PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Following the occupation of Portland State University’s library in late April and early May, the school released an estimate for the amount of damages caused. According to PSU, the costs to restore Millar Library will be roughly $750,000, give or take $125,000. That total doesn’t include replacing and repairing damaged technology […]
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The military occupation of the coal strike zone of Colorado by t [Leather Bound]
Protesters taken into custody as police end university pro-Palestine occupation
Protesters have been taken into custody late on Tuesday after Columbia University called in the New York Police Department (NYPD) to end the pro-Palestinian occupation on campus. Police said the university’s Hamilton Hall was cleared of pro-Palestinian protesters who took over building on Tuesday. The scene unfolded shortly after 9pm as police, wearing helmets and […]
Italy commemorates the end of Nazi Germany’s occupation in 1945
Italy commemorated the end of its occupation by Nazi Germany in 1945 with a memorial service in Rome on Thursday. President Sergio Mattarella laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the presidents of both chambers of parliament looked on. Meloni is the leader of the largest […]
Turkey says ending Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is ‘first priority’
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Tension between Israel and Iran should not distract from the situation in Gaza and the first priority of the international community should be ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said. Fidan was speaking in Istanbul on Saturday during a visit by Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, […]
Leaders in OK legislature say they’ll propose a bill to make “impermissible occupation” a crime.
A new piece of immigration legislation working its way through the Oklahoma Legislature and sponsored by the Republican leaders of each chamber, would clamp down on illegal immigration and create the crime of impermissible occupation. YUMA, ARIZONA – MAY 2023: Immigrants seeking asylum wait to board a bus to a U.S. Border Patrol processing center, […]
this does not mean occupation is recognised
Hakan Fidan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye, has advocated holding negotiations on a ceasefire in Ukraine soon, noting that this does not imply recognition of the occupation of Ukrainian territory. Source: European Pravda with reference to Reuters Details: On 1 March, Fidan met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the […]
The battle that saved Kyiv from Russian occupation
Editor’s Note: This article was published by the blog “The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak” on Feb. 22, 2024, and has been re-published by the Kyiv Independent with permission. To subscribe to “The Counteroffensive,” click here. In the first hours of his full-scale invasion, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his most elite troops to get behind […]
Ukraine brings them back from Russian occupation
Two teenage young ladies who had lived under Russian occupation for almost two years have been brought back to Ukraine-controlled territory. Source: Ukraine’s Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories Details: The children lived with their grandparents in a small village in Luhansk Oblast when the large-scale invasion began. Their mother worked in the city […]
Ukrainian law enforcers identify Chechen who stole cars during attempted occupation of Kyiv Oblast in 2022 – video
The police, together with the Security Service of Ukraine, has identified one of the Russian servicemen who took away cars from civilians in Kyiv Oblast during the attempt to occupy it in 2022. The culprit was born in Chechnya. Source: the National Police of Ukraine Details: Russian military personnel took away cars from local residents […]
South Africa asks World Court to find Israeli occupation illegal
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) – South Africa on Tuesday urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue a non-binding legal opinion that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal, arguing it would help efforts to reach a settlement. Representatives of South Africa opened the second day of hearings at […]
Palestinian diplomat asks top UN court to declare Israeli occupation illegal
Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad al-Maliki asked the United Nations’s top court to declare Israeli occupation of the West Bank illegal at a historic hearing opened in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. The Palestinian diplomat focused on the war in Gaza for much of the case proceedings Monday and told the International Court of […]