Manuel Paez Terán was protesting planned Atlanta police training center when officers repeatedly shot and killed them On a Thursday around noon last month, Joel Paez heard a knock on…
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Mungalee was the national director of a movement, People Seeking Justice Action Group. Anti-crime activist Ayob Mungalee has been shot dead in Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg. There are no…
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Australia’s credibility on human rights blighted by laws targeting climate protesters and jailing children, report says
Human Rights Watch calls on government to address its own ‘alarming deficiencies’, including detention of children under 14 and treatment of asylum seekers The detention of children under 14 and…
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Greek court drops spying charges against refugee rescue activists
by Pete Barnettby Pete BarnettCase dismissed as being ‘overly vague’, but the 24 defendants still face separate felony investigation A Greek appeals court has dropped espionage charges against 24 activistsinvolved in rescuing people from migrant…
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Climate activists vow to take to streets to stop fossil fuel extraction
‘Cease and desist’ letter signed by over 650,000 people sent to oil and gas CEOs follows removal of Greta Thunberg from coal protest Hundreds of thousands of young climate activists…
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The Guardian view on Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: protect people, protect the planet
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanJournalists and environmental defenders are at greatest risk in Latin America. All those who put them in danger must be held accountable the murders of the British journalist Dom Phillips and…
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US protests begin after police release footage of fatal beating of Tyre Nichols
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanDemonstrations in Memphis and other US cities follow release of video and request from Nichols’s mother to ‘protest in peace’ Demonstrations quickly began on Friday evening as Memphis police released…
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‘They’ve taken away my freedom’: the truth about the UK state’s crackdown on protesters
by Pete Barnettby Pete BarnettDozens of people have been imprisoned as changes in policing and the law are used to curb the right to protest. Is this part of a turn towards a more…
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Contempt ruling against environmental protester is a crime against justice
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanThe climate crisis is a much bigger nuisance than the jailed Insulate Britain activist David Nixon, writes Dennis Leachman It is truly shocking that a person has been tried while being…
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These UK universities have banned ‘climate wreckers’ from recruiting on campus
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanThree more UK universities have banned fossil fuel companies from recruiting on campus. Career services at the University of Bedfordshire, University of the Arts London and Wrexham Glyndwr University have…