Video: Port-au-Prince burns as fuel price protests continue - RT Ruptly

Around 500 protesters took to the streets of Port-au-Prince, Thursday, in the latest of a long line of protests regarding fuel prices. Tyres were burnt on the streets and there was a heavy armed police presence.

Video: Haiti protesters clash with police over high fuel prices - RT Ruptly

Police clashed with anti-government protesters in Port-au-Prince on Friday during a demonstration over high fuel prices across the country.

Video: Heavy clashes break out in Martissant, Haiti riot police fire at protesters - RT Ruptly

Haitian police shot at protesters on the streets of Martissant Monday after a week of protests against rising oil prices. Unions in Haiti representing the drivers have launched a new two day strike to demand a reduction in oil prices, leading to the heavy clashes.

Video: Tear gas, burning cars as thousands join anti-Martelly rally - RT Ruptly

Clashes erupted between police and anti-government protesters in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday after thousands marched against Haitian President Michel Martelly over fuel prices.

Video: Tear gas chokes Port-au-Prince as protesters and police clash - RT Ruptly

Clashes erupted between security forces and protesters in Port-au-Prince on Saturday, after thousands marched against Haitian President Michel Martelly over fuel prices. The protesters were dispersed with tear gas.

Video: Port-au-Prince burns in anti-Martelly fuel price protest - RT Ruptly

Clashes erupted between police and anti-government protesters in Port-au-Prince on Thursday after thousands marched against Haitian President Michel Martelly over fuel prices. Cars and tyres were set alight by protesters, some of whom also threw stones at security forces who responded by firing tear gas.

Video: Tear gas, burning cars at massive anti-govt rally in Haiti - RT

Clashes erupted between police and anti-government protesters in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday after thousands marched against Haitian President Michel Martelly over fuel prices.

Video: Black Panthers traces crucial imprint of Black Power group - TheLipTV

EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
More than four decades after the Black Panther Party was launched in Oakland, CA, the movement and its top leaders remain a vivid memory today for people who lived during the group’s activities during the ‘60s and ‘70s. The documentary THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION weaves the voices of many diverse individuals who dealt with the group - including police, FBI informants, journalists, white supporters, and detractors – as well as followers who remained loyal to the party and others who left. The doc’s director Stanley Nelson and former Black Panther leader Kathleen Neal Cleaver sit down with Ondi Timoner to discuss the film during this special Sundance episode of BYOD.

Video: Truth behind Gambia’s failed coup attempt - Press TV Africa Today

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Next month, Gambia will mark 50 years of independence from colonial rule. Yet the big talk among Gambians is not the Golden Jubilee celebrations, but early January’s botched attempt to overthrow President Jammeh.

Dozens of military personnel and civilians were arrested and a large cache of weapons and explosives confiscated following a reported coup attempt in the West African country.

Intelligence sources close to Gambia's National Intelligence Agency (NIA) said that the detained suspects, held in or near the capital, Banjul, have been interrogated.

In this edition of Africa Today we will address the incident and ask: Who was really behind the coup and what was their wider agenda?

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Video: See anti-government protesters clash with Port-au-Prince police - RT Ruptly

Protesters clashed with police on the streets of Port-au-Prince Saturday, as thousands marched through the city calling for Haiti's President Michel Martelly to resign.

Video: The Police and the Policed - Independent Sources

On this edition of Independent Sources Garry Pierre-Pierre (Haiti) speaks to sociologists Dr. Lawrence Johnson and Dr. Alex S. Vitale about the rise of the warrior cop mentality within police forces around the country and whether or not there can be reform. (Taped: 12-15-2014)

Independent Sources is where viewers meet the ethnic press. IS engages journalists from New York's ethnic and mainstream media in an insightful discussion of stories covered by ethnic newspapers, TV and radio stations and websites. Each show features an in-depth profile of a news organization or a reporter, along with a news roundup. Independent Sources IS an informative, innovative half hour about New York's fastest growing news sector.

Video: Fiery clashes ignite Port-au-Prince amid ongoing anti-govt rallies - RT Ruptly

Clashes erupted between armed police and anti-government protesters in Port-au-Prince on Sunday as thousands took to the capital's streets. Some protesters burned tyres while riot police retaliated with water cannon and rubber bullets in a bid to disperse crowds.

Video: Port-au-Prince burns as thousands rally against govt - RT Ruptly

Clashes erupted between armed police and anti-government protesters in Port-au-Prince on Saturday as thousands of protesters took to the capital's streets.

Video: Port-au-Prince streets burn in fresh protests - RT Ruptly

Clashes broke out between armed police and anti-government protesters in Port-au-Prince on Thursday, after the Haitian Congress failed to approve Evans Paul's nomination to replace Florence Duperval Guillaume as Prime Minister. Guillaume was working on an interim basis after the resignation of Laurent Lamothe on December 14.

Video: Haitian Aid Fraud - RT Breaking the Set

Abby Martin Breaks the Set on Gunmen in Paris, Haiti’s Continuing Cholera, Mexico’s Massacres & Rejecting the IDF.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN: On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin, discusses the horrific attack in Paris by masked gunmen on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical newspaper that left 12 people dead and why other attacks that took place in the last 24 hours received almost no coverage. Abby then speaks with RT Correspondent, Polly Boiko, from Paris about what concrete details are known about the attack on Charlie Hebdo’s headquarters. Abby then talks to Jake Johnston, Research Associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research about the fifth anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti that killed over 200,000 people and how aid relief is being squandered. Abby then discusses Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto’s visit to the White House and a new investigation tying his federal police to the abduction of 43 students back in September, leading to a crisis of confidence in the Mexican government. BTS wraps up the show with an interview with Israeli activist, Amit Gilutz, about why he is urging young Israelis to reject mandatory enlistment in the Israeli Defense Forces.

Video: Port-au-Prince burns amid renewed anti-govt protests - RT Ruptly

Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied in Port-au-Prince on Thursday, with some setting tyres on fire and clashing with police.

Video: Man dies as clashes erupt in Port-au-Prince, Haiti - RT Ruptly

Hundreds anti-government protesters rallied in Port-au-Prince on Saturday, setting public property alight with flames, forming barricades and clashing with police, in what has been the most recent surge of anti-government actions since Friday. Making demands for the resignation of President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, thousands marched on the capital's streets appealing for long-delayed elections to take place. At least one man has died during Saturday's clashes.

Video: UN troops shoot tear gas at anti-Martelly protesters - RT Ruptly

UN troops clashed with protesters in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, Friday. The UN peacekeepers and local police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds and establish a barricade to prevent the protesters from reaching the US embassy. The demonstration was part of a wider action demanding the resignation of President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe.

Video: Anti-government protest in Haiti 'Vladimir Poutine (Putin), please help us!' - Associated Press

Thousands of anti-government demonstrators filled Haiti's capital to call for the resignation of the island's president and prime minister. Police fired tear gas to try to break up Friday's demonstration. (Dec. 6)



Some protesters called on Russia's President Vladimir Putin for help - BBC

Video: 'Obama, take Martelly!' US Embassy-bound demo triggers fiery clashes - RT Ruptly

Protesters demanding U.S. President Barack Obama intervene and remove Haitian President Michel Martelly from office clashed with police in Port-au-Prince on Saturday. Protesters also called for the release of prisoners who they allege are being held for political reasons.

The protest began near the church of Saint-Jean Bosco in the La Saline area before demonstrators marched down Delmas Road in the direction of the U.S. Embassy, where police in riot gear prevented them from entering. Protesters set fire to a pickup truck, burned tyres and smashed vehicles, while police used tear gas against the demonstrators.

The protest comes a day after Martelly announced plans to form a presidential commission to help deal with unrest in the Caribbean nation. Haiti has not held elections since 2011, despite promises by Martelly to do so. Presidential elections are slated to take place in October 2015.