Riots

If there is cinema can politics be far behind? Hong Kongs Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement reached the doors of Toronto International Film Festival with a handful of peaceful protesters appealing for a Free HK. Ironically, iconic Hong Kong filmma…

SECOND AMENDMENT FLASHBACK: The LA riots were a rude awakening for Korean-Americans. Posted by Glenn Reynolds at 10:10 pm

Nigeria has started the repatriation of more than 600 of its citizens from South Africa following a wave of deadly xenophobic attacks that has frayed relations between the two countries. Private Nigerian airline, Air Peace, has volunteered to fly people for …

The squabble over Britains withdrawal from the European Union intensified in Parliament. MPs in the House of Commons defied the government by passing a bill that seeks a delay to Brexit until January 31st if a deal has not been passed in the chamber by Octobe…

Businesses destroyed in SA xenophobic attacks

Mr Ramaphosa unequivocally condemned the violence, which had largely abated by Wednesday morning after police made nearly 300 arrests and deployed in the townships in large numbers. Taking action against people from other nations is not justified and should …

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told officials and business leaders on Wednesday that he was committed to quelling attacks on foreigners that have threatened to cast a cloud over an economic forum aimed at boosting intra-African …

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Police arrested dozens of people in South Africa's commercial capital Johannesburg on Monday after rioters looted shops, burned tyres and blocked road junctions - the second outbreak of urban rioting in a week. Police were un…

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on September 2, 1979. The Janata Party blamed vested interests, including some political organisations, for the recurrence of communal trouble in parts of the country. The national executive of the party…

Boston Police Commissioner William Gross greets children at the lead of the 49th Boston Pride Parade honoring equal rights for all persons and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, in Boston, Mass. on June 8, 2019.  (Photo: Cj Gunther, EPA-EFE) BOST…