Southern Cone

Brazil: 230 arrested in World Cup protest

Brazilian police are continuing with mass arrests against youthful protesters, while lawmakers are planning to fight protests with an "anti-terrorism" law.

Europe

‘Fascism’ and the Ukraine protests

The Ukrainian protesters are demonized as “fascists,” exploiting far-right elements in their ranks—but there is a far greater case that the Yanukovich regime is truly “fascist.”

Greater Middle East

Turkey: street clashes over cyber freedom

Riot police in Istanbul used water cannons against demonstrators in the latest protest against a bill that would increase government control over the Internet.

Europe

Anti-austerity protests rock Bosnia

Unemployed workers in Bosnia-Herzegovina set fire to government buildings, in the worst unrest the country has seen since the end of the 1992-95 war.

Europe

Burgos and Gezi Square: contradiction?

Protesters in Burgos, Spain, defeated a redevelopment plan that included replacing traffic lanes with greenways—a contrast to the struggle to save Istanbul's Gezi Park. 

Southeast Asia

Occupy Phnom Penh dispersed

Cambodian military police opened fire on striking garment factory workers, killing four, and then dispersed a protest encampment from a central square in Phnom Penh.