#NYC settles historic class action suit over racial injustice protests
#NewYorkCity will pay more than $13 million to more than 1,300 people who were arrested or beaten during #protests against #RacialInjustice in the summer of 2020.
The agreement comes after a civil rights lawsuit accused leaders of the city's #police department of violating protesters' #FirstAmendment rights with "coordinated" brutality and unlawful arrests.
So, it's okay to destroy #Indigenous heritage sites, pollute the planet, and appoint corporate lackeys to advisory boards -- but if you protest and cause disruption, you could face arrest?
"In May, after several #ExtinctionRebellion protests, the South Australia government introduced a A$50,000 maximum fine and three months jail for anyone 'recklessly' obstructing public spaces, while laws passed in New South Wales last year created a two-year maximum prison sentence for acts disrupting major roads or facilities.
"#England, #Wales and parts of #Canada and the #USA have also adopted similar laws aimed at blocking disruptive climate activism.
"In Western Australia, climate protesters say they have been 'disabled' by intimidating raids, strict bail conditions and orders which give authorities access to their devices and ban them from communicating with peers.
"According to Ms Grix, these tools were originally intended to deal with gangs and drug dealers.
"'To apply [that]... to climate defenders, who are protesting about environmental concerns, seems to be a massive overreach,' she says."
New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of roughly 1,300 people who were arrested or beaten by police during racial injustice demonstrations that swept through the city during the summer of 2020.
How School Board Meetings Became Flashpoints for Anger and Chaos Across the Country
In the first wide-ranging analysis of school board unrest, ProPublica found nearly 60 incidents that led to arrests or criminal charges. Almost all were in suburban districts, and nearly every participant was white.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters packed the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night, marking the 28th straight week of demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary. Protest leaders promised further “days of disruption” lie ahead.
UAPA event cancellation: IISER Mohali issues notice to teachers critical of IISc Bangalore
The institute has directed two of its faculty members, who were the only two from IISER Mohali to register "dismay" over IISc's cancellation of a talk on UAPA, to explain their actions by July 13.
"The Mile High City will create a new monument to a 1978 protest that was a landmark for the disability rights movement... 5 July 1978, when activists in wheelchairs protesting the inaccessibility of Denver’s public transit blocked buses at the busy intersection of Colfax Avenue and Broadway. For the next 24 hours, 19 activists lay in the street and prevented the buses from moving."
Muslims in Pakistan are holding rallies to observe a “Day of the Sanctity of Quran” after the prime minister of the South Asian Islamic nation issued a call for anti-Sweden protests over last week’s burning of Islam’s holy book in Stockholm
the circus that currently performs in finnish government is getting so out of hands that im just waiting for the day it just implodes in on it self like couple billionaires in a submarine.
next #antiGovernmentProtest titled “Zero tolerance! Racists out of the government.” is coming on wednesday 19.7. in Helsinki and you can join in by social media too.
i am not exactly sure how many antigovernment protests there has already been in these three weeks but this is at least tenth so far.
Several thousand Iraqis gathered near the Swedish embassy in Baghdad Friday for a second day of protests against a Koran burning outside a Stockholm mosque that outraged Muslims around the world.
"Under mounting pressure from #rightwing parties to declare a #StateOfEmergency, which would give authorities extra powers to ban #demonstrations and limit free movement, the government is desperate to avoid a repeat of 2005, when the death of two boys of African origin in a police chase sparked three weeks of rioting." #DeathOfNahel
"Days of violent #protests across #France after the fatal police shooting of a teenager have started to impact the country's #tourism sector, with #hotels and #restaurants facing cancellations while some have also suffered damage in the unrest." #DeathOfNahel
Thousands of people have gathered outside the cathedral in North Macedonia’s capital during a protest called by the country’s Orthodox Church against proposed draft laws on gender equality and gender identity
The officer was charged and remanded in custody over the killing of the 17-year-old which sparked nationwide protests. Meanwhile, authorities are deploying 40,000 police to the streets. DW has the latest.
A court in Thailand has acquitted a student activist and four other people of impeding the motorcade of the country’s queen during pro-democracy demonstrations in 2020, an offense that could have seen them sentenced to 16 years in prison or even the death penalty.
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters on Saturday staged marches in Belgrade and other Serbian cities against President Aleksandar Vučić, pledging to “radicalise” weeks of peaceful gatherings that have already shaken his populist rule.
Protests swell in Tel Aviv for 28th week as anti-government movement vows more 'days of disruption' (apnews.com)
JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters packed the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night, marking the 28th straight week of demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary. Protest leaders promised further “days of disruption” lie ahead.
Muslims across Pakistan hold anti-Sweden rallies to denounce burning of Islam's holy book (www.independent.co.uk)
Muslims in Pakistan are holding rallies to observe a “Day of the Sanctity of Quran” after the prime minister of the South Asian Islamic nation issued a call for anti-Sweden protests over last week’s burning of Islam’s holy book in Stockholm
'We celebrate love': Lithuania's Pride defies counterprotests (www.euronews.com)
"Open your heart because we all deserve love and the same rights,” one demonstrator told Euronews.
France protests: nearly 1,000 arrested as riots surge in Marseille and Lyon (www.theguardian.com)
Fourth night of demonstrations sees 45,000 police deployed as authorities claim the situation is calmer
Iraqis in new protest near Sweden embassy over Koran burning (www.france24.com)
Several thousand Iraqis gathered near the Swedish embassy in Baghdad Friday for a second day of protests against a Koran burning outside a Stockholm mosque that outraged Muslims around the world.
Thousands in North Macedonia join Church protest against proposed laws on gender equality, identity (abcnews.go.com)
Thousands of people have gathered outside the cathedral in North Macedonia’s capital during a protest called by the country’s Orthodox Church against proposed draft laws on gender equality and gender identity
Protesters break into Swedish embassy in Baghdad after Stockholm Quran burning | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Demonstrators breached the perimeter of the Swedish embassy in Baghdad Thursday, a day after a protester burned a copy of the Quran in Sweden.
France: Policeman charged over teen's fatal shooting – DW – 06/29/2023 (www.dw.com)
The officer was charged and remanded in custody over the killing of the 17-year-old which sparked nationwide protests. Meanwhile, authorities are deploying 40,000 police to the streets. DW has the latest.
Thai court acquits 5 who were accused of blocking the queen's motorcade during 2020 protests (apnews.com)
A court in Thailand has acquitted a student activist and four other people of impeding the motorcade of the country’s queen during pro-democracy demonstrations in 2020, an offense that could have seen them sentenced to 16 years in prison or even the death penalty.
Serbia: Seventh week of mass demonstrations against the government (www.euronews.com)
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters on Saturday staged marches in Belgrade and other Serbian cities against President Aleksandar Vučić, pledging to “radicalise” weeks of peaceful gatherings that have already shaken his populist rule.