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Byline: Linda Lakhdhir In December 2023 when Stephen Gingell was sentenced to six months in prison for slow marching for half an hour on the Holloway Road in north London, [...]

Balancing the right to protest with the rights of others to go about their lawful business is an age-old conundrum. The recent spate of mass demonstrations against Israel's actions in […]

Byline: By, Callum Cuddeford Brits who took part in far-right demonstrations are being jailed at courts across the UK this week, with judges saying severe sentences are needed to deter [...]

Tanzania, Aug. 8 -- In June 2024, many Kenyans took to the streets to protest what they believed were punitive taxes imposed by President William Ruto's government. Though the president [...]

After the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, protest organizers said their rally would proceed as expected. Law enforcement authorities said they were prepared. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/15/us/trump-rnc-news-biden A crowd of left-leaning demonstrators gathered [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL -- At the City of Montreal's request, police dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment in the heart of the financial district on Friday, but the other, larger, [...]

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Protesters rallied outside Bulgaria’s parliament on Thursday to denounce a controversial legal amendment adopted the day before that bans https://apnews.com/hub/lgbtq-people and so-called non-traditional sexual choices in [...]

Byline: John Mukum Mbaku In June 2024, many Kenyans took to the streets to protest what they believed were punitive taxes imposed by President William Ruto's government. Though the president [...]

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said violent protesters who had targeted Muslim communities would face the 'full force of the law' after a meeting with ministers and police chiefs aimed [...]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya hurled tear gas canisters on Tuesday to break up protests in Nairobi and several other towns and cities accusing the president of poor [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-July 9, 2024-: Europe: Sweeping pattern of systematic attacks and restrictions undermine peaceful protest (C)1994-2024 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:09072024 Across Europe, the right of peaceful assembly is coming under severe [...]

Byline: Avery Parker Iran sanctioned former UF Police Department chief Linda Stump-Kurnick and ten other law enforcement leaders across the nation July 4 for 'flagrant violation of human rights by [...]

Byline: Avery Parker Iran sanctioned former UF Police Department chief Linda Stump-Kurnick and ten other law enforcement leaders across the nation July 4 for 'flagrant violation of human rights by [...]

NEW YORK, NY -- The following information was released by Amnesty International USA: Across Europe, the right of peaceful assembly is coming under severe attack as states increasingly stigmatize, criminalize [...]

Kenyan police fired tear gas to scatter small crowds in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday, AFP reporters saw, after youth activists called for fresh protests following deadly violence during anti-tax [...]

Byline: Our Foreign Staff FOURTEEN Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have been found guilty and two acquitted on charges of conspiracy in a subversion trial that could deal another blow to [...]

Byline: Julian Borger in Washington The Hong Kong government has rejected western criticism of the conviction of 14 pro-democracy activists for subversion, calling it 'untruthful, slandering and smearing'. The US [...]

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has granted a full pardon to a former US Army sergeant and Uber driver who was jailed for 25 years for fatally shooting a Black Lives [...]

Local law enforcement went in just a couple of hours after a protest encampment went up. As the police arrested student protesters at Dartmouth College, a 65-year-old professor ended up [...]

Thousands of Georgians have joined new protests in Tbilisi against a Russian-styled foreign agents bill, as the government insisted it would push ahead with the legislation even after some of [...]

Byline: By, Tim Hanlon Two Just Stop Oil protesters aged in their 80s have smashed the glass protecting the Magna Carta and glued their hands together. Reverend Dr Sue Parfitt, [...]

Byline: Jamie Grierson Two Just Stop Oil protesters have smashed the glass around Magna Carta at the British Library. The Rev Sue Parfitt, 82, and Judy Bruce, 85, a retired [...]

Videos from the scene showed police officers wearing helmets and carrying batons as they handcuffed protesters and led them away from the tents. Police officers in riot gear arrested dozens [...]

Law-enforcement officers reportedly fired rubber bullets into a crowd of pro-Palestine protesters during a chaotic night of demonstrations at the (https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/university-of-california) University of California, (https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/los-angeles) Los Angeles. All told, at [...]

Law enforcement officers in riot gear converged on the UCLA campus Wednesday night, ordering a crowd of over a thousand pro-Palestinian supporters gathered at a student encampment to disperse. Social [...]

Byline: Oliver Laughland and Guardian staff The New York City mayor, Eric Adams, remains under pressure to divulge how many of the 282 people arrested at campus protests in Manhattan [...]

Byline: By, Charlie Jones Violent clashes have erupted between protesting students and counter-protesters at a major US university as tensions between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters reach boiling point. The violence [...]

Two students were among those arrested early Wednesday, the university said. Officers from three law enforcement agencies moved in after ordering the group to disperse. An encampment of protesters at [...]

Byline: Fletcher Page Fletcher.Page@ajc.com Cassidy Alexander cassidy.alexander@ajc.com and Martha Dalton martha.dalton@ajc.com Emory University’s president said Monday the school is reviewing how it works with outside law enforcement agencies amid widespread [...]

Byline: Craig Simpson FEMINISTS protesting against new Scottish hate speech laws have been abused by pro-trans activists. Demonstrators in Edinburgh opposing Humza Yousaf 's new legislation - which prominent critics [...]

Byline: Bruhan Makong Thousands of protesters flooded Nairobi's Central Business District on Thursday for the second phase of anti-Finance Bill demonstrations, aiming to pressure legislators to reject the proposed Bill, [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton: -- Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the Saving Treasured Artifacts Through Uniform Enforcement (STATUE) Act, legislation that [...]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The head of the U.S. Secret Service said Thursday that security plans for the https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-wisconsin-presidential-milwaukee-nashville-7fa0c10f49caebca91e7044e09075838 are still being determined as protesters blasted restrictions they claimed will violate [...]