Protest raised against Croatian gulag tourism idea
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A proposal to turn a former communist gulag island off the Croatian coast into a tourist camp drew protests from an independent group which is investigating crimes committed by the communist Yugoslav regime.
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Around 2,000 Palestinians and Israeli protestors demonstrated Friday adjacent to the security fence in Abu Dis, calling for non-violent opposition to end the Israeli occupation.
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Activists in Arnold Schwarzenegger's country of birth demonstrated outside the U.S. Embassy in Vienna on Wednesday to protest the California governor's decision to allow the state's first execution in three years.
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The Belarusian opposition on Thursday held a series of unauthorized protest actions across the country.
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Police detained gay rights activists, among them European lawmakers, as they tried to present a letter to Moscow's mayor Sunday, a demonstration that also attracted a hostile crowd of people who punched and threw eggs at the activists.
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Thousands of demonstrators gathered Sunday to protest Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to this predominantly Muslim country.
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Environmental activists protest outside an EU building, saying planned cuts in fishing quotas do not go far enough.
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Amnesty International will hold international protests Friday to press for the closure of the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, six years after the first detainees arrived, the group said.
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Campaigners protest outside Belmarsh Prison at the detention of foreign nationals under UK terror laws.
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Hundreds of Argentines protest against a paper pulp mill in Uruguay, the latest round in a row over the mill.
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Thousands of Bangladesh opposition activists have gathered on Saturday in cities and urban centres to form an unprecedented 900-km "human chain" to demonstrate no-confidence in the government.
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ZAGREB, Croatia - Croatia may reopen its most notorious communist-era prison for tourists willing to part with their money to re-enact the life of a political prisoner - including hard labor, stale food and nights in solitary confinement.
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Campaigners against plans to built a gas terminal at Milford Haven plan protest over safety fears.
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Slovenia threatens to oppose Croatia's bid to join the EU after a number of its nationals are held in a disputed border area.
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Human rights activists protested outside a top-security jail in London where some foreign nationals have been detained without trial for almost three years under controversial anti-terrorism laws.
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Internet site to spawn protests in 185 cities Monday against rebel group's methods
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Croatia may reopen its most notorious communist-era prison for tourists willing to part with their money to re-enact the life of a political prisoner - including hard labor, stale food and nights in solitary ...