Anti-lockdown demonstrations intensified around Europe on Saturday night as protesters in Rome hurled Molotov cocktails, bottles and rocks at police and there were also rising tensions in Barcelona and Dresden. Early Saturday evening in Rome, a sit-in at the famed Campo dei Fiori ended in a clash with police as some in a crowd of … Read more
Anti-lockdown protesters in Barcelona have clashed with police over Spain‘s state of emergency restrictions, throwing bricks at officers and setting bins alight. The demonstration began peacefully in St Jaume de Barcelona Square before descending into smaller violent clashes on Friday. At least two people have been arrested according to the Mossos d’Esquadra, Catalonia’s police force. … Read more
‘If we were enforcing Sharia law, we’d rape you’: Ranting anti-abortion protesters call British film-maker ‘Jihad Jane’ and accuse her of ‘dressing like a w***e’ during documentary shoot outside Alabama clinic Deeyah Khan was filming outside the Alabama Women’s Center in Huntsville She came under vile sexist and Islamophobic attack by the protesters outside One called … Read more
Poland’s new abortion laws have been thrown into chaos after a spy mowed down protestors, a glamourous TV presenter quit her job, and the president’s daughter and wife slated the new bill, saying they think women have the right to choose. A spy working for Poland’s equivalent of MI5 has been arrested after ploughing his … Read more
Three Jewish men ‘showing solidarity’ with Black Lives Matter were on Tuesday night chased by protesters in Philadelphia. Footage shows as the group, two of whom are wearing kippot, were accused of being members of ‘the Synagogue of Satan’ and told to ‘get the f*** out of here’. The clip, which has been widely shared, then goes … Read more
Protests over the deaths of two black men in Washington DC and Philadelphia turned violent Tuesday with stores looted and tear gas deployed. Karon Hylton, 20, died Monday while being chased on his scooter by police in the nation’s capital. Walter Wallace was killed Monday when Philadelphia police officers fired at him. Chief Police Inspector Frank Vanore … Read more
Step one: Came into effect on September 14 Step two: Came into effect on September 28 Step three: When there is a daily statewide average of five new cases over the past 14 days. The original aim was for October 26, brought forward to October 19 after the 14-day average of new cases fell below initial expectations, but again … Read more
Shots rang out and a prison was set ablaze as fresh unrest rocked Nigeria‘s biggest city after a shooting of protesters that drew international outrage. Gunfire was heard and smoke could be seen billowing from the detention facility in the upscale Ikoyi neighbourhood in central Lagos on Thursday. Police said assailants had attacked the site on the … Read more
Thailand’s government has implemented an emergency decree to quell anti-government protests in Bangkok, which includes a ban on gatherings of five or more people. In a televised announcement read out by police, a statement said ‘many groups of people have invited, incited and carried out unlawful public gatherings in Bangkok’, adding that urgent measures were … Read more
The lawyer couple who aimed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters marching past their home in a private St. Louis neighborhood have been indicted by a grand jury on felony weapon and evidence tampering charges. The announcement came just hours after Mark and Patricia McCloskey attended a short hearing inside the Carnahan Courthouse in downtown … Read more