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Just Stop Oil protesters should be arrested ‘within seconds’, says senior police officer
Public right to criticise police over recent demonstrations, says Greater Manchester Police chief constable
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Just Stop Oil: Police tell driver ‘our hands are tied’ as protesters block road
Anger as protesters halt traffic in north and south London during extreme weather conditions
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Just Stop Oil protests ‘an accident waiting to happen’, police warn
Met Police Federation chairman says ‘we need to get a grip of it’, adding that officers have ‘had enough of being the fall guys’
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1,200 university students ‘poisoned’ the night before planned anti-regime protests
Iranian news agency says students were struck down by ‘food poisoning’ which led to them dumping their food onto the streets
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Iran says it has ‘abolished’ hardline morality police blamed for death of Mahsa Amini
Protestors remain sceptical at demise of force that sparked protests which have led to the deaths of more than 460 people
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China refuses Western Covid vaccines despite fears 2m could die
Public frustration with the zero-Covid policy has spilled over into unprecedented protests in more than 20 cities
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China protests unleash wave of student activism in UK
Chinese studying at British universities stand in solidarity with demonstrators in Xinjiang in quiet acts of resistance
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How a Chinese art teacher inspired a new generation of protesters
The expat shared videos of protests in China on the social media platform beyond the reach of Beijing’s censors garnering billions of views
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Why ditching zero Covid is Xi Jinping’s best chance of avoiding catastrophe
China’s all-powerful leader has a strongman cult, but breaking with his authoritarian style may be his best hope of surviving current crisis
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China orders TikTok and Tencent to suppress criticism as protests mount
Tech companies told to crack down on posts documenting anti-regime protests
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China ramps up censorship to suppress protests against unpopular zero Covid rules
Tech firms ordered to hire more censors to pay closer attention to information being shared about demonstrations
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Beaten then tied to a chair: Chinese protesters describe price paid for standing up against lockdown
Man who tries to take photos of unrest in Shanghai is arrested and held in conditions he describes as 'a simple form of torture'
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China clamps down on 'A4 revolution' by removing images of white paper from internet
Demonstrators have protested against the zero-Covid policy by holding aloft blank paper to represent their lack of freedom of speech
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How Xi’s zero-Covid mismanagement left China’s economy on the brink
Unrest in Shanghai has rapidly grown into the worst protests against Beijing in decades
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Former Archbishop of Canterbury says Just Stop Oil stunts 'not doing many favours' to climate cause
Rowan Williams expressed sympathy for environmental protesters but added he would not 'be throwing cans of soup on paintings' himself
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Iranian protesters left blind after security forces shoot them in face
Society of Ophthalmologists in country says it has seen many patients with eye injuries caused by pellets, paintballs and similar objects
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Iranian security forces raped protesters, human rights groups say
One woman protesting the death of Mahsa Amini was haemorrhaging after being assaulted repeatedly, hospital staff claimed
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The double standards of Western morality are on show at the World Cup
If we really want to protest against Qatar, we should stop buying its gas
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Taking the knee at the World Cup is the ultimate empty gesture
No wonder the football authorities are happy to let it go ahead at Qatar 2022
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Climate protester who confronted David Attenborough in Michelin-starred restaurant arrested
Activist for campaign group Animal Rebellion asked to leave venue in Weymouth before being removed and detained by police
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Nine-year-old boy shot dead among youngest victims of Iran unrest
A family member of the slain child accuses Iranian security forces of carrying out the attack in the western city of Izeh
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Judge who cleared Iain Duncan Smith protester was rebuked for ‘supporting Palestine’
Paul Goldspring’s remarks at a previous trial were ruled to have given impression of him endorsing ‘contentious political causes’