Almost 500 anti-genocide activists arrested as Starmer government moves to ban protests outright

London’s Metropolitan Police arrested another 492 people over the weekend after a protest Saturday in Trafalgar Square, as the Starmer government accelerated its crackdown on opposition to the Gaza genocide. The entirely peaceful protest was held...

Dozens of pro-Gaza supporters await activists at Lisbon airport

Carrying Palestinian flags and scarves, protesters hold signs with slogans such as “Free Palestine” and “Thank you Marina, Sofia, Diogo, and Miguel for representing us.” Outside the building, four police vans from the Public Security Police (PSP)...

Extra: Ex-Antifa Activist Tells All

President Trump sent the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, this week as part of his effort to crack down on crime in some of America’s major cities. In a truth post, he blamed part of Portland’s problems on “ANTIFA and the Radical Left...

Msian flotilla activists beaten, given animal food by Israelis, claims lawyer

Lawyer Fahmi Abd Moin said the lawyers will gather information from the volunteers once they are back in Malaysia and may consider sending a full report to the United Nations Human Rights Council. PETALING JAYA: Some of the 23 Malaysian volunteers...

Indiana environmental activists react to DOE coal funding

Although Ashley Williams is disappointed to see a federal agency endorse the nation’s coal industry, she isn’t surprised. “It’s just environmentally and economically reckless to resuscitate a dying industry,” said Williams, executive director of...

Activist Sonam Wangchuk Sends Message From Jail, Demands Judicial Probe Into Ladakh Killings

Jaipur: Days after the arrest, the elder brother and lawyer of social activist Sonam Wangchuk were allowed to meet him in Jodhpur Jail on Saturday. Mustafa Haji, the lawyer of Wangchuk, in his social media post informed that he and Wangchuk's...

4 detained French flotilla activists go on hunger strike

PARIS: Four hard-left French deputies who were detained by the Zionist entity after boarding a Gaza-bound flotilla have declared a hunger strike, their party said. "We have no news from them" apart from "brief exchanges with their lawyers and with...

Local activist group protests Trump's visit to Naval Station Norfolk

NORFOLK, Va. — Members of the COVA Visibility Brigade are at the Norview Avenue 64 overpass in Norfolk protesting President Donald Trump's visit to the Naval Station Norfolk. The brigade is part of COVA Coalition, a group of activists in the...

Anti-Israel activists to ‘flood’ New York City on Oct. 7

Anti-Israel activists in New York City have announced mass rallies scheduled for Tuesday, the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, terror invasion of Israel. Within Our Lifetime, the leading anti-Israel activist group on the city’s streets,...

Artists and activists together for a day

Dancers in Clothing The Loop… The Vault, October 18. Photo Olivia Wikner Here’s arts editor HELEN MUSA’s Arts in the City column, a weekly look at, well, arts in the city. The Australian Dance Party plans to put designers, artists and activists...

Indiana AG Todd Rokita applauds EPA regulation rollbacks while activists warn of harm

Two Indiana officials are supportive of proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency deregulations — calling them “burdensome” and “ineffective” — nearly two months after the actions were announced at an Indianapolis auto dealership. “These rules...

Gaza flotilla activists allege Israeli soldiers treated them ‘like monkeys’ — with Greta Thunberg singled out for ‘mockery’

ROME — Some of the activists detained while trying to reach Gaza by sea have returned to their home countries to describe mistreatment at the hands of Israeli guards, claims that Israel denies. Some 450 activists were arrested as Israeli forces...

Israel Foreign Ministry rebuts reports claiming mistreatment of Gaza flotilla activists following first deportation

Greta Thunberg after being removed from the Gaza flotilla (Photo: Israel Foreign Ministry ) A group of 137 activists who took part in the Global Sumud Flotilla for Gaza were deported to Turkey on Saturday, with one of them alleging mistreatment of...

Free Wangchuk, drop Aarey infra plans: Activists

Israel Deports 137 Activists After Intercepting Gaza-Bound Flotilla

Israel has expelled 137 foreign nationals detained earlier this week after naval forces intercepted a flotilla attempting to breach its blockade of Gaza, officials said Saturday. The deported activists were citizens of 14 countries, including the...

Deportation Ordered for Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil from US

A federal judge’s order to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil to Algeria raises troubling questions about whether administrative procedures are being weaponized to suppress political dissent. The Intersection of Immigration and Activism...

'Please get dad home': UK family urges Sumud activist's release

Malcolm Ducker (right) was detained on Thursday by Israeli naval forces in international water, aboard the Sumud Flotilla [Clare Azzougarh/TNA] The family of British Global Sumud Flotilla activist Malcolm Ducker say they are deeply concerned about...

Gen-Z protests rock the world: From Morocco to Nepal, see how young activists are reshaping politics

Activists urge UN to renew mandate of Sudan atrocity investigators

05 october 2025 - 13:43:24 MA 185 Views Panafrican News Agency Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Human rights advocates are urging the United Nations Human Rights Council to renew the mandate of its atrocity investigation in Sudan, with a crucial vote...

Activists on Gaza flotilla allege they were abused while detained in Israel

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