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India Law That Sparked Deadly Riots Is Enacted After 4-Year Delay

Weeks before a national election, the Indian government has abruptly announced that it will begin enforcing a citizenship law that had remained dormant since late 2019 after inciting deadly riots by opponents who called it anti-Muslim. The incendiary law grants Indian citizenship to persecuted Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Jains, Parsees and Christians from a few

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How Violent Riots Engulfed Papua New Guinea’s Capital

Bullets flew. Stores and warehouses burned. At the edge of the prime minister’s compound, hundreds of protesters tugged at the gates and set a guard booth on fire. Inside, on the 10th floor of the beige building that housed the office of the country’s leader, he was facing calls to respond forcefully, perhaps even ask

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Papua New Guinea declares state of emergency after deadly riots

Violence erupted in Port Moresby after soldiers, police officers and prison guards protested over unexplained deductions to their pay. Papua New Guinea’s prime minister declared a 14-day state of emergency in the capital on Thursday, after 15 people were killed in riots as crowds looted and burned shops. Violence erupted in Port Moresby on Wednesday

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PNG riots described as a ‘very scary situation’

South Pacific Post Limited Editor Matthew Vari describes yesterday’s riots in Papua New Guinea as a “very scary situation”. “It was a very scary situation yesterday, we’ve never had this sort of situation in Port Moresby, not in a long time since we had our Sandline mission,” he told Sky News Australia. “This is the

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Ecuador Plunges Into Crisis Amid Prison Riots, Kidnappings

Ecuador descended into chaos this week as a powerful gang leader disappeared from jail, uprisings broke out in several prisons, and guards were kidnapped and threatened by inmates in what has quickly escalated into a major crisis for the South American country. The unrest continued on Tuesday afternoon, when masked men stormed a television station

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Lula fetes democracy a year after Brazil capital riots

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will commemorate the first anniversary of the far-right riots in the Brazilian capital. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will mark the first anniversary Monday of the far-right riots that rocked the Brazilian capital last year, with a ceremony in Congress declaring “democracy unbowed.” Lula will convene a Who’s

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