Index on Censorship » protesters detained http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » protesters detained http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org More than 200 protesters beaten and detained in Azerbaijan http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/more-than-200-protesters-beaten-and-detained-in-azerbaijan/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/more-than-200-protesters-beaten-and-detained-in-azerbaijan/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:17:39 +0000 Laura MacPhee http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=22013 Azerbaijani police arrested more than 200 opposition protesters during Saturday’s demonstrations in Baku. They were calling for the resignation of President Ilham Aliyev and had broken through police cordons into Fountains Square. According to the Azeri Interior Ministry, five will face criminal charges for property damage and resisting police. Seventy people have been punished for [...]

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]]> arrested more than 200 opposition protesters during Saturday’s demonstrations in Baku. They were calling for the resignation of President Ilham Aliyev and had broken through police cordons into Fountains Square. According to the Azeri Interior Ministry, five will face criminal charges for property damage and resisting police. Seventy people have been punished for attending the anti-government demonstration.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/more-than-200-protesters-beaten-and-detained-in-azerbaijan/feed/ 0 United States: More than 100 protesters arrested http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/03/united-states-more-than-100-protesters-arrested/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/03/united-states-more-than-100-protesters-arrested/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:37:24 +0000 Laura MacPhee http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=21574 Around 30 demonstrators were arrested at a protest demanding the release of Private Bradley Manning on Sunday. The demonstration was held at the Quantico marine base in Virginia, where Manning is being held in solitary confinement. Another US protest held this weekend resulted in the arrest of 113 anti-war activists. The man who leaked the Pentagon Papers [...]

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]]> protest demanding the release of Private Bradley Manning on Sunday. The demonstration was held at the Quantico marine base in Virginia, where Manning is being held in solitary confinement. Another US protest held this weekend resulted in the arrest of 113 anti-war activists. The man who leaked the Pentagon Papers was among those detained. They were protesting near the White House to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the Iraq war. Police made the arrests after warning activists to stop marching round the White House.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/03/united-states-more-than-100-protesters-arrested/feed/ 0 Demonstrators detained in Damascus http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/03/demonstrators-detained-in-damascus/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/03/demonstrators-detained-in-damascus/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:28:24 +0000 Mohammad Fakhar Zaman http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=21503 Security forces clashed with demonstrators in Damascus on Tuesday, detaining at least 35 protesters, including a 10 year old boy. The Syrian demonstrators, who demanded the release of political prisoners, ignored a ban on all demonstrations and protest marches in the capital.

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]]> clashed with demonstrators in Damascus on Tuesday, detaining at least 35 protesters, including a 10 year old boy. The Syrian demonstrators, who demanded the release of political prisoners, ignored a ban on all demonstrations and protest marches in the capital.

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