Category: protesters

Burma Protesters Defiant as 2 More Killed, Pressure on Junta Grows

March 21, 2021
Asia & PacificBurmaInternationalMyanmarprotestersWorld
0 Comment

Demonstrators in Burma (also known as Myanmar) maintained their dogged opposition to military rule on Sunday despite a rising death toll, with two more people killed as the junta appeared equally determined to resist growing pressure to compromise. The country has been in turmoil since the military overthrew an elected government led by Nobel peace…

Read More

Burma Junta Orders Martial Law in 6 Yangon Townships

March 15, 2021
Asia & Pacificjuntamartial lawprotestersWorld
0 Comment

YANGON, Burma (also known as Myanmar)—Burma’s ruling junta has declared martial law in six townships in the country’s largest city, as security forces killed dozens of protesters over the weekend in an increasingly lethal crackdown on resistance to last month’s military coup. State broadcaster MRTV said Monday that the Yangon townships of North Dagon, South…

Read More

Burma Police Fire Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets at Protesters

March 2, 2021
Asia & PacificbulletsBurmaMyanmarpoliceprotestersWorld
0 Comment

YANGON, Myanmar—Police in Burma (also called Myanmar) repeatedly used tear gas and rubber bullets Tuesday against crowds protesting last month’s coup, but the demonstrators regrouped after each volley and tried to defend themselves with barricades as standoffs between protesters and security forces intensified. Burma authorities have escalated their crackdown on the protests in recent days,…

Read More

Orange County Residents Relay Eyewitness Accounts of DC Rally

January 6, 2021
Donald TrumpNY-CalOrange CountyprotestersSouthern CaliforniaU.S. CapitolUS
0 Comment

Orange County residents were among the thousands who flocked to the nation’s capital Jan. 6 to address their concerns about election integrity. The rally became unruly after protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol—but Southern California residents in attendance told The Epoch Times that the day’s events had been inaccurately reported by mainstream media. “I believe what…

Read More

Chinese Workers at Apple Supplier Pegatron Protest Over Unpaid Bonuses 

December 23, 2020
appleBusinessChinaChina Business & EconomyChina Human Rightschina protestChinese Regimechinese workersCompaniesPegatronprotesters
0 Comment

Around one thousand workers protested in front of the assembly plant of Apple supplier Pegatron in Shanghai on Dec. 19. An employee told The Epoch Times that the workers did not get the bonuses that were promised to them. Protesters were allegedly beaten as police dispersed the crowds and nearly a dozen protesters were detained,…

Read More