Kenya deployed its military in the East African country’s capital of Nairobi to quell the unrest caused by anti-tax bill protests, during which human rights groups say 30 people died. Social media users shared an image claiming to show soldiers riding on a tank in solidarity with demonstrators on the streets. But the claim is […]
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated against far-right parties in France on Saturday. In Paris and other major cities and towns, people responded to calls from trade unions and other organizations to protest against Marine Le Pen’s right-wing National Rally (RN) party, which could potentially come to power in the snap parliamentary elections coming up […]
A Columbia faculty member who asked to be kept anonymous told Yahoo News that the goal of this afternoon’s Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine protest is to share their frustration with the administration. “There’s a sense among faculty that the administration is running rogue and has trashed all the norms of governance and […]
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations escalated Tuesday at Columbia University, which has been the epicenter of the growing campus protest movement across the nation. On Tuesday night, police cleared out protesters who had occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, detaining many of them. (The same building was occupied in 1968 by students protesting against the Vietnam War.) The […]
It’s been nearly two weeks since police were called in to break up a pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University. Since then, a movement calling for universities to divest financial support for Israel has spread to dozens of campuses across America. The protests often feature tent cities established in green spaces and common areas, and have […]
Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early on Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war that have spread to college campuses nationwide. Video footage showed protesters on Columbia’s Manhattan campus locking arms […]
Students protesting against the Israel-Hamas war at universities across the US, some of whom have clashed with police in riot gear, vowed to keep their demonstrations going on Saturday. Several university faculties condemned university presidents who have called in police to remove protesters. As Columbia University continues negotiations with those at a pro-Palestinian student encampment […]
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators across university campuses have made it clear that they are against Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza, which is well into its sixth month. But what’s an American university supposed to do about a war in the Middle East? Here’s a closer look at what protesters are demanding. 📣 What are students’ demands? […]
Campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war are spreading and intensifying across several American universities. On Tuesday morning, nine University of Minnesota students were arrested hours after they started an encampment on campus. This comes after dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators were also arrested in recent days at New York University, Yale and Columbia, the latter of […]
Social media erupted Thursday evening after Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., revealed she had been suspended from Barnard College following her involvement in an anti-Israel protest on Columbia University’s campus in New York City. Hirsi, who confirmed the news in a post on X on Thursday morning, was also one of […]
Italy commemorated the victims of organized crime on Thursday with a series of anti-Mafia events being held in different cities across the country. One of the largest demonstrations took place in the capital Rome, where people marched through the city centre with banners and placards and gathered in front of the Colosseum. The protest was […]
Germany’s Fridays for Future climate protest movement is calling for demonstrations on March 31 to demand more action to address climate change. Fridays for Future is also calling for demonstrations to be held in Germany on June 9 in the run-up to the European Parliament elections, group spokeswoman Annika Rittmann told dpa on Friday. “We […]