Last week in the United States, demonstrations decreased by half compared to the week prior. Demonstrations have declined overall in the weeks since the election. With President Donald Trump officially authorizing the transition process for President-elect Joe Biden as legal efforts to overturn the election results repeatedly failed in court (Reuters, 23 November 2020; New York Times, 25 November 2020), the total number of election-related demonstrations significantly decreased.…
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Last week, demonstration activity in Eastern Europe continued at very low levels. In Belarus, demonstrations against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko continued throughout the week and were met with violent state response.…
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Last week in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, demonstrations remained high. In Cuba, repression by state forces of a hunger strike organized by the San Isidro Movement following the arrest of an activist triggered demonstrations of unprecedented scale in recent history.…
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Last week in South America, demonstrations slightly decreased across the region. Demonstrations over women’s rights were held in several countries, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, while anti-abortion protests were held in Argentina.…
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Last week in the Middle East, fighting intensified between pro-Hadi and pro-Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces along Yemen’s At Tariyah front, while Houthi shelling reportedly killed Saudi soldiers in Marib. Houthis also targeted Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure in Jeddah.…
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Last week in Southeast Asia, clashes between the Myanmar military and Ta’ang rebels increased in Mandalay region, Myanmar, while no clashes were reported between the military and Rakhine rebels in Rakhine state.…
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Last week in Central Asia and the Caucasus, fighting continued between Afghan forces and the Taliban, with violence reaching one of the safest cities of Afghanistan, Bamyan. Azerbaijan continued to take over territories in the de facto Republic of Artsakh as part of the 9 November ceasefire agreement.…
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Last week in South Asia, intelligence-based operations in Pakistan led to encounters with the Islamic State (IS) and unidentified militants. A slight decrease in cross-border violence between India and Pakistan was observed in the Jammu and Kashmir region (J&K).…
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Last week in East Asia, three prominent pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong pleaded guilty to charges for their role in organizing an anti-extradition bill demonstration last year. There has been an increase in the number of arrests of pro-democracy figures in November.…
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Last week in Africa, the Tigrayan capital of Mekele fell to federal forces in Ethiopia; intercommunal violence left dozens of people dead in Chad; and Boko Haram militants committed a massacre close to the Borno state capital in Nigeria, as state forces continued to launch operations against armed groups in the northwest.…
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