- Around 1,000 Egyptian university students held a protest on Wednesday to voice their opposition to Israeli construction plans at disputed holy sites in East Jerusalem.
- More than 3,000 Kyrgyz rallied in the capital Bishkek on Wednesday to express their discontent with President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who was hailed as Central Asia’s most democratic leader when he came to power in 2005, but has since tightened his grip on power and jailed political opponents.
- The six major Estonian newspapers left one of their pages completely blank today to protest of the source protection act 656 SE, which would make possible to punish with imprisonment journalists in the field of investigating journalism.
- Tibetan high school students protested in the streets of at least two towns in western China this week to mark the anniversary of an uprising against Chinese rule. At least 20 teenagers were taken into custody by police.
- A union representing New Jersey government workers says it staged more than 20 lunch hour demonstrations outside state agencies Thursday to protest Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed spending cuts.
- Thousands of Russians are preparing to take to the streets on March 20 for nationwide rallies against worsening living conditions and official corruption.
- For almost a week, a group of around 300 students have been occupying a lecture hall at the University of Sussex in England to protest proposed cutbacks.
