Tag: protests
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‘It’s about seeing who will die first’: Hong Kong’s students await freedom from CCP
CN: police violence INTERVIEW The summer of 2019 in Hong Kong saw an explosion of protests, defending the city’s autonomy that had become threatened by the overarching arm of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Awakening the political conscience of a new generation of students across the region, this marked a turning point for Hong Kong’s […]
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‘They are trying to divide us’: Bosnian anti-corruption activists speak out against ‘ruling party’ tactics
REPORT The last month has seen a flurry of protests across Bosnia and Herzegovina. Peace protests first unfolded at the end of October as Serb nationalist rhetoric threatened to destabilise the fragile peace in the country. More recently, miners from across Bosnia have gone on strike in protest of government plans to restructure indebted coal […]
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‘The Serbian state supports the glorification of war criminals’: an interview with the organisation fighting to remove Mladić murals
CN: war, genocide triumphalism VIDEO In July this year, a mural honouring convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić was painted on a building in central Belgrade. This had occurred on the same day that Bosnia’s outgoing High Representative, Valentin Inzko, imposed changes to Bosnia’s Criminal Code that would prohibit the denial of genocide and glorification of […]
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‘Today, we fear for our lives again’: co-organiser of Sarajevo protests calls on peace implementers to act
CN: genocide, war, trauma INTERVIEW The ongoing security crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina shows no sign of abating. Bosnian-Serb leader, Milorad Dodik, continues to peddle a secessionist rhetoric that is yet to provoke meaningful repercussions for the politician. Now, documents accessed by regional press indicate the nationalist leader seeks to create a parallel judiciary, armed […]
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Interview: Polish feminist movement vows to enter Parliament and bring down far-right, Catholic government
VIDEO As Poland’s near total abortion ban now comes into effect, Politika News speaks with Wiktoria Sakowicz, a loyal activist of the rising feminist movement, Gals4Gals. Sakowicz explains why Polish women have never been more vulnerable and how the movement, responsible for the largest protests in the city of Lodz since 1981, is planning to […]
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Protests erupt across Russia in support of Navalny
REPORT Protests broke out across Russia today in support of jailed anti-corruption activist, Aleksei Navalny. From Vladivostok to Kaliningrad – separated by 8 time zones – Russians took to the streets at 2pm local time to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the Putin regime, despite the protest being declared illegal by the authorities. Demonstrations took place […]
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An interview with Polish abortion rights protesters: ‘the Church and politicians will kill women in Poland’
INTERVIEW As Poland’s right-wing PiS (Law and Justice) government puts on hold the implementation of a new court ruling that would outlaw almost all abortions, Politika News talks to Polish women who have been protesting over the last week. They try to put into words their anger and fatigue, as well as what life for […]
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The complicated relationship between Russia’s youth and their President
OPINION This year marks twenty years since Vladimir Putin won his first election as Russian President, a post that he shows no signs of leaving in the near, or even mid-term, future. Earlier this year, members of his party proposed amendments to the Russian constitution which would ‘zero’ the number of terms that he has […]
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July demonstrations in Belgrade: people against the curfew and authorities
REPORT Featured image credit: Zoran Drekalović Thousands of people gathered in the centre of Belgrade, outside the National Assembly building, on July 7th to express their discontent with President Aleksandar Vučić’s announcement of another curfew for the residents of Belgrade due to an increase in coronavirus infections. The power of social media was extremely visible […]
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In the midst of the Belarus protests, Poland’s Ostpolitik requires rethinking
OPINION The hesitation of Polish diplomats during 2020 Belarusian protests exposes a deeper crisis in the Polish approach towards its Eastern neighbours. Meanwhile, Lithuanian diplomacy has proved to be surprisingly active and effective. What is the source of this difference and what are the main motives behind Poland’s Eastern policy? Only two weeks ago Zbigniew […]
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