Podcasts about photo protestors

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The long-range weather forecast is calling for a heat wave across mainland Alaska. The Anchorage Police Department published a draft of a new body camera policy on Friday. And a classic plane from the 1940s is flying around the interior documenting the effects of rapidly thawing permafrost. Photo: Protestors in the audience of the Anchorage Assembly meeting on July 16, 2024 at the Loussac Library hold up branded signs of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. The signs support a resolution urging the police department to make its body camera policies more transparent. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

Dozens of pro-Palestine demonstrators at Columbia University in New York City have escalated their protest over the war in Gaza by occupying an academic building. Also on the programme: we speak to New Yorkers as their city is set to become the first in America to adopt a congestion charge; And a BBC investigation uncovers chilling details of an Iranian teenager's death in detention. (Photo: Protestors link arms to barricade themselves in Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, in New York city. Credit: REUTERS)

When South African schoolchildren marched in protest against having to study Afrikaans in 1976, they were gunned down by the police.The killings sparked a cycle of protests across the country against the racist apartheid regime.In 2010, march organiser Bongi Mkhabela told Alan Johnston about her memories of the Soweto uprising.(Photo: Protestors on the march. Credit: Bongani Mnguni/CityPress/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines The Governor's State of the State praises mining and charter schools. Protesters in Juneau call for increased education funding. And a revamped public employee retirement plan will be getting a hard look by the Senate next week. Photo: Protestors hold a banner calling for an increase in the base student allocation, a key part of the state's education funding formula, during a rally at the Alaska State Capitol on Jan. 29, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)

On 6 November 1975, tens of thousands of Moroccans poured into Spanish Sahara in a bid to claim it for their own.They danced, waved flags and played music as they faced off, unarmed, against gun-carrying Spanish soldiers.The so-called Green March led to a diplomatic victory for Morocco's King Hassan, but sparked a guerrilla war and decades of instability.In 2013, TV cameraman Seddik Maaninou and North Africa expert Francis Gillies told Simon Watts about that momentous protest.(Photo: Protestors on the Green March. Credit: Jacques Haillot/Apis/Sygma/Sygma/Getty Images)

In 2013, environmental protests in Gezi Park, Istanbul led to civil unrest across Turkey. For one protestor, a post he made on social media led to a dramatic outcome. Memet Ali Alabora, was an activist and a famous actor in Turkey. He tells his story to Gill Kearsley. (Photo: Protestors construct a barricade in Istanbul. Credit: Ayman Oghanna/Getty Images)

In 1990, a peaceful revolution brought democracy to Mongolia after almost 70 years of Soviet backed rule. University lecturer Ganbold Davaadorj was one of the lead figures in bringing together the Mongolian people. He went on to be the first deputy prime minister of Mongolia. He shares his story with Matt Pintus. (Photo: Protestors occupy Sükhbaatar Square in 1990. Credit: Getty Images)

In 1970, feminists stormed the stage at the Miss World pageant in London. They were protesting against the objectification of women. Sally Alexander was one of the young protesters who was arrested for her part in the demonstration. She spoke to Andrew Whitehead in 2014. (Photo: Protestors outside the 1970 Miss World pageant. Credit: Getty Images)

The president of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has fled abroad in the face of massive anti-government protests, and has broken his earlier promise to resign by the end of Wednesday. Also in the programme: US President Joe Biden is in Israel at the start of a tour of the Middle East aimed at easing regional tensions and increasing the supply of oil. Also in the programme, three men appear in court in a story about theft and the lyrics of the album, Hotel California. (Photo: Protestors carry an injured man during a protest near the Parliament building in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 13, 2022. Credit: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)

A leaked 98-page document, purporting to be a draft majority opinion of the US Supreme Court, suggests the national right to abortion might be overturned this summer. A decision is due in June or July. We hear analysis on the unprecedented leak, and get reaction from people who support and oppose the overturning of Roe v Wade - the 1973 ruling that legalised abortion across the US. Also in the programme: a resident of Kherson tells us about life under Russian occupation in southern Ukraine; and we find out what caused a so-called stock market "flash crash" in Europe. (Photo: Protestors react outside the US Supreme Court to the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision later this year, in Washington, U.S., 2 May 2022. Credit: Reuters/Moira Warburton)

It's a year since Myanmar's military removed the democratically elected government from power. We share key moments in Myanmar's journey towards democracy from The Fifth Floor archive, with BBC Burmese editor Soe Win Than, former editor Tin Htar Swe and presenter Yee Yee Aung. And we hear how the service is marking the anniversary, with stories about the opposition-run 'zoom government' outside Myanmar, the past year of military leadership, and how citizens will be marking the day. Driving on the frozen sea Around this time of year Estonia opens up its ice roads on the frozen Baltic sea. People can drive their cars and visit some of the islands off the coast, and in 2019, two intrepid reporters from BBC Russian - Ivan Chesnokov and Yury Baranyuk - couldn't resist driving the ice road for themselves. Reporting from the Democratic Republic of Congo The risks of rebel activity, capsizing boats and an active volcano – some of the challenges BBC Africa's health correspondent Rhoda Odhiambo faced on a recent trip to eastern DRC to report on child malnutrition and a vaccination campaign. Brazil's pioneering female football referee Lea Campos was one of the first women in the world to become a qualified football referee. But in her home country, Brazil, she was barred from working after being told women were too emotional to referee in men's football games. Fernando Duarte of BBC Minute tells us how she fought back. Celebrating Vietnamese Tet Vietnam's lunar new year celebration of Tet is the time families come together to see out the old year and welcome the new. BBC Vietnamese journalist Tran Vo is spending her first ever Tet away from home in Bangkok, and put together a report on how Bangkok's Vietnamese community celebrates with the traditional Banh Chung rice cake, to remind her of home. (Photo: Protestors after the military coup in Myanmar, February 2021. Credit: Reuters)

Under the slogan 'kefaya' which means 'enough' in Arabic, in 2004 Egyptians began protesting in Cairo against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak. The months of demonstrations took place several years before the Arab Spring swept through the region and drew many people onto the streets for the first time in their lives. We get an eye-witness account. Plus, Ariel Sharon's controversial visit to the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem in 2000, the women who staged strikes against military rule in South Korea, and the landmark 1971 conference on saving the world's wetlands. PHOTO: Protestors in Egypt in 2004 (AFP/Getty Images)

In 1981 the British government was faced with prisoners dying on hunger strike in a jail in Northern Ireland. The Irish republican activists were demanding to be treated as political prisoners not criminals. Several of them died during the hunger strike, the first, Bobby Sands on May 5th 1981. Louise Hidalgo spoke to Laurence McKeown who took part in the protest but survived. (Photo: Protestors wearing balaclavas in support of the hunger strike. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

Thousands of people marching through the streets of the capital, Bangkok call for greater democracy: reforms to curb the power of the pro-military government and the king in Thailand. Also on the programme, we report on voter suppression in the US state of Georgia. And African Jazz in the time of Covid - Despite strict measures, audiences in the south of France get some musical respite (Photo: Protestors & Police Clash in Bangkok; Credit: Reuters/Jorge Silva)

As protests have spread across the US following the death of George Floyd, there have been some incidents of violence and President Trump has said he will deploy the military. To do so, the president would have to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807, which was last used in 1992 to stop riots in Los Angeles. Also: we’ll hear from Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, about the long struggle for racial justice, and a new study has found that keeping a distance of more than one metre from other people reduces the risk of coronavirus infection to three percent. ( Photo: Protestors kneel in the street as riot police move on demonstrators to clear Lafayette Park credit: Reuters/Ken Cedeno)

Is Britain's health service really up for sale? Ahead of a general election in the UK, Ed Butler looks at why the NHS probably gets a good deal on drug prices compared with other countries, and why US drug companies might want the health service on the table in any post-Brexit trade deal between the US and the UK. We hear from the BBC's health editor Hugh Pym, US pharmaceutical industry analyst Nielsen Hobbs and Professor Allyson Pollock, director of the Institute of Health and Society at Newcastle University. (Photo: Protestors show support for the NHS at a protest in London, Credit: Getty Images)

After a controversial extradition law sparked mass protests, is Hong Kong's position as a global financial centre under threat? Vivienne Nunis speaks to business owners in Hong Kong about the recent protests, hedge fund manager Edward Chin on the impact the crisis is already having on Hong Kong's financial reputation, and former investment banker and governance campaigner David Webb about the history of Hong Kong and China and whether the 'one country, two systems' policy is being dismantled. (Photo: Protestors take to the streets in Hong Kong in June, Credit: Getty Images)

For two days British parliamentarians have been debating draft legislation that paves the way for Britain to officially start the process of leaving the European Union. Last week Supreme Court judges ruled that government plans to trigger Article 50 and start negotiating its exit from the European Union must be put before parliament. Dan Damon spoke with Conservative MP Ben Howlett just before he went into the chamber to start the second and final day of discussions. (Photo: Protestors demonstrate against Brexit in Parliament Square while parliamentarians debate the European Union notification of withdrawal bill. Credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

In 1981 the British government was faced with prisoners on hunger strike. The Irish republican activists were demanding to be treated as political prisoners not criminals. Several of them died in Northern Ireland - hear from one who survived. (Photo: Protestors wearing balaclavas in support of the hunger strike. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

In 1963, three young Welsh nationalists took up arms against the construction of a controversial dam. The Tryweryn dam would flood a Welsh valley to provide water for an English city. Photo: Protestors rally against construction of dam.