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The private residence of President Ram Chandra Poudel is stormed and vandalized by protesters while the headquarters of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) and the Nepali Congress party are both destroyed.
2025-09-9

Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport is closed and occupied by the Nepali Army, while several airlines suspend flights to Nepal due to the ongoing civil unrest.
2025-09-9

Police open fire on protesters demonstrating against a government ban on social media in Kathmandu, Nepal, killing at least 19 people and wounding over a hundred more. A curfew is declared around all government buildings, including the Rastrapati Bhawan and Federal Parliament.
2025-09-8

Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin describes images of police brutality, at yesterday's clearing of an illegal migrant camp on the Place de la République in Paris, as "shocking" and "unacceptable". He calls for an investigation to be concluded within 48 hours.
2020-11-24

The United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution sponsored by Cuba, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Qatar, and Palestine condemning Israeli forces' use of violence against Palestinians. 139 nations voted in favor of the resolution and nine voted against: Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Hungary, Israel, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, and the United States.
2020-11-5

Soldiers open fire against protesters for about an hour and a half during protests against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, killing about 20 people and wounding at least 50 others. It is reported that the soldiers had built a barricade and ambulances could not reach the protest area.
2020-10-20

Several people, including George Floyd's brother, testify about police brutality and systemic racism before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee in support of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020.
2020-06-10

The American reality TV program "Cops" is canceled after 31 years amid police brutality protests.
2020-06-9

Pro-independent trade unions, businesses, and schools in Catalonia hold a general strike to protest Spanish police brutality during the October 1 independence referendum.
2017-10-3

A police officer from Bethel, Alaska, will be sentenced to prison for charges related to police brutality in a 2014 case involving an intoxicated man. The charges followed an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's civil rights division. The former officer, Andrew Reid, was found to have used excessive force and lying on official police reports. The victim suffered a separated shoulder and other injuries.
2016-08-24