Residents of Iran’s capital of Tehran told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) on Monday that the city remains under “virtual martial law” after last week’s murderous crackdown on protesters, with a heavy security presence rolling through the largely-deserted streets.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors member Janice Hahn stated that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass took so long to impose a curfew because “there’s some prep that has to be done
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) responded to a question on the curfew in the city by stating that “Donald Trump is staging all of these provocations to distract us from the fact that $880
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Briefing,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) stated that if there is a crisis in Los Angeles, President Donald Trump “created” it and the city imposed a curfew because “you have seen the vandalism, the looting.”
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Fox 5 New York’s “Good Day New York,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) said that the city isn’t implementing a curfew on the Randall’s Island migrant shelter for another two weeks because “you want
New York City will add migrant shelters to its curfew list on Monday due to violence erupting among those living at the locations.
COVID lockdown rules employed in one German state that banned people from leaving their homes for reasons other than exercise, work, food or a medical appointment were illegal, a court in the country has ruled.
The French town of Joinville has imposed a curfew for all unaccompanied minors under the age of 16 in an effort to reduce the level of delinquency and urban violence on the streets of the town.
The incoming government of South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said Thursday it plans to compensate 5.51 million small business owners for losses suffered as a direct result of the previous administration’s punishing business hour curfews, imposed regularly for two years as part of Seoul’s anti-Chinese coronavirus regulations.
The Peruvian government imposed a 22-hour-long curfew on Lima, Peru’s national capital, on Tuesday in an effort to quell violent protests against surging fuel and fertilizers costs in Peru directly tied to Russia’s latest war with Ukraine, Peru’s Gestión newspaper reported.
Plain clothes Police are being deployed in Austria to assist in the intensification of COVID restrictions in the country.
Several small business owners in the South Korean national capital of Seoul left their shop lights on all night on Thursday to protest a state-mandated coronavirus curfew ordering small businesses nationwide, such as cafes and restaurants, to close by 9:00 p.m. each night, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported Friday.
Spain’s Catalonia region is to impose a “very restrictive” curfew in an attempt to reduce coronavirus cases, despite protests from the public prosecutor.
An independent café owner in the South Korean port city of Incheon announced plans on Tuesday to remain open 24 hours in the coming days to protest state-mandated business curfews designed to curb Chinese coronavirus transmission, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported.
AMSTERDAM (AP) – The Netherlands moved into a tougher lockdown Sunday that was announced amid spiking infections even before the country recorded its first confirmed cases of the new, more highly transmissible omicron virus variant.
France eased several COVID-19 restrictions, with authorities saying it’s no longer always mandatory to wear masks outdoors.
The Interior Ministry has ordered prefects across France to ban outdoor gatherings for the Eid celebration that marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
The French Council of State, the country’s top administrative court, is considering giving Muslims an exemption from the Wuhan coronavirus curfew during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Police in Manila recently arrested a journalist for failing to wear a sanitary mask while riding his motorcycle alone in the city, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said Monday.
States across India re-imposed lockdowns Monday to contain a surge in new Chinese coronavirus cases nationwide.
Police and gendarmes in the French department of Tarn have reportedly been instructed to not give out warnings or fines to Muslims breaking Wuhan coronavirus curfew during Ramadan.
A Scottish National Party (SNP) frontbencher has suggested that subjecting all men in a given area to a 6 p.m. curfew if a woman is killed should be an option under discussion in the wake of Sarah Everard’s apparent murder.
Welsh Labour’s Mark Drakeford has become the latest leftist politician to suggest that he would consider imposing a 6 pm curfew for all men, following the death of London woman Sarah Everard.
(AP) — France’s government may impose a third lockdown in the coming days if an existing 12-hour-a-day curfew doesn´t significantly slow virus infections.
France is entering an even harsher coronavirus lockdown on Saturday, as the government announced a nationwide curfew and border controls.
“This year, we need to think about what is truly the most important thing. Is it the worship or the building?” Northam said at a press conference. “For me, God is wherever you are. You don’t have to sit in the church pew for God to hear your prayers.”
“Curfew Crashers” protests took place up and down the state of California on Saturday in defiance of Gov. Newsom’s virus stay-at-home order.
Every county sheriff in the Los Angeles region has reportedly declined to enforce the new near-statewide curfew announced Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes announced Thursday that his officers would not respond to requests for enforcement that related only to coronavirus curfew violations.
Actor Kevin Sorbo is mocking California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) coronavirus curfew that requires residents of most counties to shelter at home between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily starting Saturday.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a curfew Thursday that will run from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., starting Saturday, lasting for a month, in “purple tier” counties hardest hit by the coronavirus surge, covering 94% of the state’s population.
New York City’s restaurants are struggling even more as Democrat New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) 10 p.m. coronavirus curfew has reduced their revenue by 30 percent.
Gavin Newsom: “I have on my desk, quite literally, three studies from France, Germany and Saudi Arabia, interestingly, that have done comprehensive studies on the efficacy of their strategies as it relates to curfews.”
Portugal has entered a state of emergency, with curfews imposed in the areas worst hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Saturday, nearly 70 per cent of the population of France will be under a night-time curfew, as the country became the second in the EU to top one million confirmed cases of the Chinese coronavirus.
The Czech Republic is set to undergo a lockdown as most shops and many businesses will be forced to close as the country sees record daily new Wuhan coronavirus infections. From Thursday onward, all shops will be forced to close
ROME (AP) — Americans may love Naples for its most famous export, pizza. But the governor of Italy’s southern region had choice words for the exported American holiday of Halloween as Naples buckles under surging coronavirus infections.
France has announced a strict 9 pm curfews for several major cities, with residents requiring permits to be on the streets at night.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson could face two party rebellions on the House of Commons over his coronavirus laws, with Tory rebels threatening to lodge a protest vote against the ‘rule of six’ on Tuesday and voting against the curfew on Wednesday.
‘City Inspectors’ were observed peeping through pub windows and letterboxes to check that the government’s new coronavirus curfew was being followed.
