Sentences with phrase «arrested during the demonstrations»

Some 25 people were killed and 5,000 arrested during the demonstrations, which were the largest since those that followed the disputed 2009 election.

The plaintiffs detailed a series of «militaristic displays of force and weaponry,» including being shot with rubber bullets, tear gassed, beaten and arrested during demonstrations following the shooting of the black teen by a white police officer.

Two dozen protestors — including NYC Councilmen Charles Barron and Jumaane Willams — were arrested during a demonstration in opposition to planned schools closures.

No one was arrested during the demonstrations, which lasted for around 15 minutes and featured calls to raise taxes on the rich.

City Court Judge William Carter has dismissed the cases against four Occupy Albany protesters — nearly three years after they were arrested during a demonstration on Lark Street.

79, Ed.D.» 84, his first experience in prison was in 1989, when he was arrested during a demonstration against the apartheid government in South Africa.

Not exact matches

Yesterday, a group of Christian leaders that included writer and speaker Shane Claiborne was arrested in Washington during a prayer vigil demonstration.

The organizers of the Women's March in Albany will also be fundraising on Saturday for a legal defense fund for protesters arrested during last year's demonstrations with a sale of T - shirts and sweatshirts.

His is the most high profile arrest out of the six which took place during and after the demonstration.

In 2009 the San Francisco police arrested Lily Haskell when she allegedly attempted to come to the aid of a companion who had already been taken into custody during a peace demonstration.

In 1919, General Dyer ordered his troops to open fire on peaceful demonstrators in Amritsar; and in 1930, during the Dandi Salt March (a massive demonstration of civil disobedience led by Mahatma Gandhi) demonstrators were clubbed, and many, including Gandhi, were arrested.

One woman was arrested on Monday night, after she managed to evade security and get into the lobby of the hotel during a mass demonstration marking the first day of hearings in Vancouver.

The Goldman Prize is calling for a fair and transparent trial for 2007 Goldman Prize winner Tsetsegee Munkhbayar, who was arrested in September 2013 at a demonstration in front of a Mongolian parliament building, during which a rifle was accidentally discharged.

The Committee deplores the massive arrests during the G20 Summit and agrees with [CCLA's] Ms. Des Rosiers» analysis that the provisions of the Criminal Code regarding breaches of the peace were applied abusively in a context of peaceful demonstrations where there was no real threat to the peace.