Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declares state of emergency and says he plans to act ‘as toughly as possible’Kazakhstan’s president has appealed to a Moscow-led security bloc to help regain control amid protests sparked by fuel price rises, after demonstrators t…
Anti-vaxxers denounce Covid testing centre in ‘freedom’ march through Milton Keynes
Protesters seen in video appear to confuse test site with vaccine centre while claiming to have ‘woken up’Confused anti-vaccine protesters entered a test and trace centre in Milton Keynes on Wednesday, appearing to believe it was a coronavirus vaccine …
The Guardian view on climate activism: between obedience and resistance | Editorial
Non-violent civil disobedience remains a vital tool for protest, but its form is shiftingIf asked to name a news story linked to environmental protest in 2021, chances are that most British people would, depending on where they live, mention either the…
Asad Rehman on climate justice: ‘Now we are seeing these arguments cut through’
Once a ‘reluctant environmentalist’, Rehman is key figure in movement that links climate crisis with racial, economic and social justiceAsad Rehman, who emerged as a key figure among the coalition of activists who took to the streets during last month’…
Outcry as Hong Kong University memorial to Tiananmen Square victims is removed
Site of the Pillar of Shame at the city’s oldest university is under guard after workmen dismantled statueHong Kong’s oldest university has removed a statue mourning those killed in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989 and posted guards at the site where…
Police suffer minor injuries in London scuffles with anti-vax protesters
Shoving broke out between police and demonstrators as thousands marched against Covid restrictionsPolice officers suffered minor injuries during “scuffles” at an anti-vaccine protest in Parliament Square in Westminster.The officers were injured while a…
Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai and activists jailed for up to 14 months for Tiananmen vigil
Media tycoon and seven other democracy campaigners sentenced for commemorating victims of massacreThe Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai and seven other pro-democracy activists have been sentenced to up to 14 months in prison for organising, taking part …
Rotterdam police open fire as Covid protest turns into ‘orgy of violence’
Three people treated in hospital with serious injuries after clashes in Dutch city over reintroduction of Covid restrictionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThree people were being treated in hospital in Rotterdam on Saturday…
Here’s something you can’t ignore, says tampon plastics activist
Ella Daish to hand Procter & Gamble giant Tampax applicator, made from 1,200 discarded contributionsA British environmental activist is stepping up her campaign against single-use plastics in period products by calling on the world’s bestselling ma…
Women’s rights activist shot dead in northern Afghanistan
Frozan Safi, 29, is believed to be the first women’s rights defender to be killed since Taliban return to powerA 29-year-old activist and economics lecturer, Frozan Safi, has been shot and killed in northern Afghanistan, in what appears to be the first…