The transport ban has left at least 50 percent of the workers unemployed, while the government kept shops and malls open in the pandemic lockdown, according to Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation. They urged the government to allow the public transports to run with half of their seats vacant, a requirement under the health protocols.… Read More: Bangladesh workers want public transport ban to go, announce protests »
MILAN — Italy braced Tuesday for more nationwide protests against virus-fighting measures like regional curfews, evening shutdowns for restaurants and bars and the closures of gyms, swimming pools and theaters — a sign of growing discontent across Europe with renewed coronavirus restrictions. Police in the financial capital of Milan arrested 28 people after protests turned… Read More: New protests loom as Europeans tire of virus restrictions »
Outside medical centers across the country, doctors and other health care workers have been stopping work in recent days for 8 minutes and 46 seconds to join in protesting the death of George Floyd, who was pinned down by a police officer in Minneapolis for that amount of time before his death. For doctors in… Read More: George Floyd Protests Add New Front Line for Coronavirus Doctors »