Angry Polish farmers protest against EU rules, Ukraine farm imports | In Pictures News

Angry Polish farmers protest against EU rules, Ukraine farm imports | In Pictures News

Throwing smoke bombs and lighting fires, thousands of angry farmers demonstrated in Warsaw against European Union regulations and cheap Ukraine imports, with police reporting that two officers had been injured and a dozen protesters arrested. Some demonstrators on Wednesday tried to force their way past security railings onto parliament grounds,…

Iranian singer ‘sentenced to jail’ over Mahsa Amini protest anthem | Courts News

Iranian singer ‘sentenced to jail’ over Mahsa Amini protest anthem | Courts News

Shervin Hajipour says he was sentenced to more than three years in prison for ‘inciting people to riot’. An Iranian singer whose song became an anthem during the 2022 mass protests has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for “inciting and provoking people to riot to disturb…

One person killed at anti-government protest in Syria’s Sweida province | Protests News

One person killed at anti-government protest in Syria’s Sweida province | Protests News

The 52-year-old becomes the first person to be killed by pro-government forces since the protests began in August. At least one person has died of gunshot wounds sustained in an anti-government protest against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the southern province of Sweida, according to local news outlets and monitoring…

Thousands of artists call for Israel’s exclusion from Venice Biennale | Israel War on Gaza News

Thousands of artists call for Israel’s exclusion from Venice Biennale | Israel War on Gaza News

Art Not Genocide Alliance says that any works that represent Israel are an ‘endorsement of its genocidal policies’ in Gaza. Thousands of artists, curators and museum directors have called for Israel to be excluded from this year’s Venice Biennale art fair and accused the exhibition of “platforming a genocidal apartheid…

Two people shot dead as Guinea protest turns bloody | Military News

Two people shot dead as Guinea protest turns bloody | Military News

The strike comes a week after the Guinean military unexpectedly dissolved the transitional government without providing a reason or announcing when a new one would be installed. Two youths were shot dead Monday in Conakry as Guinea’s capital was paralysed on the first day of an open-ended general strike against…

Photos: Farmers clash with police near the European Union headquarters | Agriculture News

Photos: Farmers clash with police near the European Union headquarters | Agriculture News

Farmers have clashed with police in Belgium, spraying officers with liquid manure and setting fire to piles of tyres in a fresh show of force as European Union agriculture ministers met in search of ways to address their concerns. Brussels police said that 900 tractors had entered the city of…