CHICAGO – Chicago and university police cleared an encampment of Pro-Palestine demonstrators Thursday morning on DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus. Chicago police said the encampment was dismantled by 6 a.m. at 2325 N. Seminary Ave., where the DePaul Divestment Coalition began their demonstration on April 30. Officers ordered protesters to disperse and they left the encampment […]
A high-level Biden appointee announced her resignation from the Interior Department on Wednesday in protest of the administration’s Gaza policy — joining the growing listof government officialsspeaking out against the continued U.S. support for Israel’s military offensive that over the past seven months has devastated the Palestinian enclave. In her resignation letter, Lily Greenberg Call, the […]
Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan has catapulted to the forefront of Armenian politics, galvanising mass popular protests against the government’s plan to cede land to arch-foe Azerbaijan. Last week, the bearded 52-year-old led protesters towards the capital, Yerevan, from his diocese of Tavush, the home of four frontier villages, which the government has agreed to return to […]
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The students at the University of San Francisco protesting the war in Gaza are holding a rally Tuesday as they face a deadline to vacate their encampment or face potential sanctions. In a letter posted to the USF website addressed to “Member of the People’s University of Palestine,” school administrators set […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — An El Paso home inspector and Realtor say homeowners should protest their property taxes, that it can benefit you in the long run. Edgar Aguero, an El Paso Realtor with the Jackie Stevens Home Team, told KTSM homeowners should petition or protest the appraisal on their home. If not, they […]
An Army officer within the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has resigned in protest over the Biden administration’s support for Israel in its war in Gaza, citing major ethical concerns for which he could not “justify staying silent any longer.” In his resignation letter — officially submitted Nov. 1, distributed internally on April 16, and publicly […]
A Columbia student has ripped up her diploma during a graduation ceremony, in a pro-Palestinian protest. Tarsis Salome, a Columbia social work graduate, tore up her certificate while on stage, after weeks of protests at the university over investments linked to Israel. Other students zip-tied their hands and showed pro-Palestinian signs – all of which […]
Tbilisi — Hundreds of young Georgians crowded outside the Caucasus country’s parliament on Monday after a night-long demonstration against a controversial “foreign influence” law that critics say was inspired by repressive Russian legislation. The ex-Soviet republic has been gripped by escalating protests for weeks over the bill that demonstrators say will sabotage the country’s hopes of […]
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s parliament green-lit a final vote on a proposed law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union on Monday, a day after police dispersed the latest protests against it. The bill would require media and nongovernmental organizations and other nonprofits […]
Georgia’s parliament has given the green light for a final vote on a proposed law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union, a day after police dispersed the latest protests against it. The Bill would require media and non-governmental organisations and other non-profits to […]
A range of organizations including Just Stop Oil and Palestine Action could be banned in the UK as “extreme protest groups” under new proposals tabled by a senior government adviser. The approach currently applied to terrorist organizations should be used as a model, according to adviser on political violence John Woodcock, also known as Lord […]
By Brad Brooks DENVER, Colorado (Reuters) – About a dozen students arrested by police clearing a sit-in at a Denver college campus emerged from detainment to cheers from fellow pro-Palestinian protesters, several waving yellow court summons like tiny victory flags and imploring fellow demonstrators not to let their energy fade. Just how much staying power […]