April 21, 2012
Vienna, Austria
Police are seen as students leave Vienna University through a side entrance. Police blocked all entrances of the university after students seized the auditorium on Thursday to protest against the abolishment of a subject of study. (via Reuters.com)

Vienna, Austria

Police are seen as students leave Vienna University through a side entrance. Police blocked all entrances of the university after students seized the auditorium on Thursday to protest against the abolishment of a subject of study. (via Reuters.com)

April 19, 2012
Moscow, Russia
An environmental activist in an animal costume is detained by police during a protest outside a hotel hosting the “Russian Arctic Oil and Gas” business conference (via Reuters.com)

Moscow, Russia

An environmental activist in an animal costume is detained by police during a protest outside a hotel hosting the “Russian Arctic Oil and Gas” business conference (via Reuters.com)

April 19, 2012
Madrid, Spain
Anti-eviction activists demonstrate at the entrance of Luzmila Lopez’s home as they try to stop her eviction. Evictions due to mortgage arrears has brought the euro debt crisis home for many (via guardian.co.uk)

Madrid, Spain

Anti-eviction activists demonstrate at the entrance of Luzmila Lopez’s home as they try to stop her eviction. Evictions due to mortgage arrears has brought the euro debt crisis home for many (via guardian.co.uk)

March 12, 2012
Moscow, Russia
Riot police detain Left Front movement leader Sergei Udaltsov during a demonstration for fair elections. Thousands of people chanting “Time for change” challenged Vladimir Putin’s presidential election victory but far fewer turned out to protest against the Russian leader than in previous weeks. (via Reuters.com)

Moscow, Russia

Riot police detain Left Front movement leader Sergei Udaltsov during a demonstration for fair elections. Thousands of people chanting “Time for change” challenged Vladimir Putin’s presidential election victory but far fewer turned out to protest against the Russian leader than in previous weeks. (via Reuters.com)

March 12, 2012
Moscow, Russia
A woman in a cafe watches an opposition rally calling for fair elections (via guardian.co.uk)

Moscow, Russia

A woman in a cafe watches an opposition rally calling for fair elections (via guardian.co.uk)

March 11, 2012
Madrid, Spain
Children protest outside the Japanese embassy calling for the closure of nuclear power plants, on the anniversary of the Fukushima disaster (via guardian.co.uk)

Madrid, Spain

Children protest outside the Japanese embassy calling for the closure of nuclear power plants, on the anniversary of the Fukushima disaster (via guardian.co.uk)

March 11, 2012
Bratislava, Slovakia
Slovakian police officers try to disperse protesters demonstrating against high-level corruption (via guardian.co.uk)

Bratislava, Slovakia

Slovakian police officers try to disperse protesters demonstrating against high-level corruption (via guardian.co.uk)

March 11, 2012
Bratislava, Slovakia
A protester shows his face to a police offiecer as they disperse the crowd during an election protest, following up a major corruption scandal - codename ‘Gorilla’ - involving top politicians, government officials and private equity groups. (via Reuters.com)

Bratislava, Slovakia

A protester shows his face to a police offiecer as they disperse the crowd during an election protest, following up a major corruption scandal - codename ‘Gorilla’ - involving top politicians, government officials and private equity groups. (via Reuters.com)

March 9, 2012
Russia: Anti-Putin activists plan Moscow street protest 
Activists refusing to recognise the election of Vladimir Putin are seeking to keep up the post-election pressure with a mass protest on Saturday, but concede that the movement needs to move beyond the streets of Moscow.
Organisers hope to see at least 50,000 people turn out for the protest on New Arbat, one of the city’s main streets. But just over 5,000 people have signed up for the event on Facebook, while a post-election protest on Monday gathered 20,000 people, a fraction of those who attended protests in the lead-up to Russia’s presidential vote.
Although anger remains high at Putin’s re-election, in a vote that international observers say was marred by fraud and a lack of competition, there is a recognition among protest leaders that the movement must move beyond public rallies in its bid to challenge Russia’s frozen political system.
Putin won nearly 64% of the vote around the country, according to official figures, but he failed to break the 50% barrier in Moscow. Alexey Navalny, a popular opposition leader, has spoken of creating a “universal propaganda machine” to break the hold of state-run television in provincial Russia. (via The Guardian)

Russia: Anti-Putin activists plan Moscow street protest

Activists refusing to recognise the election of Vladimir Putin are seeking to keep up the post-election pressure with a mass protest on Saturday, but concede that the movement needs to move beyond the streets of Moscow.

Organisers hope to see at least 50,000 people turn out for the protest on New Arbat, one of the city’s main streets. But just over 5,000 people have signed up for the event on Facebook, while a post-election protest on Monday gathered 20,000 people, a fraction of those who attended protests in the lead-up to Russia’s presidential vote.

Although anger remains high at Putin’s re-election, in a vote that international observers say was marred by fraud and a lack of competition, there is a recognition among protest leaders that the movement must move beyond public rallies in its bid to challenge Russia’s frozen political system.

Putin won nearly 64% of the vote around the country, according to official figures, but he failed to break the 50% barrier in Moscow. Alexey Navalny, a popular opposition leader, has spoken of creating a “universal propaganda machine” to break the hold of state-run television in provincial Russia. (via The Guardian)

March 9, 2012
Moscow, Russia
A lone demonstrator outside Moscow police headquarters in support of Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. The women are accused of hooliganism for being part of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot. The placard reads Freedom for Tolokno. (via guardian.co.uk)

Moscow, Russia

A lone demonstrator outside Moscow police headquarters in support of Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. The women are accused of hooliganism for being part of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot. The placard reads Freedom for Tolokno. (via guardian.co.uk)

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