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Tunis, Oct 8 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Mohamed Messara) Tunisians took part in a protest on Thursday outside parliament as part of the 'Hassebhom' campaign, or ' Hold Them Accountable', to call on deputies to reject a proposed bill which they consider will grant impunity to law enforcement.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST.
Hong Kong, May 22 (EFE/EPA).- Dozens of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong held a protest Friday in opposition to China's proposed security law.The National People's Congress in its annual session which began on Friday is set to discuss the draft decision on the national security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.It would "establish and improve the legal system, and enforcement mechanisms for the HKSAR to safeguard national security," state-run Xinhua news agency quoted Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the NPC Wang Chen. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).FOOTAGE SHOWS A PROTEST BY PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISITS IN HONG KONG, CHINA
Brasilia, Feb 12 (EFE) .- Half a hundred indigenous people from different ethnic groups in Brazil protested on Wednesday against a bill presented by President Jair Bolsonaro which authorizes commercial mining in protected lands, a measure they consider the "worst of their nightmares".(CAMERA: Alex Mirkhan)SUPPORT IMAGES AND TRANSLATED DECLARATIONS BYJOENIA WAPICHANA, INDIGENOUS FEDERAL DEPUTY:"President Bolsonaro again wants to threaten indigenous lands and natural resources. Indigenous peoples want to raise this concern, asking the national congress to reject it due to the unconstitutionality and absurdities that this proposal brings"INGATÉ, KAINGANG INDIGENOUS:"He (Bolsonaro) is aware of what he is doing and does it out of spite. We have the right to our land. The land has always been ours, it has only been invaded, so we want to live well with the people who were born in this mother Earth"
Tens of thousands of people protest in the streets of Georgian capital Tbilisi against a "foreign influence" bill likened to Russian laws silencing dissent. Demonstrators partially block car traffic on Heroes' Square, home to a monument honoring Georgian soldiers that died at war. The Black Sea Caucasus nation has been gripped by mass anti-government protests since April 9, after the ruling Georgian Dream party reintroduced the bill that critics see as repressive. IMAGES
Thousands rally in Georgia for a third consecutive day as lawmakers advanced a controversial "foreign influence" law that opponents say will undermine Tbilisi's longstanding European aspirations. The protesters, including a motorcycle procession, block traffic on the main thoroughfare of the Georgian capital, in front of the parliament building. IMAGES