Protests by Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Span the World as War Escalates

Protestors wave the national flag of Palestine as they shout slogans during an anti-Israel demonstration in Dhaka on October 10, 2023. (AFP)
Protestors wave the national flag of Palestine as they shout slogans during an anti-Israel demonstration in Dhaka on October 10, 2023. (AFP)
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Protests by Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Span the World as War Escalates

Protestors wave the national flag of Palestine as they shout slogans during an anti-Israel demonstration in Dhaka on October 10, 2023. (AFP)
Protestors wave the national flag of Palestine as they shout slogans during an anti-Israel demonstration in Dhaka on October 10, 2023. (AFP)

From Bangladesh to Las Vegas and Brazil to Rome, demonstrations by supporters of Israel and the Palestinians were held around the world as people took to the streets to expresses their views and often outrage as the war escalated between Israel and Hamas militants.

Demonstrators have taken to the streets of Rome, Barcelona, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Vancouver and other cities and towns to show support for one side or the other.

In San Francisco and other cities, demonstrators from the opposing sides faced off across main streets.

In Paris, people gathered to support Israel as the Eiffel Tower was lit in the colors of that country, and in Rome more gathered at the Emperor Tito’s Arch as it was also light up in blue and white.

In Karachi, Pakistan, people burned Israeli and American flags while in London people held candle light vigils for Israeli victims.



UN's Turk 'Extremely Concerned' after Spate of Iran Executions

A man walks past an anti-Israel mural at Tehran's Palestine square on August 8, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)
A man walks past an anti-Israel mural at Tehran's Palestine square on August 8, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)
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UN's Turk 'Extremely Concerned' after Spate of Iran Executions

A man walks past an anti-Israel mural at Tehran's Palestine square on August 8, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)
A man walks past an anti-Israel mural at Tehran's Palestine square on August 8, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk is extremely concerned that Iranian authorities have reportedly executed 29 people in recent days, a spokesperson said on Friday.

It was particularly troubling that the majority of the people executed had been found guilty of drug-related offences, UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell said.

The death toll had not been independently verified by the United Nations, she added.