Political riots

The Montenegrin opposition announced new rallies for several major towns on Monday while thousands of anti-government protesters continued demonstrations in the capital, Podgorica, calling for the government to resign.

As Montenegrin opposition parties on Monday continued their protest in front of parliament in Podgorica, Slaven Radunovic, an opposition Democratic Front MP, urged all opposition MPs to boycott parliament until new elections are called.

Nine people were given suspended sentences ranging from five to ten months for setting fire to the US embassy in Belgrade during riots sparked by Kosovo’s independence declaration in 2008.

At least 16 people were injured on Aug. 22 when clashes erupted in central Beirut between Lebanese security forces and demonstrators calling for a solution to weeks of uncollected rubbish.
 
Thousands of protesters rallied to protest against the government's inability to clean up the capital and other parts of Lebanon where the streets are overflowing with rubbish.
 

Police in riot gear contained around 200 protestors who poured out on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, to mark the anniversary of the police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed teen whose death ignited racial tension.

Police in riot gear contained roughly 200 protesters who had gathered in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri on August 10 to mark the anniversary of the police shooting of an unarmed black teen whose death ignited a national firestorm on race relations.

Istanbul police used tear gas on Aug. 7 against a group of lawyers who had attempted to read a press statement about lawyer Deniz Sürgüt, who is under arrest in the southeastern province of ??rnak.

The process of selecting a new head of the country’s security agency is set to begin after its current chief was found guilty of refusing to take action during violent protests in 2014.

At least six people including a policeman were killed on July 1 in the latest violence in Burundi, as it awaits results from elections boycotted by the opposition and condemned internationally.

The “pro-Yes” vote supporters were amassing in front of Parliament in central Athens’ Syntagma Square on Tuesday afternoon (17.30 GMT), a day after the “no” supporters rallied in the same place.

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