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Hong Kong police resort to tear gas to disperse protesters but thousands remain.
2014-09-28

The European Union is criticized by Amnesty International for meager assistance of Syrian refugees.
2013-12-13

In the wake of serious rioting, Tunisia declares an overnight curfew for eight regions, including the capital Tunis.
2012-06-12

Police fire tear gas at demonstrators outside the capital Manama ahead of the Grand Prix.
2012-04-21

Police fire sound bombs and tear gas at demonstrators and wound dozens of people with buckshot as reporting restrictions are imposed by the Bahrainese regime.
2012-04-20

Tunisian Revolution: Police fire tear gas at demonstrators who defy a government ban on protesting in Tunis.
2012-04-9

A funeral of a Bahraini youth killed yesterday in a protest turns into another protest with police forced to use tear gas.
2012-01-1

Amnesty International calls for a United Nations investigation into allegations of human rights abuses in Syria.
2011-07-5

2011 Mauritanian protests: Hundreds of people demonstrating during a "day of rage" against the regime of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz are tear gassed by police, while others are arrested and opposition MPs deterred from joining the protests.
2011-04-26

Syrian security forces fire tear gas at a funeral for two men killed in an earlier protest in the southern city of Daraa.
2011-03-19