fotojournalismus:

Pro-reform protesters kept Molotov cocktails at the ready as they watched clashes in Daih, Bahrain, Thursday, Jan. 26. Heavy clashes between protesters and police erupted as protesters buried men they claim were killed as the result of police actions.

[Credit : Mazen Mahdi/European Pressphoto Agency]

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Deaths reported as Israeli troops open fire

At least 20 reportedly killed along Syrian frontier during pro-Palestinian rally marking “Day of Defeat” in 1967 war.

US ‘deeply troubled’

The protests along Israel’s borders are designed to draw attention to the plight of Palestinian refugees who fled or were expelled from their homes during Israel’s war of independence in 1948.
Now, around half a million Palestinian refugees live across 13 camps in Syria.
The US state department expressed its concern over the clashes, saying: “We are deeply troubled by events that took place earlier today in the Golan Heights resulting in injuries and the loss of life.
“We call for all sides to exercise restraint. Provocative actions like this should be avoided.”
The US statement emphasised that “Israel, like any sovereign nation, has a right to defend itself”.
Reacting to Sunday’s incidents, Mustafa Barghouthi, an independent Palestinian politician, told Al Jazeera: “What we saw in the Golan Heights, in front of the checkpoint to Jerusalem, were peaceful Palestinian demonstrators demanding their freedom and the end of occupation, which has become the longest in modern history.
“And they were encountered by terrible violence from Israel. They have used gunshots, tear gas, sound bombs and canisters emanating dangerous chemicals against demonstrators.

“They also beat us. I was one of those who was beaten today by the Israel soldiers today while we were peacefully trying to reach the checkpoint to Jerusalem.”

(Source: english.aljazeera.net)

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samuelfromtheshire:

A police officer kicks away a flare during protests in Oxford Street.

ihatemusic1943:

Cairo, February 12th, 2010

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