Protest
India demolishes houses of Muslim figures accused of inciting riots
The Indian government has sought to shut down weeks of angry protests by Muslims against the anti-Islamic comments by two members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party.
- by Fayaz Bukhari and Subrata Nag Choudhury
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Sri Lanka
Food shortages, violence, economic ruin: How did things get so bad in Sri Lanka?
How bad is the crisis in Sri Lanka? And what lies ahead for the island nation?
- by Chris Barrett
Mona Lisa smeared with cake by man ‘dressed as old lady in wheelchair’
A man masquerading as a wheelchair-bound elderly woman has hurled a piece of cake at the world’s best-known painting in a climate-related protest.
- by Rob Harris
Sri Lanka’s protesters stay in the streets
As hundreds of student protesters continued their call for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, they were met with police tear gas and water cannons.
- by Mujib Mashal
From the Archives, 1968: Hundreds stage Monash University sit-in protest
In 1968, 400 students staged a two-hour sit-in beside the Monash University administration building to protest proposed changes to the university’s disciplinary statutes.
- by Staff Writers
From the Archives, 1972: 110 arrested as anti-US protests sweep Australia
Fifty years ago, more than 110 people were arrested in three State capitals as thousands staged violent demonstrations against American escalation of the Vietnam War.
- by Ben Hills and Christopher Ardill-Guinness
Escape from Hong Kong: The locals starting new lives in Australia
As China’s crackdowns on Hong Kong continue, many locals are fleeing the territory to carve out new lives in other countries.
- by Sian Powell
Power shots: The photographs more potent than words
War, COVID-19, climate change: highlights from the 2022 World Press Photo Contest.
Dozens injured in riots in Sweden after planned Koran burnings
Swedish police say the riots are extremely serious crimes against society and suspect some protesters are linked to criminal gangs that intentionally target police.
- by Jari Tanner
Protesters charged after truck parked on Harbour Bridge, causing commuter chaos
Four activists who lit flares and glued themselves to the road will face court on Thursday after police laid numerous charges and refused bail.
- by Sarah Keoghan
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Freedom of speech
Why I changed the law to stop protesters: fury of a minister caught in traffic jam
Natalie Ward, the NSW Minister for Metropolitan Roads, describes the day last month when she was caught in a traffic jam created by protesters.
- by Natalie Ward