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Rights groups say Javad Rouhi, who was sentenced on charges including apostasy, was tortured so badly he can no longer speakA 35-year-old man from a small village in northern Iran has been sentenced to death on charges including apostasy for allegedly …
Six people accused of publishing book relating to 2019 protests in move critics say has spread terrorPolice in Hong Kong have raided a lunar new year shopping fair and arrested six people for selling a “seditious” book related to the 2019 anti-governme…
Protest held over levelling up secretary’s decision to approve new coalmine in CumbriaUK politics live – latest news updatesExtinction Rebellion activists have chained themselves together at the entrance of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and …
‘Cease and desist’ letter signed by over 650,000 people sent to oil and gas CEOs follows removal of Greta Thunberg from coal protestHundreds of thousands of young climate activists have said they will continue “protesting in the streets in huge numbers…
Plans aimed at preventing tactics such as ‘slow marching’ are part of Rishi Sunak’s public order crackdown Police are to be given powers to shut down protests before any disruption begins under Rishi Sunak’s plans for a public order crackdown, which ai…
Protests against President Dina Boluarte have killed at least 42 peopleLima (AFP) – Peru’s capital Lima was under a state of emergency Sunday, along with three other regions, as the government responded to weeks-long protests against President Dina Bo…
A judge’s decision making it unlawful to pitch a tent on the moors without the landowner’s permission is set to spark a wave of right-to-roam protestsStanding at the summit of Hound Tor, wind whistling, ponies grazing nearby and the greens and browns o…
Washington (AFP) – Democratic lawmakers called Thursday on President Joe Biden to revoke the visa of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, saying the United States should not offer refuge to anyone involved in riots against Brazil’s newly elected…
Human Rights Watch warns UK has ‘very short window’ to reverse legislation, including restrictions on the right to protestThe UK government could soon make the list of countries that abuse rather than protect human rights with its “outright assault” on…
Controversial bill to stop industrial action criticised as an already struggling sector fears losing more staff in a damaging brain drainZimbabwe’s health workers have criticised the government for passing contested legislation that outlaws any industr…