5 d. ago Palestine Action protests: Police detain 42 activists at protest in Parliament Square

The Metropolitan Police arrested 29 people for a similar demonstration last weekend.

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1 week ago ‘Legal bullying’: global protest rights on line in Dutch court case, say activists

After US jury said it should pay oil pipeline firm $660m, Greenpeace is hoping to reclaim funds via EU anti-Slapp lawThe outcome of a court case in the Netherlands could shape the right to protest around the globe for decades to come, campaigners have warned, as figures show a dramatic rise in legal action taken by fossil fuel companies against activists and journalists.Greenpeace International is using a recently introduced EU directive to try to reclaim costs and damages it incurred when a US jury decided it should pay the oil pipeline corporation Energy Transfer more than $660m in damages earlier this year. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Palestine Action protest at Woolwich crown court as activists appear in the dock

Eighteen Palestine Action activists are awaiting trial on burglary and criminal damage charges

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2 w. ago Climate Activists Protest at London Headquarters of Global Ad Giant WPP

Climate Activists Protest at London Headquarters of Global Ad Giant WPP  DeSmog

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3 w. ago Photos from Venice ahead of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding

As a starry guest list of celebrities descend on Venice for the weekend wedding of of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, activists have united under the banner “No Space for Bezos” to protest the nuptials. Protesters were drawing attention to overtourism, high housing costs and the constant threat of climate-induced flooding in the lagoon city.

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3 w. ago Guests including Ivanka Trump arrive in Venice for divisive Jeff Bezos wedding

Nuptials of Amazon founder and Lauren Sánchez to kick off on Thursday as activists continue to protest eventScores of celebrities and members of the world’s super-rich are arriving in Venice aboard private jets and mega-yachts to celebrate the wedding of Jeff Bezos, the billionaire Amazon founder, and Lauren Sánchez, a former TV journalist.In a three-day jamboree dubbed the “wedding of the century” and rumoured to include pyjama parties and elegant dinners, the divisive event is expected to see more than 90 private jets land in the Italian city before celebrations officially begin on Thursday. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez arrive in Venice for divisive wedding

Nuptials of Amazon founder and former TV journalist to kick off on Thursday as activists continue to protest against eventTell us: are you getting married in Venice this weekend?The billionaire Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, and former TV journalist Lauren Sánchez have arrived in Venice as they prepare to tie the knot in a lavish three-day celebration that has divided the lagoon city.Scores of celebrities and other members of the world’s super-rich will also join the pair in Italy, arriving aboard super-yachts and private jets. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Minnesota GOP leader slams activists for ‘too soon’ protest against violent rhetoric outside of party’s state headquarters

Republicans hit back against ‘reckless’ demonstration just over a week after the killing of Melissa and Mark Hortman and arrest of Vance Boelter

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3 w. ago Palestine Action supporters clash with police after Government vows to ban group under anti

Arrests made as protest turns violent a week after two activists broke into an RAF base and damaged two Voyager planes

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last month Serbia’s Exit festival may go ‘into exile’ amid government pressure over student protests

This year’s edition to be last held in country after Belgrade withholds funding over support of anti-corruption activistsOne of Europe’s largest music festivals will no longer be held in Serbia and could go “into exile” in Germany or a neighbouring Balkan state after Belgrade withheld funding over its support of the country’s anti-corruption student protesters.Exit festival, which is held every July in a medieval bastion fortress in Serbia’s second city, Novi Sad, was founded in 2000 by student activists from the protest movement that helped topple Slobodan Milošević. Affordable ticket prices and starry lineups mean it has acquired a reputation as Europe’s premier music event with a social conscience, with 210,000 people from more than 80 countries attending in 2024. Continue reading...

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