Karki a widely respected figure known for her hardline stand against corruption had been nominated by a group who said they represented the self-described gen Z protesters who brought down the government earlier this week. Tens of thousands of protesters, the majority of them below the age of 30, took to the streets on Monday to voice their opposition to a clumsily enforced ban on social media sites as well as bigger issues of corruption and nepotism among Nepal's political elite.
Tear gas filled the air and stun grenades echoed around the campus as the University of Novi Sad in northern Serbia descended into chaos on Friday night after police charged at citizens who had been peacefully protesting in front of the Faculty of Philosophy. "First, a unit of riot police burst out of the park, from the dark, rushed into the crowd and started hitting people with batons," Norbert Sinkovic, a teaching assistant at the faculty, told DW.
Demonstrations had begun peacefully, but turned violent against the nation's elite paramilitary police unit after footage showed one of its teams running over 21-year-old delivery driver Affan Kurniawan late on Thursday. Protests have since spread from the capital, Jakarta, to other major cities, including Yogyakarta, Bandung, Semarang and Surabaya in Java, and Medan in North Sumatra province, in the worst unrest since Prabowo took power.
Tensions in Serbia are high. Each day, there are new reports of police violence and arrests against demonstrators, along with accusations that the Western Balkan country's government is hiring criminal gangs to attack its own population. Anti-corruption protests have been ongoing since 16 people were killed when a railway station canopy collapsed in the northern city of Novi Sad in November 2024. The demonstrations began peacefully, but in recent days, violence has escalated in the capital Belgrade and beyond.
During the arrest, officers in tactical gear use a stun gun on one man and put another in a chokehold while belittling the situation, saying: 'You've got no rights here. You're a migo, brother.'
The mindless violence was deeply concerning and unacceptable, endangering lives and jeopardizing the ongoing criminal justice process, which aims to support a victim deserving of truth and protection.
We created this series of posters for an exhibit about the African American experience with the police in America. The exhibit was commissioned by Google for their New York headquarters as an initiative to educate their team and to elevate the discourse and awareness around police violence. The goal was to situate personal narratives within the context of a history of injustice and a contemporary culture of discrimination.
Sgt Martyn Blake was acquitted of murder after shooting Chris Kaba, who attempted to escape police roadblock; the case raises significant concerns around use of force.