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South East Asia
Indonesians protest against gov’t plans to raise fuel price
Policemen fire tear gas during clashes with anti-oil price hike demonstrators outside parliament in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 17, 2013. Lawmakers gathered to decide on budget amendments that will pave the way for the first fuel price hikes since 2008. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Zulkarnain> Indonesian protestors shout slogans outside the parliament during a demonstration…
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South Asia
University bus attack kills 24 people in Pakistan
Pakistani police say the death toll from attacks on a hospital and a women’s university bus in a southwestern provincial capital has increased to 24. Senior police officer Fayaz Sumbal said Sunday that a doctor and two nurses who were critically wounded in the suicide attack on the Bolan Medical…
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West Asia
Turkish riot police occupy Taksim Square
Riot police cordoned off streets, set up roadblocks and fired tear gas and water cannon to prevent anti-government protesters from converging on Istanbul’s central Taksim Square on Sunday, unbowed even as Turkey’s prime minister addressed hundreds of thousands of supporters a few kilometers away. The contrasting scenes pointed to an…
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South East Asia
Thais wearing white masks participate in anti-gov’t protest
Anti-government movement featured by the white masks has recently developed into a nationwide campaign in Thailand, mounting pressure on the Yingluck Shinawatra administration which is accused of corruption and incompetence. The new campaign was launched in the capital Bangkok earlier this month when about 700 white-masked protesters took to the…
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West Asia
Series of attacks in Iraq kill 51 people
A blistering string of apparently coordinated bombings and a shooting across Iraq killed at least 51 and wounded dozens Sunday, spreading fear throughout the country in a wave of violence that is raising the prospect of a return to widespread sectarian killing a decade after a U.S.-led invasion. Violence has…
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South East Asia
Thai pig farmers object to gov’t plan to import pork from US
Thai pig famers protest outside the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, June 11, 2013. About 500 pig farmers protested against the government’s plan to import pork from the United States, claiming that it will destroy their business and lives. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Rachen Sageamsak>
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West Asia
A Yemeni man condemns security forces that kill 4 protesters
Yemeni security officials say thousands have protested in the capital against “excesses” by security forces, calling for the overthrow of the president and national security apparatus. The demonstration came during the funeral of 13 Shiite protesters who were killed in clashes with police last Sunday. The protesters had been demanding…
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South Asia
Indian students participate protest rally against recent gang-rape
Indian students participate in a protest rally against the recent gang rape and murder of a 20-year-old college student in Calcutta, capital of eastern Indian state West Bengal, June 13, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Tumpa Mondal> Supporters of Hindu yoga guru Baba Ramdev participate in a candle light rally following the recent gang…
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South Asia
A Bangladeshi garment factory on fire, dozens wounded
Over a dozen garment workers were injured as they tried to come out of their factory in Ashulia on the outskirts of capital Dhaka following a fire alarm on Thursday morning. A police official in Ashulia said nothing serious happened as three firefighting units rushed to the scene and managed…
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West Asia
Turkish PM Erdogan meets protersters to end Gezi Park sit-in
Turkey’s prime minister was meeting with anti-government protesters early Friday, hours after giving them his “final warning” to end their occupation of a central Istanbul park that has become a flashpoint for the largest political crisis of his 10-year rule. If the talks break down, an eventual police intervention to…
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