ISTANBUL, Nov 6 (Bernama-Anadolu) — Nearly 600,000 people took part in demonstrations across France on Thursday, according to a provisional estimate by the Interior Ministry, marking the largest turnout since the protest movement began, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported, citing BFMTV. The estimate exceeds the 550,000 demonstrators recorded on Oct 17, 410,000 on Oct 24 and 320,000 on Oct 31. The CGT trade union confederation claimed nearly 1.6 million protesters took part in demonstrations nationwide, compared with the Interior Ministry’s estimate of 600,000. The union also put participation in the Paris march between Place de la Republique and Place de la […]

INDIA: ‘The Protest Movement Refuses to Die down, and the Government’s Legitimacy Is Now in Doubt’ Nov 5 2026 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses India’s Gen Z-led protest movement and civic space restrictions with Avinash Kumar, National Co-convenor of Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, a network that works on government accountability. Avinash is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Equity Studies. In India, the cockroach movement, a Gen Z mobilisation born out of satire, has grown to become a nationwide challenge to the government. Protests first arose in response to anger over a leaked medical entrance exam and have since targeted a revision of electoral rolls that threatens to strip many people of their vote. Authorities have responded with mass detentions and new limits on where people can protest. This latest crackdown follows years of tightening restrictions on Indian civil society, with activists jailed and organisations starved of funds. How did the cockroach movement emerge? It started with this year’s national medical entrance exam, which was held on 3 May and cancelled on 12 May after a paper leak. The re-exam took place on 21 June, and in the meantime several students died by suicide. This was the latest failure...

Former Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in parliamentary elections on Oct. 25 to the student-led protest movement that has gripped the nation for months. “Based on a stratified sample, it is clear that we have lost this election. The student blockade list won,” Vucic said in a press briefing. According to Vucic, the Students' List party, backed by the protest coalition, is projected to take between 135 and 140 seats in Serbia's Parliament. Vucic's Serbian Progressive Party appears to have come in second in the elections, and will have 105 seats in Parliament. For almost two years, student-led demonstrations in Serbia rallied against Vucic's right-wing incumbent Serbian Progressive Party. Protesting against alleged corruption in the government, the movement was triggered when a train station canopy in the city of Novi Sad collapsed in 2024, killing 16. Vucic previously announced his resignation as Serbia's president on Sept. 27, allowing him to run as prime minister in the nation's October parliamentary elections. Vucic, having served as either Serbia’s prime minister or president since 2014, was known as a right-wing populist leader with authoritarian tendencies and warm ties with Russia. The elections saw Serbia's highest voter turnout, 70%, since the dissolution of...

Rallies have been taking place across Serbia on Thursday, the final day of campaigning ahead of a snap election billed as a referendum on the country's future. After two years of student protests, Serbians vote for a new parliament on Sunday in elections that threaten populist leader Aleksandar Vučić's 12 years in power. The main threat to Vučić's dominance in Serbian politics comes from a two-year-old student movement, but there are concerns surrounding the fairness of the vote. Why is this student movement so important? They have no obvious leaders and are not used to politics, but the "Student List-Students Win" movement has attracted anti-government voters across Serbia. The Student List is fielding candidates from across Serbian society - and as he joined students marching towards Belgrade, lead candidate and cardiologist Ilija Srdanović said history was being rewritten: "The energy is unstoppable." It all began on 1 November 2024, when the concrete canopy collapsed outside Novi Sad train station, in Serbia's second biggest city, killing 16 people. The tragedy was seen as emblematic of corruption and negligence in Serbia. Critics linked the station's fatally flawed renovation to a president who had closely associated himself with the project. What started as...

ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) will launch the third phase of its protest movement against the petroleum levy on October 23, with sit-ins planned across

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India’s education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, resigned on Saturday after weeks of nationwide protests led by the 'Cockroach' movement. The demonstrations began over allegations of leaks in competitive entrance exams and irregularities in the education system but expanded to demand government accountability, unemployment solutions, and economic opportunities. Protesters, including students, professionals, and activists, staged rallies across India, with thousands camping in New Delhi for over a month. Pradhan’s resignation marked a significant concession by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to public dissent. While the movement celebrated the outcome, leaders emphasized continued demands for compensation for families of suicide victims linked to exam leaks and action against police officers accused of excessive force. The protests have become a persistent challenge for Modi’s administration, with tensions escalating after police used tear gas and batons to disperse demonstrators. Despite government measures like fast-track courts for exam leak cases, protesters argued these did not address systemic accountability issues.

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