ACTIVISTS, FAMILIES PROTEST KASHMIR DISAPPEARANCES
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN A relative of a disappeared youth sits near a banner showing sketches of disappeared people during a protest organized by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons…
Protests and demonstrations
RIOT POLICE DEPLOY NEAR PROTEST SITES IN KIEV
By JIM HEINTZ and YURAS KARMANAU A Pro-European Union activist tries to give food to riot police officers preparing to block the Independence Square in KIev, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 9,…
HAGEL WARNS PAKISTAN LEADERS OVER BORDER PROTESTS
By LOLITA C. BALDOR U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, speaks during a meeting with Afghan military leaders in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Hagel spoke with U.S.…
THAI PM DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT, CALLS ELECTIONS
By TODD PITMAN and JOCELYN GECKER Thai anti-government protesters make their way on a street during a march rally in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck…
ANTI-GOVT PROTESTERS IN KIEV TOPPLE LENIN STATUE
Pro-European Union activists gather around a huge poster of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, bottom, during a rally in the Independence Square in KIev, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 8,…
ISRAEL ENDS PROBE OF PALESTINIAN PROTESTER’S DEATH
By IAN DEITCH FILE – In this Friday, Dec. 9, 2011 file photo, Palestinian protester Mustafa Tamimi falls on the ground after being injured by a tear gas canister fired…
WESTERN ENVOYS URGE KIEV TO RESPECT HUGE PROTESTS
By JIM HEINTZ Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, right, along with Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara, addresses the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s ministerial council summit in Kiev, Ukraine,…
KIEV PROTESTS CONTINUE, RESOLUTION ELUSIVE
By YURAS KARMANAU and JIM HEINTZ A protester collects firewood for heating in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, early Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. Ukraine’s opposition failed to force out the government with…