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Father whips daughter, 19, with a belt in after warning her to stay away from protest in Colombia

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Moment father whips 19-year-old daughter with a belt in public after finding her participating in protests over the death of a lawyer in police custody in Colombia Norbeli Restrepo was caught on video beating his daughter Karime Restrepo with a belt in the middle of a street last Thursday in Armenia, Colombia The father of … Read more

Keir Starmer lashes XR over ‘counterproductive’ protest at printing presses 

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Keir Starmer lashes Extinction Rebellion over ‘counterproductive’ protest at printing presses Extinction Rebellion group staged protests at printing works in Herfordshire  Sir Keir Starmer said the blockade pm September 4 was ‘counterproductive’ He warned that such action reduced public sympathy for the group’s cause  By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 16:10 BST, 14 … Read more

Thousands of migrants protest AGAINST new refugee camp in Lesbos after fire left 12,000 homeless

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Thousands of migrants left homeless on the Greek island of Lesbos after fires destroyed the overcrowded Moria camp protested against a new refugee camp being built on the island today. Clapping and chanting songs, the protesters demanding to leave the island were boisterous but peaceful on the road leading to the island’s main town. Some held … Read more

Up to HALF of Queen’s 600 household staff are facing axe as workers stage protest at Windsor Castle

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Up to half of the Queen’s household staff could lose their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic, with Royal Collection Trust staff staging a protest outside Windsor Castle. Hundreds of the Royal Collection Trust’s 600 royal staff could be axed while remaining workers are facing pension cuts after Covid-19 created an £18 million black hole in … Read more

Extinction Rebellion could lose its millionaire backers over printworks protest 

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Extinction Rebellion risks losing its millionaire backers as top US donor condemns print press blockade as an attack on free speech Extinction Rebellion has received £269,000 from the Climate Emergency Fund  One of its philanthropists condemned group’s tactics as an attack on free speech More than 80 XR protesters were arrested for blockading newspaper printers … Read more

Willie Walsh holds onto his £6.3million bonuses despite furious investor protest

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Willie Walsh has stepped down from the top job at British Airways owner IAG amid a furious investor protest over pay – after nearly one in three shareholders failed to back his remuneration deal. The International Airlines Group (IAG) revealed only 71.6 per cent of investors approved executive pay awards at its annual shareholder meeting in … Read more

Outraged residents whose street was turned into cycle lane stunned after protest signs removed

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Fuming residents whose street was blocked off so it could be turned into a two-lane bike path have been left stunned after signs they put up in protest were removed  by ‘jobsworth’ council officials – who feared they could injure cyclists. The wood boards were put up by disgruntled locals in Poole, Dorset, after their entire … Read more

Meet the ragtag band of eco activists who attempted to blockade free speech with printworks protest

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One is a former paratrooper, another a 22-year-old ‘birth-striker’ who vows she will never have children for the sake of the planet. They were among the ragtag – and rather middle-class – band of printworks rebels who attempted to blockade free speech on Friday night. Others included a failed would-be MP and a retired taxman. … Read more

PETER HITCHENS: Protest against our new State of Fear is banned

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We have ceased to be a parliamentary democracy. There was no military putsch. Nobody passed an Enabling Act allowing rule by decree.  But the House of Lords and the House of Commons are now the Dead Parrot Parliament. They are dead because they do nothing to hold the Government to account.  The most shocking instance … Read more