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The face of Hong Kong pro-democracy protests jailed
20-year-old Joshua Wong has been jailed along with two other student leaders for their roles in huge pro-democracy protests almost three years ago. On Twitter Wong said they would never give up fighting for democracy, declaring: “You can lock up our bodies, but not our minds!”
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FactCheck: how students have been misled and lied to for 20 years
It’s been 20 years since Tony Blair first introduced tuition fees. Since then, students have been lied to, misled and betrayed by politicians and political parties. FactCheck uncovers the long history of broken promises and political U-turns.
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Met police compensates brothers caught up in protests
Exclusive: The Metropolitan police is to pay out tens of thousands of pounds in compensation to two brothers caught up in the 2010 violent student protests at Westminster.
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Bangkok: students protest against military rule
Students stage protests against the Thai authorities, a year after the army seized power from an elected government.
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Baltimore’s Freddie Gray protests: the key questions
More than 200 people arrested, and 15 buildings and 144 vehicles set on fire on Monday night in Baltimore. Channel 4 News answers the key questions around the Freddie Gray protests.
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Mexico’s missing students: body parts found
With protests erupting over the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico, the country’s attorney general confirms that bone fragments found belonged to a 19-year-old trainee teacher.
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What happened to Mexico’s disappeared students?
The deaths of 43 students, handed over to a Mexican cartel by the police, has led to dramatic protests across the country. And families of another 25,000 missing also want answers.
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What's a political awakening worth? #OccupyCentral protests near end
As the protest numbers dwindle, it’s time to take stock. If the demonstrators decide to pack up their tents, what will they have to show for their efforts?
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‘Missing students’ spark violent protest in Mexico
Thousands of protesters clash with riot police in Mexico City, two months after 43 college students went missing.
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Hong Kong protests at a crossroads as authorities close in
Few people think the territory’s leaders – or their Chinese overlords in Beijing – are going to sit down and cut a deal with the protestors, but Hong Kong has changed.
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Were 43 students killed to stop speech being disrupted?
A Mexico mayor, his wife, and a police chief are on the run after a “mass grave” was found in the town of Cocula, 10 miles from where 43 students were last seen before they disappeared.
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The powerful art behind Hong Kong's protests
The main protest site in Hong Kong occupies a large inner-city motorway as well as side streets, bridges and squares and it has been turned into an extraordinary, open-air art gallery.
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Last chance saloon for Hong Kong protests?
Protester numbers dwindle in Hong Kong as the pro-Beijing government demands people clear the streets and go back to work next week.
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Hong Kong protests continue – but where are the police?
Hong Kong’s police force fired tear gas and pepper spray at demonstrators on Sunday. But officers have now withdrawn from the city centre, in a move that has disconcerted protesters.
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Deadly mine disaster triggers angry protests across Turkey
Protests targeting the government following the Soma coal mine disaster are violently suppressed – but will Prime Minister Recep Erdogan once again ride out public anger?