Italy tightens security as students, unions launch nationwide protests
Rallies across the country target living costs, investment in education and the wars in the Middle East.

Rallies across the country target living costs, investment in education and the wars in the Middle East.


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Serbians stormed a TV studio and confronted its editor-in-chief after a student-led protest movement swept into power.

Israelis rallied for a Jewish-Arab gov’t after parties representing Israel’s Arab citizens made gains in the election.
UN experts have condemned police crackdowns, warning they deter demonstrators from exercising their rights.

Hundreds of Indonesian students protested against the government’s handling of forest fires and rising costs.

Students at New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia university are on hunger strike demanding a student union.

Khalil returned to Columbia University to discuss his memoir detailing his arrest and detention by US immigration agents
President Vucic called the incident an attack on free speech and the freedom of journalism.

Japanese activist Yusuke Furusawa speaks to Al Jazeera about why he keeps protesting Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
Protesters demand more spending on education and social services, but the government has struggled amid a fiscal crisis.