More than 100 people have fled their homes in southern Guinea, following clashes sparked by a government attempt to take their land. Witnesses and humanitarian groups say the violence erupted last week when residents refused to give up their land to regional authorities for rubber and oil production. The Associated Press quotes a witness as […]
Chinese Riot Police Patrol Chinese City After Migrant Riots
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
Hundreds of riot police have taken up posts in a city in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, seeking to establish order after three days of rioting triggered by the alleged mistreatment of a pregnant migrant worker by security officials. The heavy police presence Monday in Zengcheng city follows a rampage late Sunday in which […]
Residents Battle Police in Southern Chinese Township
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
Authorities in southern China are trying to calm tensions after days of repeated clashes between residents and police. The state-run China Daily newspaper said officials have been sent to neighborhoods and factories to talk to residents after the clashes, in which angry rioters hurled bricks and rocks, and set fire to vehicles in an industrial […]
