suppressed June-July anti-government protests in the … Read more

Syria: hundreds of demonstrators in Damascus for democracy and women’s rights

Syria: hundreds of demonstrators in Damascus for democracy and women’s rights

Hundreds of people demonstrated Thursday in Damascus for democracy and women’s rights in the new Syria, for the first time since the fall of the capital to a coalition led by radical Islamists. “We want democracy, not a religious state”, “Religion belongs to God and the nation to all”, “Syria, a free and secular state”chanted … Read more

Georgia: thousands of pro-EU demonstrators for the fifth consecutive evening

Georgia: thousands of pro-EU demonstrators for the fifth consecutive evening

Thousands of pro-EU demonstrators gathered again Monday evening in front of the Parliament in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, before being pushed back by the police, on the fifth day of a large-scale mobilization in this Caucasian country . The Georgian Dream party, in power since 2012 and accused by its opponents of a pro-Russian … Read more

Thousands protest for Maori rights in New Zealand

Thousands protest for Maori rights in New Zealand

Haka dances, shirtless men and riders brandishing flags: around 35,000 people, according to police, demonstrated Tuesday in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, for the rights of the Maori and against a proposed revision of the founding treaty of the country. Men with tattooed faces, draped in traditional feather coats or wielding ceremonial wooden weapons, … Read more