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KUALA LUMPUR - Several hundred protesters marched peacefully in Kuala Lumpurs city centre on Saturday (July 31) to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

Police in Paris used tear gas Saturday as thousands of protesters joined marches to denounce plans for vaccine "health passes," the latest tensions around the world over government mandates to reward those who get vaccinated and maintain restrictions on those who refuse.

Western European embassies, including the United States, issued a joint statement on July 23 urging the authorities to provide better health care to detainees in prisons.

Police set out barbed wire and concrete barricades around the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on Saturday in an effort to tighten security after calls for an antigovernment march spread among the public.

A total of 154 pro-democracy demonstrators from eight protest groups were prosecuted between July 2 and 18, the Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) said on Thursday.

ISTANBUL - Residents in southwestern Iran have held large protests for nearly a week, denouncing the countrys leadership amid severe water shortages in the region, according to activists and video footage. At least two people have been killed in the unrest.

A foodpanda delivery rider on Tuesday denied charges of burning royal portrait during an anti-government protest on Sunday, claiming he was attempting to put out the flames.

Police on Monday insisted they had followed procedures in their violent crackdown on anti-government protesters on Sunday. Police fired water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters, 16 of whom were arrested at the rally. Fourteen of those arrested were guards while two were detained for firing a burning strawman at officers.

Police arrested 14 vocational students on Sunday evening for participating in a pro-democracy protest at Bangkok’s Democracy Monument earlier in the day.

Police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons on Sunday evening to prevent anti-government protesters from marching to Government House in Bangkok.

Protesters, who call themselves “Dek Pak Jaew” (big-mouth kids), showed up at the Public Health Ministry in Nonthaburi on Wednesday to demand the government procure alternative Covid-19 vaccines for the public, including children, and medical professionals.

According to the information team of the State Administration Council, a total of 2296 civilians that were arrested for participating in protests in Nay Pyi Taw, States and Regions have been freed.