Tear Gas

Amnesty decries rising police misuse of rubber bullets globally

In its latest report, London-based Amnesty International draws attention to miscarriages of police work, urging 'legally-binding global controls on the manufacture and trade in less lethal weapons'.

Israel injures several Palestinians protesting illegal settlements

Israeli forces fired rubber bullets as well as tear gas canisters to disperse dozens of Palestinians marching in protest against Israeli illegal settlements in Deir Jarir in Ramallah city.

Paris police use tear gas to disperse migrant camp

Dismantling of Place de la Republique camp comes a week after authorities evacuated migrants without any relocation from makeshift shelters in northern suburb Saint-Denis.

US needs 'urgent and profound action' to combat systemic racism

UN High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet says the shooting of Jacob Blake and killing of Daniel Prude while in police detention show the need for "urgent and profound action" to combat systemic racism as well as racial discrimination in policing.

Thousands protest against police violence, racism in France

Police fire tear gas at protesters as anger grows after a raft of complaints against officers and custodial death of George Floyd in US.

Greek police tear gas refugees at border with Turkey

Riot-control police used tear gas and a water cannon to drive back people trying to cross the land border in the morning. The refugees and migrants were quick to sit peacefully in front of the gates, chanting "peace", "freedom" and "open the gates".

Hundreds march in Hong Kong against use of tear gas

Hong Kong's anti-Beijing protesters returned to the streets for a series of marches and rallies after a rare period of calm in nearly six months of unrest.

Hong Kong families oppose tear gas use on eve of polls

With police now buying canisters from China, there are rising fears that the tear gas could release toxic chemicals including cancer-causing dioxin.

Hong Kong protests see renewed clashes at university

Police have used tear gas to force hundreds of protesters, some lobbing petrol bombs, to retreat behind make-shift fortifications at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Fact checking Jammu and Kashmir Governor's claims of ‘normalcy’

After the abrogation of Article 370, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said Kashmir would become "shaandaar” (spectacular). TRT World debunks these claims, one after the other.

Clashes break out between police and some Yellow Vest rioters in Paris

Many protesters are frustrated that the international effort to help fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral has eclipsed the five-month-old Yellow Vest movement against wealth inequality.

Israel’s ‘inevitable war’ with Hezbollah is fake news

Media in the US and Israel is awash with stories about a possible war with Hezbollah. Yet talk of war is more about an American dream in the newsroom, rather than a precursor to an actual war.