Posts Tagged ‘protest’
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Cuba: Church leaders denounce government threats to destroy church property in Camaguey
Leaders of the Apostolic Movement, a fast-growing unregistered network of protestant churches, have condemned threats by government officials to destroy church property in the central Cuban city of Camaguey.
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Russian opposition returns to streets in protest
Thousands of people streamed into central Moscow Saturday to protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin and his unprecedented third term as president.
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Anti-Islam filmmaker in hiding after deadly protests
A man who calls himself Sam Bacile claims he produced the amateurish movie The Innocence of Muslims, which has outraged some Muslims and led to the death of four U.S. diplomats during a protest in Libya.
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Preachers arrested during New Orleans gay pride party plan to sue for right to protest
Nine preachers and activists who were arrested on Sept. 1 after they allegedly yelled slurs during the Southern Decadence gay pride festival plan to sue the city of New Orleans over the constitutionality of part of its ordinanc...
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Turkish Women protest proposal to limit abortion
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkish women's groups are demonstrating in support of abortion rights, in response to the prime minister's call for tightening abortion regulations. "Prime minister, keep your hands off women's bodies," ch...
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In Egypt, Thousands Protest After Mubarak Sentencing
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's life prison sentence for complicity in the killings of anti-government protesters has failed to appease some Egyptians who have taken to the streets in protest. Thousands of demonstrat...
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ICC, Ethiopian community to hold another demonstration demanding Saudis release Ethiopian Christian prisoners
International Christian Concern and the Ethiopian community in Washington D.C. will be holding another public protest demanding Saudi Arabia release 35 Ethiopian Christians arrested for praying at a private home on December 15....
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After months of wrangling, occupiers evicted from St. Paul’s Cathedral
Police on Tuesday (Feb. 28) evicted scores of demonstrators from a makeshift tent city they had erected outside historic St. Paul’s Cathedral more than four months ago as part of a global protest against capitalism. After...
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Egypt arrests 156 Christians due to protest which left one dead
Nearly 156 Christians in Egypt were arrested recently for their alleged involvement in a protest that left one dead, over the construction of a Christian church in Giza, near the Great Pyramids, which the government halted. The...