Anti-establishment Million Mask March group gathered to let off fireworks and demonstrate against the governmentEight police officers have been injured after clashing with hundreds of anti-establishment protesters in Parliament Square on Bonfire Night….
Macron statement on 1961 protest killings ‘falls short’, say critics
French historians had hoped for outright apology for police attacks on Algerians during peaceful protestFrench historians have accused the president, Emmanuel Macron, of failing to fully admit the state’s responsibility in the police killing of scores …
Turnout at Iraqi national election as low as 25% as many boycott polls
Disillusioned youth and middle classes stay home rather than vote for system they believe has failedIraqis have turned out in low numbers in a national election, with many boycotting a poll that people feared could reinforce a political system that had…
Anti-HS2 protesters face eviction from Wendover camp
Activists, including veteran Swampy, barricade themselves inside tunnel at site in BuckinghamshireA group of environmental activists are facing eviction after barricading themselves inside a tunnel to protest against the HS2 rail project.The protesters…
Chris Packham vows to continue activism after arson attack on home
BBC Springwatch presenter says car set alight and gate burned down at New Forest propertyThe BBC’s Springwatch presenter Chris Packham has said he will “carry on” his activism after an arson attack on his home.Packham said arsonists set fire to a car a…
Only noisy protest makes politicians take action to avoid climate catastrophe | Fatima Ibrahim
From the Suffragettes to the anti-apartheid movement, people taking disruptive action have been on the right side of historyFatima Ibrahim is co-founder of Green New Deal RisingThe home secretary, Priti Patel, announced a string of new measures this we…
Insulate Britain members block M25 and London’s Old Street roundabout
Climate activists superglue themselves to roads as part of 12th disruptive action in four weeksMembers of the environmental protest group Insulate Britain have blocked the M25 motorway and a busy central London roundabout, in the group’s 12th disruptiv…
Cop26 activists fear influx of English police will mar ‘friendly’ approach
Climate groups concerned about presence in Glasgow of officers from forces known for heavy-handed tacticsClimate campaigners are worried an influx of officers from elsewhere in the UK will undermine Police Scotland’s commitment to rights-based policing…
Hong Kong plans megacourt to deal with protest arrests backlog
City’s leader announces initiative as thousands still await trial, and also reveals project for new metropolisHong Kong will build a new megacourt to address a shortage of space as it works through a backlog of the thousands arrested during the 2019 ma…
Euston tunnel HS2 protesters walk free from court
Charges against six protesters dropped as HS2 was not carrying out work on the site at the timeSix environmental protesters who occupied a tunnel close to Euston station in protest against the HS2 high-speed link earlier this year walked free from cour…