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Extinction Rebellion protestors are convicted of blockading national newspaper printing press

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Six Extinction Rebellion protesters have been found guilty of blockading a national newspaper printing press in a demonstration that cost publishers more than £1million.    The activists stopped 3.5million newspapers reaching readers when they used bamboo structures to block trucks from leaving the Newsprinters printing works in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, on September 4. Caspar Hughes, 49, of … Read more

XR protestors found guilty over press blockade that stopped newspapers from being delivered 

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Six more XR protestors are found guilty over printing press blockade that stopped millions of national newspapers from being delivered About 50 members of Extinction Rebellion joined the protest last September Their actions prevented the delivery of millions of newspapers across the UK Six members were today found guilty of blocking the highway and fined … Read more

Police Federation chief claims protestors from XR, Antifa and BLM infiltrated Sarah Everard vigil

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A police federation chief has defended the actions of officers at the vigil for Sarah Everard and claimed the event had been ‘hijacked’ by Antifa, Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion protesters.    Ken Marsh, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said that 90 per cent of those at the Clapham Common vigil on Saturday had … Read more

Protestors gather in Parliament Square for third night of demonstrations

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Protesters have gathered in Parliament Square for the third night of demonstrations against anti-women violence in the wake of Sarah Everard’s alleged murder. An estimated 200 protesters defied Covid regulations and gathered in the capital this afternoon after demonstrations last night saw police surround the entrance to New Scotland Yard, while also guarding a statue … Read more

Officers shoved women, pinned protestors down and ‘elbowed people in faces’ at Sarah Everard vigil

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Met Police officers shoved women, pinned protestors to the ground and ‘elbowed people in their faces’ at a vigil to mourn the death of Sarah Everard.  A crowd of around 1,500 people gathered at Clapham Common in south London to remember the 33-year-old marketing executive. But scuffles broke out as police surrounded a bandstand covered in … Read more

Myanmar security forces shoot three protestors dead as they step up use of lethal force

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Myanmar security forces shot dead at least three protesters on Sunday as the country’s military leaders stepped up the use of lethal force to quash opposition to their recent coup. The junta is battling to contain a massive street movement demanding it yield power and release ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was … Read more

Anarchy in Barcelona: Protestors hurl Molotov cocktails and set a police van on fire

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Protesters ran riot and clashed with police in Barcelona tonight during a demonstration against the imprisonment of a prominent anti-establishment Spanish rapper who insulted the monarchy. The arrest of Pablo Hasel sparked outcry that freedom of expression was being eroded and saw thousands take to the streets in a forceful show of public anger. An … Read more

Five people arrested for breaching Covid restrictions as protestors gather Parliament Square

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Five people were arrested in London for breaching Covid restrictions as protestors carrying Black Lives Matter signs demonstrated in Parliament Sqaure following the death of a 24-year-old man.   Mohamud Mohammed Hassan was arrested on Friday evening last week after reports of a disturbance at his home but released the following morning without charge. He was … Read more

Haiti: Protestors march through Port-au-Prince to demand the removal of President Jovenel Moise

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Protestors marched through Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince demanding the removal of President Jovenel Moise amid fears he is amassing too much power in his second year of rule by decree. Hundreds of people in the capital, Cap-Haitien, Jacmel, Saint-Marc and Gonaives took to the streets in support of the opposition, while dozens of demonstrators clashed with police. Andre Michel, … Read more

Police scuffle with anti-lockdown and anti-vaxxer protestors in Liverpool and Bristol

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Police scuffled with anti-lockdown and anti-vaxxer protestors and made dozens of arrests after thousands marched through Bristol and Liverpool city centres today despite warnings they could face fines for breaking coronavirus restrictions.  The group Stand Up Bristol gathered with signs in the city this morning, with at least 14 maskless protestors – being arrested by … Read more