Former Minister of Education Oby Ezekwesili and prominent leader of the "Bring Back our Girls" campaign attends a protest to mark the second year anniversary of the kidnapping of over two hundred girls from Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram. Boko Haram is regarded as the most notorious terrorist group in Nigeria by local officials. The protest was aimed at putting more pressure on the Nigerian government to put more effort in securing their release.
The video shows the aftermath of an alleged coalition airstrike that hit a civilian house in the city of Ibb on Monday, April 13th. Civilians gathered at the site to help with the rescue efforts.
According to witnesses, 13 members of the same family died when the top floor was hit by a missile, collapsing the building. People then marched on the streets protesting against the airstrikes.
The airstrike targeted a sports hall and severely damaged adjacent residential buildings. The spokesperson for the Saudi-led military campaign Brigadier-General Ahmad al-Assiri said in a recent statement that Houthi fighters are using sports facilities to store ammunition.
TRANSCRIPT
SOUNDBITE (Arabic, Man) Unnamed Injured
01:30
Interviewer: May you be healed. What happened to you?
Injured Man: [UNINTELLIGIBLE]
Interviewer: Do you live near the stadium?
[UNINTELLIGIBLE]
02:54- 05:04
NAT Sound (Arabic) People cheering at a pro-Houthi rally
“We shall sacrifice our soul and blood for you, Yemen.” “One Yemeni blood.” “O cowardly Saudi, you are an agent of the Americans.” “One Yemeni people; one Yemeni army.”
SOUNDBITE (Arabic, Man) Jamil Qassem Abdu Hizam Bu-Hussein, A relative of the victims
05:04 – 05:58
“The victims…
Interviewer: Your name, your name…
“My name is Jamil Qassem Abdu Hizam Bu-Hussein. The victims are members of Abdu Ali Mohammad Hizam Bu-Hussein’s family, my cousin. There were 13 people in the house. Today we took five of them out, we also took two girls out yesterday while the remaining ones are under the rubble.
Interviewer: What is your message to the House of Saud?
My message to the house of Saud is that they are damned for eternity. Thanks be to God for what happened. God willing, we shall shake the ground under the Saudis.”
Ibb Province, Yemen
April 8, 2015
Scores of anti-Houthi protesters rallied in various cities of the central Yemeni province of Ibb in support of the Saudi-led operation Decisive Storm, despite the heavy presence of pro-Houthi security province. Video shows demonstrations in various locations and interviews with two protesters who voice their defiance of the Houthis.
Banners signed by the anti-Houthi Refusal Movement carried the inscription: “Ibb is not a prison. Freedom for the kidnapped.” Other banners that surfaced in one of the demonstrations featured the portraits of several people along with the inscription: “Freedom for the kidnapped by the head of security and Houthi militias.”
Other protestors also chanted: “We shall sacrifice our souls and blood for you, Aden,” while carrying banners that read: “Aden is the city of peace; do not kill it.”
SOUNDBITE (Arabic, Man) Unnamed anti-Houthi Protester
“Political activists have not been able to do anything. We will stand against them, even if they bomb us with chemical weapons. We will resist both Ali Abdulllah Saleh and the infidel Houthis.”
SOUNDBITE (Arabic, Man) Unnamed anti-Houthi Protester
“Interviewer: What is your message to those who have been kidnapped by the Houthis? “Protester: Our message is that they [Houthis] will not be able to do anything. They [the kidnapped] shall be freed. You are heroes.”
Dozens of Shiite Muslim protesters marched through the city of Srinagar in Indian administered Kashmir on Friday April 3, 2015 to demonstrate against the Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen. The Protesters chanted anti-America and Israel slogans.
Protests erupted outside the National Bardo Museum in Tunis where an attack left 23 people dead the day before. Citizens and visitors speak out against the attacks.
Tunisian authorities have taken nine suspects into custody amid an ongoing search for the perpetrators of the attack.
Interview with a French woman taken hostage during the terrorist attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunis, Tunisia. Declining to give her family name, she identified only as José Marie.
A bomb blast (captured in this video) kills three people during commemoration rally for fallen Ukrainian soldiers in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Feb 22 2015 around 13:14. More then 10 people were injured in the attack.
Commemorations in Kiev to honor the victims of deadly clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces a year ago. The violence killed more than 100 people, including 17 security officers, between February 18 and 21, 2014.
Commemorations in Kiev to honor the victims of deadly clashes between antigovernment protesters and security forces a year ago. The violence killed more than 100 people, including 17 security officers, between February 18 and 21, 2014.
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In Arizona Apache activists lead a 45 mile march culminating in an open-ended occupation of sacred land recently turned over to Resolution Copper for mining. In December Sen. John McCain attached a rider to the Defense Bill giving the 2,400 acre Oak Flat to the Rio Tinto subsidiary. This story follows several activists during the actions, beginning on the San Carlos Indian Reservation and through the occupation at Oak Flat.
Originally Oak Flat was part of the initial San Carlos Indian Reservation when it was established in 1872. As with much of the land surrounding the Reservation as it exists today, the land was taken away from the Apache Tribes parcel by parcel in the late-19th and early-20th centuries and given to an expanding mining industry. Oak Flat, however, unlike other parcels, was made exempt from mining in 1955 by an executive order issued by Pres. Dwight Eisenhower and was preserved as part of the Tonto National Forest. December's legislation effectively overturns that executive order.
The Apache now living on the San Carlos Reservation are not traditionally from that specific area. Apache tribes lived in the surrounding mountains, including the area of Oak Flat, before being defeated by the US Calvary and driven onto the Reservation in the late 1800s. The Reservation was originally a prison camp. Oak Flat is one of several sites that was once Apache land but has long since been out of the tribes' control. For countless generations the site has been considered a holy place in their native religion. In addition to it being an ancestral home of the Apache, Oak Flat is also a burial site; a place to gather acorns as part of a traditional fall ritual; and a location for the Sunrise Ceremony, the coming-of-age ceremony for young Apache women, among other traditions.
What makes the Oak Flat mining project especially controversial is the method of mining that will be used, called "block cave mining." At Oak Flat, the copper ore lies more than a mile beneath the surface. In contrast to conventional mining practices, "block cave" essentially digs deep and removes all of the matter from a site - copper ore, earth, waste, etc. - and the top eventually caves in on top of the cavern. This is a far cheaper but far more destructive process. Once the mine is in full operation no one will be permitted to access Oak Flat - not campers, climbers, and hikers; not the Apache who consider it a sacred place. And according to Resolution Copper itself, as the entire surface collapses Oak Flat will eventually be destroyed.
Thousands of Shi'ite Muslim Houthis staged a rally in the capital Sana'a on February 2nd to show solidarity with the Houthi movement's decision to grant Yemen's political factions a three day ultimatum to pull the nation out of its political vacuum.
The protesters said political factions have only two days left to reach an agreement, otherwise the Houthi leadership would take matters into his own hands and form a presidential committee to govern Yemen for an interim period.
Soundbites
(Arabic) Munthir al Asbahi, Revolutionary Youth Leader
“We the revolutionaries and the free people of Yemen declare our support and solidarity for all of the decisions made by the expanded national conference which occurred yesterday”
(Arabic) Amer Muhsun Khalil, Demonstrator “We came out today in solidarity with the resolutions of the expanded national conference and to answer the call of the leader of the Quranic demonstration, Sayyid Abd al-Malek al-Houthi, may God protect him. We came out today to also show support for the decisions he made and to give him full authority to lead the nation out of the current situation which we are living in”
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) holds a rally in Gaza in support of Lebanese Hezbollah movement. The rally was held as a show of solidarity with Hezbollah after one of their key figures was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in the Syrian controlled Golan heights.
While no longer the formidable military organization it once was, the PFLP maintains a political role in Palestinian society and has strong ties with both Hezbollah and the Assad regime in Syria.
Around 2,000 armed Hamas militants have paraded through the streets of Gaza, as the group vowed to destroy “this illusion called Israel” on the 27th anniversary of its founding.
It was the group’s largest show of force since the end of a 50-day war between it and Israel in the summer, and included the display of rockets and other heavy weaponry.
Sunday's march came three-and-a-half months after the end of the conflict that saw around 2,200 Palestinians and 72 Israelis killed, over which both sides have continued to claim victory.
Masked members parade in a rally to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Hamas militant group Masked members parade in a rally to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Hamas militant group Abu Ubaida, a representative for the brigades, said another confrontation with Israel might be inevitable unless the project to rebuild tens of thousands of homes damaged or destroyed in the Gaza Strip is accelerated.
“We will accept no less than the rebuilding of everything that was destroyed by the savage Zionist aggression,” the masked spokesman said.
November 4, 2014
Beirut, Lebanon
Amidst tight security, Lebanese Shia citizens defy ISIS bomb threats and participate in Ashura celebrations in Beirut's southern suburbs.
Ashura commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in the battle of Karbala in 680AD. While primarily a religious celebration, Ashura in Lebanon is highly tied to politics. This year's rally in south Beirut ended with a speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who defended his party's military actions in Syria.
Sunni militant groups like ISIS and Nusra Front have been threatening to attack Hezbollah controlled and Shia dominant areas in Lebanon in revenge for Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian conflict. Last year, Beirut's southern suburbs experienced a wave bombings at the hands of Nusra affiliated militants.
A look at the historical protests that shook Hong Kong
June 04, 2014
Damascus, Syria
Car convoys of supporters of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad rally on the Mezzeh Highway in central Damascus.
A rally held on May 10, 2014 in Cairo, Egypt for presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi.
Voxpops:
Mohammed El Hassan - Supporter
"We are not participating in the elections because it's honorable or because it's an act as they say, we are participating because our goal is to take our presidential candidate to the presidency chair, what is being said about the definite winning of Al Sisi is not true, it is only publicity, but in reality shows a different aspect, in the streets 60% is for Al Sisi
Naglaa Seddak Hussein - Supporter:
I like to participate in the elections as a supporter of Hamdeen Sbbahi t become the president of Egypt, we want him to be the president because he represents the revolutions and the dreams of the rebels, he is the one who will give us our rights and give the rights to the martyrs and to the imprisoned people"
According to some sources, women mostly support Al Sisi, what do you think of that matter?
"Well, each person acts according to his beliefs, man or woman, I personally believe that Hamdeen Sabbahi is the one who will support us and make our dreams come true, especially after several Television appearances for Marshal Al Sisi, which led us to discovered that he will not meet our expectations, and he doesn't have solutions for our problems, he has no solutions for the unemployment and living standards"
Odessa Pro-Russian Rally
After stealing police riot shields, pro russian demonstrators stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors and destroying offices trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
After stealing police riot shields, pro russian demonstrators stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors and destroying offices trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
After stealing police riot shields, pro russian demonstrators stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors and destroying offices trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
Pro russian demonstrators stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors and destroying offices trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
After stealing police riot shields, pro russian demonstrators stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors and destroying offices trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
After stealing police riot shields, pro russian demonstrators stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors and destroying offices trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
After stealing police riot shields, pro russian demonstrators stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors and destroying offices trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
Pro Russian demonstrators stole police riot shields and stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors, and destroying offices, trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
After stealing police riot shields, pro russian demonstrators stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors and destroying offices trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
Pro Russian demonstrators stole police riot shields and stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors, and destroying offices, trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
Pro Russian demonstrators stole police riot shields and stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors, and destroying offices, trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
Pro Russian demonstrators stole police riot shields and stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors, and destroying offices, trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
Pro Russian demonstrators stole police riot shields and stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors, and destroying offices, trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
Pro Russian demonstrators stole police riot shields and stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors, and destroying offices, trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
Pro Russian demonstrators stole police riot shields and stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors, and destroying offices, trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
Pro Russian demonstrators stole police riot shields and stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors, and destroying offices, trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
©Romain Carre, Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014. After stolen the police shields, pro russians stormed the regional building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors and destroying part of the offices. They were trying to barricade themselves inside the building.
Pro Russian demonstrators stole police riot shields and stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors, and destroying offices, trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
Pro Russian demonstrators stole police riot shields and stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors, and destroying offices, trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
Pro Russian demonstrators stole police riot shields and stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors, and destroying offices, trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
Pro Russian demonstrators stole police riot shields and stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors, and destroying offices, trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.
Pro Russian demonstrators stole police riot shields and stormed the regional government building of Donetsk, breaking windows, doors, and destroying offices, trying to barricade themselves inside the building. Donetsk, Ukraine, 06/04/2014.