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Bangkok, Aug 20 (EFE/EPA).- Thai police arrested nine people in the last 24 hours in relation to student demonstrations calling for democratic reforms and a reduction of the military’s and monarchy’s power.Four people were arrested Wednesday night and another five Thursday on charges of sedition, punishable by up to seven years in prison, and of violating the ban on demonstrations due to the pandemic, among other charges. (Camera: DIEGO AZUBEL). SHOT LIST: PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT SUPPORTERS GATHER IN SUPPORT OF ARRESTED ACTIVISTS IN FRONT OF POLICEMEN AT A POLICE STATION IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Beirut, Feb 11 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Wael Hamzeh) Lebanese security forces on Tuesday clashed with anti-government protesters trying to stop lawmakers from reaching the parliament to cast a vote of confidence in the new cabinet, wounding dozens.The demonstrators gathered on roads leading to the parliament in central Beirut, almost two months after Prime Minister Hassan Diab was appointed.The Lebanese Red Cross on Twitter said that 26 people had been taken to nearby hospitals, while 175 others were treated at the scene for injuries.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE LEBANESE PARLIAMENT.
Lebanese demonstrators bang on pots and pans in the northern city of Tripoli as they hit the streets again on Tuesday evening to demand a new government, facing off in some areas with security forces attempting to re-open blockaded roads. IMAGES
Crowds of protesters who have remained mobilised since October 17, crippling the country to press their demands, celebrate in the streets of the northern city of Tripoli after Prime Minister Saad Hariri submitted his government's resignation. IMAGES
Lebanese protesters march in the capital Beirut to mark three years since one of history's biggest non-nuclear explosions rocked the city. IMAGES