3 d. ago Columbia student activist and green card holder arrested during citizenship interview

Mohsen Mahdawi is among latest Palestinian international students targeted by Trump administration for their activism

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3 d. ago More than 70 arrested during Athens riots after Molotov cocktails thrown at police

Several cars and motorcycles were set on fire outside a police station as tempers flared in Exarchia

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4 d. ago Fury over plans for 'spy dungeons' beneath new Chinese embassy in London

Fury over plans for 'spy dungeons' beneath new Chinese embassy in London  London Evening Standard

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5 d. ago Protesters form human chain in front of US Embassy in London

Protesters form human chain in front of US Embassy in London  PressTV

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5 d. ago DAN HODGES: The shocking thing security sources have told me about China's new 'super embassy' in London

According to the plans presented by Chinese officials, the two large basement rooms of its new London 'Super Embassy' are simply innocent 'Facilities Management Areas'.

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5 d. ago DAN HODGES: The shocking thing about China's London 'super embassy'

DAN HODGES: The shocking thing about China's London 'super embassy'  Daily Mail

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7 d. ago Moment Greenpeace use 'blood' to turn pond outside US embassy in London bright red

The campaigning group said 12 activists tipped 300 litres of 'non-toxic, biodegradable dye from containers emblazoned with the words Stop Arming Israel' into the pond.

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7 d. ago Greenpeace activists arrested in London after red dye poured into US Embassy pond

Six people have been arrested in London after environmental activists from Greenpeace poured 300 liters (79 gallons) of blood-red dye into the U.S. embassy’s pond in protest against arms sales to Israel

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7 d. ago Greenpeace U.K. boss arrested over protest at U.S. Embassy in London over support for Israel

Greenpeace U.K. boss arrested over protest at U.S. Embassy in London over support for Israel  CBS News

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2 w. ago Sadiq Khan accused of citing 'Hamas propaganda' in his Eid speech by London's Israeli embassy

Israel has accused Mayor of London Sadiq Khan of spouting 'Hamas propaganda' during his video message celebrating Eid. 

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2 w. ago Sadiq Khan sparks anger from Israeli Embassy as they accuse him of citing 'Hamas propaganda'

Mayor’s video acknowledges Muslim Londoners’ anguish over the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza, as Israel claims figures are unreliable

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2 w. ago Rock band Muse postpone Istanbul show over promoter comments about anti

Turkish fans had urged the rock band to cancel the show as thousands of citizens protest the recent arrest of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu

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2 w. ago Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that's the price of protest in Britain today | George Monbiot

It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissentThe faces are different, but it’s the same authoritarianism. Keir Starmer’s team might not look or sound like Donald Trump’s, but its policies on protest and dissent are chillingly similar. So is the reason: coordinated global lobbying by the rich and powerful, fronted by rightwing junktanks.Last week, six young women were having tea and biscuits in the Quaker meeting house in Westminster. Twenty police officers forced open the door and arrested them on conspiracy charges. Had the police discovered a plot to blow up parliament or to poison the water supply? No. It was an openly advertised, routine meeting of a protest group called Youth Demand, discussing climate breakdown and the assault on Gaza.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnistThe Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison, was published in paperb...

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2 w. ago Policeman who became hero of the 1980 Iranian embassy siege in London, but shunned the limelight, dies at the age of 85

PC Trevor Lock became the de facto leader of the 26 hostages and went on to rugby tackle the lead gunman in a room full of gas as the SAS stormed the building.

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2 w. ago A New London Hotel Is Opening In The Former American Embassy

A New London Hotel Is Opening In The Former American Embassy  Forbes

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2 w. ago A New Hotel Is Coming To London’s Former American Embassy In September

A New Hotel Is Coming To London’s Former American Embassy In September  Forbes

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2 w. ago Who are Youth Demand? Protest group at centre of Quaker house arrests threaten month of disruptive action

Youth Demand will be holding open rallies every week during April

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2 w. ago Columbia alumni rip up diplomas to protest activist Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest

Group of Sipa graduates demonstrate against government’s jailing of graduate student, who spoke up for PalestiniansA handful of alumni from Columbia University’s school of international and public affairs (Sipa) ripped their diplomas in a show of protest against the federal government’s jailing of graduate student Mahmoud Khalil’s over his activism for Palestinians.On Saturday, instead of participating in the university’s annual Sipa alumni day, a few dozen alumni and students gathered outside campus as part of a protest organized by Sipa’s and Barnard Alumni for Palestine groups. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Quakers condemn Met Police over ‘aggressive’ arrests at ‘shut down London’ protest meeting

More than 30 officers made the arrests at a welcome talk held in Westminster

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2 w. ago Anger as Satanists hold ‘Black Mass’ to call for separation of church and state in Kansas

The Satanic Grotto's rally attracted hundreds of Christian counter-protesters

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