Tag: Protests

French President Emmanuel Macron is facing criticism following his remarks about the potential blocking of social media networks in an effort to keep protesters from communicating and organizing. Officials from Élysée Palace and government ministers responded on Wednesday, emphasizing that Macron's intention was not a complete "general blackout" of social...

In Peru's Amazon region, a group of indigenous protesters carried out an attack on two oil tankers. Utilizing gasoline bombs launched from canoes on the Amazon River, the attackers have managed to seize over a dozen workers as captives. The tankers belong to PetroTal, Peru's largest oil producer based...

Following heated debate, the centrist opposition group, Liberties, Independents, Overseas, and Territories (LIOT) made the decision to withdraw its bill due to the removal of its original provisions. The bill aimed to challenge President Macron's unpopular reform, which proposed raising the legal retirement age to 64 by 2030. Macron's pension...

Again today, people gathered in public areas in Paris to protest a highly controversial change to France’s retirement age that was passed by Emmanuel Macron’s government using special constitutional power that forced it through parliament. Since last night, protesters have fought police with fireworks and stones. Riot police responded with the...

Following a vote from a Corsican court in Bastia, the use of the native Corsican language will be banned in all public offices, institutions, and ceremonies, sparking unrest in a region already fraught with protests and anti-French sentiment. While the ruling is in line with the French constitution in that...

The current ruling party in Georgia, The Georgian Dream party has announced that the bill on “foreign agents” will be dropped.  This comes as people took to the streets of Georgia’s capital and staged protests against the bill over the past two days. The demonstrations on both days got heated and...