#pro democracy protests

Collection of pro democracy protests news, found 18 news.

Suu Kyi says ready to lead Myanmar to democracy

Myanmar`s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi announced in Britain on Tuesday that she was prepared to take the helm as ...

Syria frees 552 prisoners without `blood on hands`

Syria on Thursday released 552 people who were detained over their involvement in political unrest and who have "no ...

Bahrain King pardons protest abusers

King Hamad of Bahrain said Sunday he was pardoning all those who insulted him during a month of Shiite-led ...

US, Egypt cancel military exercise

The United States and Egypt have canceled a major military exercise this year to allow Egypt`s generals to focus on ...

US urges Turks, Saudis to press Assad to step down

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other governments should call on Syrian ...

German green lawmakers sue gov`t over secret Saudi tank deal

Germany`s opposition Green party is to take the government to the country`s constitutional court over its refusal to ...

Yemen opposition forms council to oust president

Yemen`s mainstream opposition coalition said on Tuesday it would set up a "National Council for the Forces of the ...

Trial of ousted Tunisia leader Ben Ali to start June 20: pm

The trial in absentia of ousted Tunisian strongman Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, in exile in Saudi Arabia, will start on ...

Divided UN Atom Body Sends Syria to Security Council

The U.N. nuclear watchdog board reported Syria to the Security Council on Thursday for covert atomic work, a U.S.-led ...

At least 34 killed in protests across Syria

Syrian security forces shot dead at least 34 people Friday, including a child, as pro-democracy protests swept the ...

At least 21 killed in protests across Syria

Syrian security forces shot dead at least 21 people, including a child, as pro-democracy protests swept the country on ...

Moroccan police disperse opposition protest

Moroccan security services used truncheons to disperse a pro-democracy protest on the southern outskirts of the ...

Britain, France seek for sanctions against Syrian president

Britain and France are seeking to impose a EU travel ban and asset freeze on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and four ...

Syria`s Assad orders release of detainees

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday ordered the release of all detainees arrested in a wave of protests, ...

African mediators in Libya amid NATO air strikes

A high-ranking African Union delegation arrived in Libya on Sunday to try to negotiate a truce between Moamer ...