Riot News Archives

The tribalistic violence that followed the World Cup defeat to Algeria was fuelled by a genuine set of grievances The chauvinistic brand of nationalism that swept across Egypt last week a ' the violent fringe of which saw riots outside the Algerian embassy in Cairo a ' really isn't about the football, despite what Joseph Mayton says in his Cif ...

Olson, Alexandra - Riot police patrol a street after clash with supporters of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zalaya in San Pedro Sula, Sunday, Nov.

Anti-capitalism demonstrations in Geneva turned violent on Saturday as the WTO prepares to meet for the first time in four years.

Jail's 'worst incident in 25 years' Breaking news: What's happening now AUTHORITIES hushed up a prison riot at Long Bay jail last week in which wardens were forced to fire shots to quell the "worst incident in 25 years". Up to 80 prison guards were needed to stop the fighting last Tuesday when violence erupted between up to 40 Middle Eastern and ...

Anti-capitalism protesters smashed the windows of banks, shops and cafes in central Geneva and set cars on fire on Saturday during a demonstration against the World Trade Organisation.

A fast track court Saturday jailed 12 people for four years while acquitting two others in a 2008 Kandhamal riots case, an official said.

Police say a mob in Guatemala burned to death two men and a woman suspected of killing a local bus driver.

The Danish parliament today passed legislation which will give police sweeping powers of "pre-emptive" arrest and extend custodial sentences for acts of civil disobedience.

Four prisoners were stabbed in a fracas that broke out at the troubled San Fernando Magistrate's Court's cell block section last evening.

Violence in three separate provinces of Russia's restive North Caucasus on Thursday left three people dead, law enforcement authorities said - one senior police officer, one suspected militant and one bystander.

Police made 15 arrests last week after four fights broke out during a two-day span outside Montclair High School.

Assault comes after supporters of loyalists accused of murdering journalist Martin O'Hagan smashed up Sunday World northern editor's car The editor of the Northern Ireland edition of the Sunday World newspaper has been assaulted tonight in central Belfast.

A Dudley Hells Angel who fled to South Africa after being convicted of taking part in a terrifying airport brawl is beginning a six-year jail sentence.

The 70 UC Santa Cruz students who locked themselves inside Kerr Hall for three days left a "huge mess" and will face possible criminal or campus sanctions, a campus spokesman said Sunday night.

Investigators have concluded that bad food wasn't the primary cause of a fiery riot at a Kentucky prison in August.

Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum seekers were separated at an island immigration detention centre after a riot left 37 injured, an official said Monday.

Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said on Sunday the reform movement would not be cowed by the hardline government's harsh methods as riot police prevented a demonstration by moderates taking place.

Bad food was not the primary cause of a prison riot in central Kentucky in August.

Thousands of pro- and anti-government protesters took to the streets of Nicaragua's capital Saturday, protesting and backing President Daniel Ortega's bid to remain in power.

Early next year, for the first time in its history, Pennsylvania plans to contract with another state or states to board as many as 2,000 convicted criminals.

President Hosni Mubarak entered Egypt's bitter soccer row with Algeria on Saturday, vowing in a televised speech that attacks on Egyptians abroad will not be tolerated.

Coimbatore: The crime rate has come down considerably in the West Zone while the fatal accident rate has gone up by 7 per cent during the period from January 1 to October 2009 compared to the corresponding period last year, Pramod Kumar, Inspector-General of Police, West Zone said on Friday.

FRANKFORT - Despite previous claims, investigators said Friday that bad food wasn't the primary cause of a fiery riot at a central Kentucky prison in August.

Dressed in riot gear, University of California, Davis police officers stand near the entrance of Mrak Hall on the U.C. Davis campus on Thursday, November 19, 2009 as student sit in protest of the U.C. Board of Regents decision to raise student fees.

By Graeme Hosken Crime Reporter A six-hour Pretoria robbery rampage in which several homeowners were attacked and two security guards seriously injured was brought to a bloody end when police gunned down a robber, critically injured another and arrested three others.

Greek riot police and anarchist protesters have clashed in the capital Athens during a march to commemorate an uprising in the 70s.

GREEK police have fired tear gas and detained more than 200 people as clashes broke out with stone-throwing protesters at a march to honour a 1973 anti-junta student revolt in Athens.

Greek police have detained up to 200 suspected rioters following clashes with anarchists after thousands of people marched through Athens to mark the 36th anniversary of a pro-democracy student uprising.

A crowd of Algerian football supporters attacked the headquarters of the Algerian subsidiary of Egypt's Orascom Telecom, smashing windows and destroying office equipment, the company said on Monday.

A key ally of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges in a trial that has opened wide fissures within the country's fragile coalition administration.

Alcohol-related violence "just keeps going on and on", NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione claims.

French Budget Minister Eric Woerth said today he was horrified by a publicity stunt that attracted huge crowds hoping for a cash handout and led to serious violence when it was cancelled for safety reasons.

At least two inmates were killed and two others were injured in a riot at a prison in central Venezuela, officials said.

POLICE investigating a riot at HMP Ashwell will continue to arrest prisoners as part of their inquiries.

Tens of thousands of communist demonstrators blocked the government's headquarters in Nepal's capital for a second straight day Friday, crippling the central administration.

Riot police used tear gas and batons to disperse Maoist activists holding a huge protest rally outside the main government compound in Nepal's capital on Thursday.

Tens of thousands of communist demonstrators blocked the streets leading to the government headquarters in Nepal's capital and scuffled with police Thursday in one of the biggest protests against the president and administration in months.

I couldn't wait for "A Serious Man" to end. Seriously. Written and directed by: Joel and Ethan Coen, 104 minutes.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Just minutes before anti-riot police charged opposition marchers in Tehran last week, a new chant bubbled up from the crowd: "Death to Nobody." It was more than just a play on the "Death to America" slogans that are staples of Iran's political life.

Scores of slogan-chanting supporters of Quebec independence blasted the British monarchy and pelted soldiers with eggs in a lone sour note to Prince Charles' otherwise pleasant day trip to Quebec on Tuesday.

It is not the first time that Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray have crossed swords.

A GROUP of teenagers arrested during a high street brawl with police have been expelled from Orpington College.

A court in Bihar Saturday convicted Kameshwar Yadav, accused of killing a Muslim teenager during the 1989 communal riots in Bhagalpur.

Nearly 3,000 more beds and an influx of new correctional officers are part of the $110 million conversion of a local youth prison into California Institution for Men operations.

FRANKFORT a ' A corrections officer at Northpoint Training Center told lawmakers Friday that an August riot at the prison near Danville was caused by inmate anger over bad food and was planned.

Iranian protests smaller Demonstrations coincide with rallies celebrating U.S. Embassy takeover in 1979 By ALI AKBAR DAREINI The Associated Press Thu.

ONE of the state's most dangerous criminals is on the run from police, less than three weeks after his release from prison on parole.

UEFA last night charged Rangers over the Battle of Bucharest - and warned their previous will come back to bite them.

Young voices...Iranian schoolgirls at a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the US embassy.

This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows smoke of tear gas fired by the Iranian security in an anti-government protest, on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov.

A recent case stemming from activities at the G20 Summit provides one more reminder that police are keeping pace with technological advances and carefully monitoring online activities.

Reporting from Tehran and Beirut - Large stretches of the Iranian capital erupted in chaos and violence today as anti-government protesters and security forces clashed on the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy by radical students.

With paramilitary Rangers deployed to prevent terrorist attacks on the host hotel, Pakistani designers and models challenged firebrand mullahs and Taliban insurgents Wednesday by staging the country's first "Fashion Week" in Karachi.

TEHRAN: Riot police waded in with batons and teargas to break up opposition protests in Tehran on Wednesday, as huge crowds staged a noisy anti-US rally nearby to mark the storming of the American embassy by students 30 years ago.

Share + Nov 4, 2009 7:30 am US/Pacific 1 of 1 Iranian members of the Basij militia burn a US flag outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran on Nov.

Community support officer hospitalised after riot breaks out when he told college students not to get on packed bus By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:59 PM on 04th November 2009 A community support officer was injured and several police officers assaulted when dozens of college students went on the rampage.

Iranian riot troops have attacked anti-government protesters with batons and tear gas during state-backed rallies marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the US Embassy in Tehran.

Police clashed with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Tehran on Wednesday when a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy turned violent, witnesses said.

A District Court jury in Anaconda has awarded a former Montana State Prison guard $51,763 for emotional distress suffered during a 2006 prison riot.

Chinese riot police patrol a street in Urumqi. China has announced what it calls a "strike hard" policy to bring the far-Western Xinjiang region under control.

Police Brutality Aftermath: Rochester Calls for New Independent Civilian Review Board After October 7th Police Riot Rochester Center For Dispute Settlement inadequate; police brutality at October 7th anti-war rally will not be swept under the rug.

Anthony Hall, 18, spends 23 hours per day in this cell in the supermax prison in Boscobel, Wisc.

By Sarwar Kashani, New Delhi, Oct 30 : When bloodthirsty mobs ruled Delhi's streets for three days, he and his pregnant wife managed in the nick of time to find shelter and escape unscathed.