Vatican tells Italy to stop plans for anti-homophobia laws as they would force Catholic schools to participate in LGBT events Equality laws in Italy will create national holiday celebrating LGBT community Catholic schools would not be exempt from participating in the events That prompted the Vatican to lodge an ‘unprecedented’ protest against rules Holy See … Read more
Extinction Rebellion fanatics are deliberately causing at least £5,000 of criminal damage at protests to get jury trials as they believe they’ll stand a better chance of acquittal Extinction Rebellion deliberately causing criminal damage to get a jury trial Anyone who causes at least £5,000 of damage can be brought before a jury Protestors believe … Read more
A cartoon of Prophet Muhammad that sparked furious protests at a Yorkshire school was shown to pupils a ‘week before row by another member of staff’, a parent has claimed. The picture, believed to be one from French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, was, according to The Times, shown by another teacher a week before the … Read more
A business owner has handcuffed himself to his bar and gone on hunger strike in protest of the lockdown in Italy’s ‘red zones’. Nico Drago, 55, who runs Caffe Piazzi in Crocetta, Turin, has pitched up a tent in front of his premises to sleep in at night. The bartender, who has not eaten since yesterday, … Read more
Teacher who sparked Batley blasphemy protests is now receiving police protection as friends say he is a ‘burly Yorkshire lad’ who ‘loves teaching’ and ‘always has a smile’ Amateur rugby player, in his late 20s, had trained to teach in the mid-2010s He spoke of his experiences as a trainee teacher, saying it was a … Read more
Angela Merkel EXTENDS Germany’s Covid restrictions into next month despite mass anti-lockdown protests and her party’s election drubbing Thousands of lockdown protesters rallied in cities across Europe this weekend Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel is keen to go ahead with extension Internal memo said rising infection rates could be curbed with the extension By Isabella Nikolic … Read more
Protesters clashed with police in Germany and Croatia on Saturday as new lockdowns were introduced in France, Poland and Ukraine to battle a third wave of coronavirus. Demonstrators took to the streets in the central German city of Kassel and were pictured engaging with lines of riot police. Several groups, most of them far-right opponents … Read more
Politicians across the House of Commons have called for Priti Patel to change coronavirus legislation to allow protests despite lockdown. More than 60 MPs joined campaign groups Big Brother Watch and Liberty in writing to the Home Secretary to say it is a human right to demonstrate. Tories Steve Baker and Sir Christopher Chope as well … Read more
Some 2,000 people gathered in The Hague on Sunday to protest against the Dutch government and its coronavirus lockdown. Several people carried a homemade banner with the words ‘Love & Freedom: No Dictatorship’ written on it in Dutch, while many others carried yellow umbrellas. Another demonstrator carried a makeshift set of stocks with a photo … Read more
Call to ban ‘static’ demos: Police should have the power to stop stationary protests by groups such as BLM and Extinction Rebellion, watchdog says Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services said forces should be able to ban ‘static’ demos in the same way as protest marches A report by the watchdog … Read more