China’s ambassador to the UK has been summoned to the Foreign Office amid a diplomatic row over the arrest and alleged beating of a BBC journalist covering COVID protests in Shanghai. According to a UK government source, Zheng Zeguang has…
China arrests BBC journalist covering COVID protests
The BBC has said one of its journalists in China was arrested and beaten by police while covering protests on Sunday against the country’s zero-COVID policy. Hundreds of people took to the streets in China’s major cities on Sunday in…
Foxconn: iPhone maker apologises after huge protests at China plant
Apple supplier Foxconn has apologised for a “technical error” in its payment systems, a day after its iPhone factory in China was rocked by angry protests. Videos had showed hundreds of workers marching at the world’s biggest iPhone factory in…
Iran protesters set fire to Khomeini’s ancestral home
Protesters in Iran have set on fire the ancestral home of the Islamic republic’s founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini two months into the anti-regime protest movement, images showed on Friday. The house in the city of Khomein in the western Markazi…
Jandor faults Lagos govt over workers’ protest
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olajide Adediran (popularly known as Jandor) has faulted the Lagos State Government over the protest staged by staff members of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service. Aggrieved staff members of the LIRS…
Hundreds of Iranian journalists call for the release of 2 colleagues jailed in Evin prison
Hundreds of Iranian journalists are calling for the release of colleagues Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who were arrested and sent to Tehran’s Evin prison for covering the death of Mahsa Amini, according to independent Iranian newspaper Etemad. “Media freedom…
Thousands rally in Berlin, elsewhere in support of Iranian women
Thousands of Iranians were among an estimated 80,000 people who joined in a rally Saturday in Berlin, the largest of several protests in cities around the world showing solidarity with women-led protests in Iran. Iranians traveled to Berlin for the…
Chinese diplomat involved in protester attack, says UK MP
One of China’s most senior UK diplomats was involved in violence against protesters at the Manchester consulate on Sunday, a British MP says. “What we saw was the Chinese consul-general then ripping down posters and peaceful protest,” Alicia Kearns told…
Okada riders storm Lagos Assembly, protest ban
Hundreds of okada riders yesterday stormed the Lagos House, in a peaceful protest, demanding that the state governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, should have a rethink on the fresh ban placed on activities of okada riders in four additional local governments…
Ondo lawmaker, farmers protest alleged forceful farmland acquisition
The lawmaker representing Idanre Constituency in Ondo Assembly, Hon Festus Akingbaso, on Tuesday, joined farmers in Idanre to protest the alleged acquisition of their farmland by the Ondo State government. It was gathered the Ondo State government had keyed into…