Indian government forces fired tear gas and pellet guns to quell a protest by hundreds of rock-throwing Kashmiris shortly after Friday prayers in Indian-controlled Kashmir, according to police.
The protesters had gathered in support of the separatist call for June 24 to be observed as Kashmir day.
Anti-India sentiment runs deep in Kashmir.
Several hundred people gathered in Nantes, France, on December 12, 2016 to protest against the extension of the state of emergency.
Before the start of the protest against the state of emergency in Nantes, protesters gathered to chat at Place Bouffay. They hung a banner that says "No justice, no peace. Freedom."
An environmental activist at a protest in Nantes against the state of emergency holding two placards. The on the left says "Cost tinkering nuclear plants: Billions! Assign them to renewable energy, energy savings, insulation housing, jobs." The placard on the right one: "After us, the deluge ... Nuclear ... It's a gift!"
Behind the black banner against the state of emergency on the sidelines of the COP21 in Nantes, two people express their discontent showing placards thats say: "Climate Emergency State" and "Keep our rights and our climate! "
Despite the ban by the authorities, around 600 people attended the a demonstration against the state of emergency on the streets of Nantes.
Despite the demonstration being aingaints the state of emergency, there were environment protests in line with the COP21 event. Many protesters changed their slogans to ecological ones.
A protester holds a smoke during the demonstration against the state of emergency in Nantes.
A protester holds a smoke during the demonstration against the state of emergency in Nantes.
Despite the ban by the authorities, around 600 people attended the a demonstration against the state of emergency on the streets of Nantes.
A man passes in front of a demonstration against the state of emergency on the streets of Nantes. Despite the ban by the authorities, around 600 people attended the protest.
Despite the ban by the authorities, around 600 people attended the a demonstration against the state of emergency on the streets of Nantes. Police blocked some streets to prevent possible vandals from accessing the area.
In protest against the state of emergency in Nantes Some demonstrators tried to return to clash with the police. Here, a protester is evacuated by another demonstrator.
At a protest against the state of emergency in Nantes, some protesters clashed with the police. Despite the ban by the authorities, around 600 people attended the a demonstration.
At a protest against the state of emergency in Nantes, some protesters clashed with the police. Despite the ban by the authorities, around 600 people attended the a demonstration.
While angry protesters tried to battle with the police during a demonstrations against the state of emergency in Nantes, a pacifist man decided to get between the two groups to ease tensions.
Australian demonstrator defends the protection of the climate.
Australian demonstrator defends the protection of the climate.
Shoes were palced at the Place de la République after the ban of the demonstration.
demonstrators created a human chain to protest against the ban of the event
Around 2 PM, violent clashes began near the Place de la République
Around 2 PM, violent clashes began near the place de la République. Policemen used tears gas and fews demonstrators threw objects.
Around 2 PM, violent clashes began near the place de la République. Policemen used tears gas and fews demonstrators threw objects.
Around 2 PM, violent clashes began near the place de la République. Policemen used tears gas and few demonstrators threw objects.
A demonstrator protest against the emergency state.
A protester accuses multinationals and capitalism of destroying the planet.
Around 2 PM, violent clashes began near the place de la République. Policemen used tears gas and fews demonstrators threw objects.
Around 2 PM, violent clashes began near the place de la République. Policemen used tears gas and fews demonstrators threw objects.
Around 2 PM, violent clashes began near the place de la République. Policemen used tears gas and few demonstrators threw objects.
Around 2 PM, violent clashes began near the place de la République. Policemen used tears gas and few demonstrators threw objects.
Policemen arrested protesters, even the non-violents ones.
At 4 PM, policemen began to encircle protesters. They didn't hesitate to walk through the 13th november memorial
A protester waiting to be released by policemen
Violent arrest after the encirclement of protesters
Protesters are trying relax and spend the time during detention.
Around 2 PM, violent clashes began near the place de la République. Policemen used tears gas and few demonstrators threw objects.
The image of the masked protestor, with their fiery eyes and fist in the air is one of the most iconic images in popular culture. This character has become romanticized, demonized, idolized, and oftentimes misunderstood. The upheaval that has taken place around the world, especially in the last four years, has both reinforced and broken this stereotype.
But who are those who take to the streets? Why do they do it? What do they want?
A procession of women in Nigeria, marching together with placards reading “Bring Back Our Girls”, has a considerably different tone than the charged clashes between riot police and anarchists in Greece. A candlelight vigil held by journalists in Lebanon in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo does not have the same risk of deadly violence as villagers and farmers confronting trigger-happy gunmen in Syria. And a group of concerned citizens voicing their discontent with the privatization of a public beach does not have the same high social and political stakes as those trying to overthrow an authoritarian regime.
However, despite vast differences in context and situation, those who take to the streets often share a common drive to stand up for ideas they believe in. For many, there is a common belief that by taking to the streets and making their voices public, they can influence change in their world.
Palestinians from across the West Bank and Israel gathered in confiscated Palestinian villages, on both side of the 1967 Greenline, to commemorate Land Day. Land Day is seen as a day of resistance action in defense of Palestinian land. Annual Land Day events are held by Palestinian communities within the State of Israel, in the occupied territories, and in the Palestinian diaspora.
Land Day events in 2015 included a 'return march' by the community-in-exile of Lifta, many of whom today remain only a kilometer or two from their original homes. Today there remains a small but very active community-in-exile of Lifta's refugees in East Jerusalem, and it was this group, under the banner of their community grassroots organisation 'Sons of Lifta' who spent Land Day inside their home village. Although many of the village's houses remain intact and the refugees live only a ten minute journey away, they are denied their rights to return to live in the vilage by the State of Israel.
Land day first started on March 30,1976, when mass demonstrations broke out among Palestinian communities in the State of Israel in protest at an Israeli state plan to confiscate 20,000 dunums (2,000 hectares) of land around the Palestinian villages of Sakhnin and Arraba in the Galilee. This was one of the first examples of mass coordinated action being carried out by Palestinian citizens of Israel. Protests were held from the Galilee in the north all the way to the Negev (known as the 'Naqab' to Palestinians) in the south. Over the course of the day 6 Palestinians were shot dead and more than 100 were injured. Ever since these events, Palestinians have commemorated March 30th as 'Land Day', or 'Yom al-Ard' in Arabic.
In Another Land Day event, activists in the village of Wadi Fukin in the West Bank attempted to plant 350 olive tree saplings on land that is threatened with expropriation by the expansion of the Israeli settlement of Sur Hadassah. All Israeli settlements within the 1967 occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) are illegal under international law. Before more than a handful of trees could be planted in Wadi Fukin, Israeli soldiers rained clouds or tear gas on to the activists bringing the Land Day event to an abrupt halt. For Palestinians, Land Day is an important annual event which brings together many thousands of Palestinians across historic Palestine in the defence of Palestinian land.
In the West Bank village of Wadi Fukin, an olive tree planting event is underway with local activists and refugees from Bethlehem's refugee camps to commemorate Land Day on March 30th 2015.
Wadi Fukin, West Bank, Palestine. March 30 2015.
Residents of Taiz, Yemen's third largest city, held a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Special Security Forces, a state security agency that recently fell into the arms of Houthi militants, to protest the takeover of their city by said rebels. Security forces loyal to the Houthi rebels dispersed the protesters with tear gas bombs and by firing live bullets into the air.
According to local residents, Houthi Shiite rebels took over the military airport and several neighborhoods in the city on 22 March.