• Climate activists protest against Shell and VDL Nedcar

    Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion demonstrate at the access roads to Shell Pernis. They are standing at the intersection of Petroleumweg and Vondelingenweg and the intersection of Vondelingenweg and Botlekweg. A road parallel to the Petroleumweg is also blocked.

  • 31 climate activists arrested at Eindhoven Airport protest

    The Police and the Marechaussee arrested 31 climate activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) and Scientist Rebellion (SR) at Eindhoven Airport on Saturday. The activists tried to enter the airport grounds through a fence, which is strictly forbidden, the Marechaussee reported.

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    Virginia budget calls for more workers to help with death investigations

    Staffing levels at Virginia’s chief medical examiner’s office are “insufficient” for the increased workload it has faced in recent years, according to the budget the General Assembly passed.

  • Volgograd activists call presidential election a democracy game

    The local offices of presidential candidates actually did not work; and the candidates themselves, who visited Volgograd, conducted extremely careful campaigning, without criticizing authorities and without raising sensitive topics, a journalist has noted, also telling about obstacles when visiting polling stations.

  • French teachers call school boycott day in streaming protest

    French teaching unions are calling on parents to keep their children at home on Thursday, as part of a protest against plans to introduce academic streaming into schools.

  • SNP MPs call for investigation into Israeli airstrikes on UK civilians.

    The airstrike - on January 18, 2024 - hit a residential compound housing members of the Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and International Rescue Committee (IRC) Emergency Medical Team (EMT), as well as Palestinian civilians and their families. The compound was in Al Mawasi, one of Gaza’s so-called “safe zones”. The compound was attacked after its coordinates had been shared with the Israeli military through the UN deconfliction process and registered as a ‘sensitive site’ by the Israeli...

  • Ruling further erodes climate activists’ right to protest in England and Wales

    Court of appeal’s removal of ‘consent’ defence means defendants on trial for criminal damage can no longer use itIt took a matter of minutes in the court of appeal, where demonstrators were strangely absent, for the dial to shift once more on the rights of protest in England and Wales.The decision taken on Monday by the court of appeal to, in effect, find in favour of the attorney general, the Conservative government’s premier legal officer, has removed a defence for climate protesters that had...

  • Trump calls for Liz Cheney to be jailed for investigating him over Capitol attack

    Former president’s posts on Truth Social about Republican critic stoke fears of persecution of opponents if he wins 2024 electionDonald Trump has renewed calls for Liz Cheney – his most prominent Republican critic – to be jailed for her role in investigating his actions during the January 6 Capitol attack launched by his supporters in 2021, a move that is bound to raise further fears that the former president could persecute his political opponents if given another White House term.In posts on...

  • Israeli settlers call for UN agency’s closure in Jerusalem protest

    Rightwing activists demonstrate outside Unrwa office for third week over claims of links between staff members and HamasDozens of Israeli settlers and rightwing activists have protested by again blocking the entrances of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) office in Jerusalem and calling for the body’s closure.Last week, Israel announced it would no longer approve Unrwa food convoys to the north of Gaza, where the threat of famine is highest. The decision came after the agency was...

  • PETA activists to protest SeaWorld's 60th anniversary in San Antonio this weekend

    As SeaWorld prepares to celebrate its 60th anniversary this weekend at its San Antonio park, a group of animal rights activists is ready to provide counter-programming highlighting what it calls "60 years of misery" the amusement company created for aquatic mammals. A pod of PETA supporters plans to protest outside the gates of SeaWorld San Antonio starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, accusing the park of abuse against dolphins and orcas.

  • Arkansas health care workers support national call to protect IVF

    Arkansas doctors have joined a nationwide network of health care professionals working to protect in vitro fertilization access after last month’s Alabama Supreme Court ruling that paused IVF services in the state.

  • PoK rights activist Mirza supports JAAC protest against Pak administration

    A political activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Amjad Ayub