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London Assembly Member David Kurten said that Mayor Sadiq Khan’s policing policies have resulted in higher crime as well as a noticeable political bias in the handling of protests of differing ideologies.

London’s Metropolitan Police refrained from making any arrests at the tightly packed “Reclaim These Streets” protest in Parliament Square on Sunday, as feminist and Black Lives Matter groups joined together to protest against the police actions at a Sarah Everard vigil the night before.

London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has come under fire for forcefully breaking up a peaceful vigil in honour of suspected murder victim Sarah Everard.

Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam said on Monday that legislative elections, already postponed for a year by the coronavirus pandemic, could be delayed again while the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) “reforms” the island’s electoral system to ensure only Communist loyalists can hold public office in the future.

The Islamist regime in Iran reportedly shut down a mobile data network in its southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan this week in response to ongoing protests against the alleged killing of local fuel smugglers by Iranian armed forces.

The British government is reportedly seeking to extend powers granted to police to crack down on protests even after lockdown restrictions are lifted, raising concerns about the state of freedom of speech in the country.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran reportedly opened fire on protesters in the city of Saravan on Monday, killing and injuring an unconfirmed number of people.

Beijing’s assault on what little remains of Hong Kong’s autonomy continued Monday with the announcement of new rules to ensure that only “patriots,” meaning solid loyalists to China and its Communist Party, will be eligible to govern the island.

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who was arrested in August after a massive police raid on the offices of his Apple Daily newspaper, was reportedly arrested again on Wednesday and charged with helping 12 people flee from Hong Kong to Taiwan.

Police in India’s capital, New Delhi, have arrested an Indian woman for editing a document promoted by the Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg in support of India’s ongoing farmers’ protests. Police arrested Disha Ravi, 22, over the weekend in Bengaluru,

British police have begun employing drones to monitor political protests throughout the country, as campaigners warn that the increasingly heavy-handed tactics employed by the police may be used to “silence dissent”. A freedom of information request from the UK Drone

Indian government ministers are flocking to an Indian-made Twitter rival named Koo after the U.S.-based Twitter upset New Delhi by failing to comply with an order to ban certain accounts this week.

Twitter said on Wednesday it would not fully comply with an Indian government order to suspend hundreds of accounts accused by New Delhi of spreading misinformation and inciting violence in the nation’s ongoing farmers’ protests. It made the statement after blocking over 500 accounts last week.

An ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny urged Russians on Tuesday to “gather in residential courtyards near their homes at 1700 GMT” on February 14 to stage an anti-government protest.

Police fired gunshots in Myanmar on Tuesday as large numbers of protesters ignored the military junta’s ban on public gatherings. Police reportedly arrested 27 people and injured five, one of them critically.

Police used a water cannon against protesters in Myanmar’s capital of Naypyidaw on Sunday as protests against last week’s coup continued to grow. Minor injuries were reported before the crowed dispersed.

Activists supportive of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in India burned teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg in effigy on Thursday, while Indian police filed sedition charges against the creators of a protest toolkit Thunberg shared on Twitter.

India’s foreign ministry on Wednesday denounced “vested interest groups” for attempting to impose their agenda on farmers’ protests in New Delhi after Western celebrities commented on the demonstrations via social media this week.

Russian police detained over 1,000 people Tuesday after thousands of protesters took to the streets across Russia to denounce the prison sentence of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny announced that day.

Police in Russia detained thousands of protesters across the country on Sunday for participating in the second week of unauthorized rallies demanding the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny from jail.

Russian authorities have detained various family members and allies of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on charges of violating coronavirus restrictions through their participation in mass protests calling for his release from jail, the head of Navalny’s anti-corruption group Ivan Zhdanov said Thursday.

Farmers’ protests in the Indian national capital, Delhi, turned deadly Tuesday after a farmer turned over his tractor and died.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – Dutch police said Wednesday that the fourth night of the Netherlands’ coronavirus curfew passed more peacefully than the previous three nights marred by rioting. Even so, officers arrested 131 people, mainly for public order offenses

Riots erupted in the Netherlands on Sunday as citizens rose up in defiance against the national 9 pm coronavirus curfew imposed on the country.

The promotion of unauthorized rallies in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in recent days has been “unacceptable” and the work of “certain provocateurs,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Friday.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is prodding President Joe Biden to speak out and condemn the recent wave of protests and violence that has erupted in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, respectively.

Tuesday saw the fifth night of violent protests in cities across Tunisia – a bout of unrest that began as a commemoration of the 2011 “Arab Spring” movement, which began when a Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire to protest against government corruption.

Hundreds of protesters gathered in groups across New York City on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, yet violence broke out when police tried to disperse some crowds.

Leaders of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference (USCCB) have launched an appeal for “peaceful and civil public discourse” as threats circulate of armed resistance at state capitols to protest the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden.

The California Highway Patrol has denied a permit to a protest titled “Let Freedom Ring” that was to have taken place Sunday outside the State Capitol building in Sacramento.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) went after her GOP colleagues during an Instagram live on Tuesday evening and expressed outrage over Capitol rioters bringing the Confederate flag inside the Capitol, telling GOP members that “white supremacists will never win” and suggesting they resign if they disagree.

Sadappa Muniswamy, a member of the Indian parliament who belongs to the governing BJP party, said Monday that recent labor disputes — including the December 12 riot at a factory near Bangalore that supplies components for Apple iPhones — have been instigated by Chinese saboteurs who want to dissuade foreign companies from relocating their operations to India.

Anti-government protests in the southern city of Nasiriyah, Iraq, left one police officer and two demonstrators dead on Sunday, the Iraqi Army said.

The Washington Monument is temporarily shutting down through January 24 because of groups that reportedly “continue to threaten to disrupt” the upcoming inauguration, the National Park Service announced on Monday.

Organizers are reportedly planning armed protests slated to occur at 50 state capitols, as well as the U.S Capitol, in the days leading up to Inauguration Day, according to an internal FBI bulletin obtained by ABC News.

Curators from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History are collecting items from Wednesday’s protest and siege on the U.S. Capitol for its political and military history division.