Source: PA April 3 2016: The mother-of-one is detained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard at Imam Khomeini airport after a holiday visit to Iran where she showed her daughter Gabriella to her parents. July 12 2016: Richard Ratcliffe, her husband, delivers letters to Downing Street for outgoing prime minister David Cameron and his replacement Theresa … Read more
The organiser of a protest against the Government’s proposed one per cent pay rise for NHS workers has been fined £10,000. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the 61-year-old woman was issued with the fixed penalty notice for breaching Covid-19 rules on public gatherings. A 65-year-old woman was also arrested at the protest in Manchester city … Read more
The final anti-HS2 activist in a network of tunnels in London‘s Euston Square Gardens has been removed after 31 days underground. A lone protestor, known only at this stage as Bradley, was the last man remaining underground trying to stop the high-speed rail line going ahead, after high-profile campaigner Swampy finally left the site yesterday … Read more
Part of the underground tunnel at Euston’s HS2 protest has collapsed on a bailiff in the site workers’ latest eviction attempt. The protesters, who have been underground for more than three weeks, are trying to stop HS2’s plans to replace the green space outside the central London station with a temporary taxi rank. Hiding in … Read more
The hashtags #DeleteFacebook and #BoycottZuckerberg are trending on Twitter as some Australians delete their profiles to protest the platform’s news ban. Outraged users are sharing their final Facebook posts and asking friends to send their phone numbers before they delete the platform for good. Facebook has banned Australian news outlets from sharing content, and has … Read more
Swampy’s 16-year-old son Rory Hooper has left him in tunnels below Euston where they were protesting against the HS2 project, declaring ‘I am looking forward to seeing mum’. Rory had spent 22 days living underground in a move that had been criticised as bad parenting by some quarters. When he came out of the tunnel … Read more
Supporters of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny braved the cold in Moscow and St Petersburg on Sunday to take part in a ‘flashlight’ protest. The planned demonstrations, which asked people to shine the torch on their phones in solidarity with Navalny had been seen by some as a winding down from the mass nationwide protests … Read more
Myanmar’s junta on Saturday suspended laws constraining security forces from detaining suspects or searching private property without court approval and ordered the arrest of well-known backers of mass protests against this month’s coup. A series of announcements came on the eighth day of country-wide demonstrations against the February 1 takeover and detention of elected leader … Read more
Violence erupts in Manhattan as BLM clashes with the NYPD: Eleven protesters are arrested, two cops are injured and gang of 15 activists attack photographer during chaos in Times Square ‘F**k 12’ anti-police protest took place in Midtown Manhattan on Friday night Peaceful demonstration turned violent after cops allegedly arrested one protester on Sixth Avenue … Read more
Why are you doing this to me? Husky lets out ear-splitting howls of protest as dog groomer gives him a bath Sara Pullum recorded clip at pet salon in Michigan as the pooch was pampered But the unhappy husky did not appear to be a fan as he let out deafening shrieks The bemused salon … Read more