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In an escalation of their ongoing grievances, farmers from the Polish Farmers’ Union, Orka, staged a sit-in protest at the lower house of parliament Sejm on Thursday, claiming that their livelihoods are threatened on two fronts. “Today we want to protest against the Green Deal, against the opening of the border to products flowing into the country from Ukraine,” a union spokesperson said during a press conference. “We are not thugs or hooligans. We want to protest in a cultural way, to manifest the problems we have in agriculture." Protesters are demanding a meeting with Polish Prime Minister ...
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Israelis protested on Saturday night, calling for a ceasefire and the resignation of hardline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Tens of thousands took to the streets in Tel Aviv to demand that the government reach a deal with Hamas to secure the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza. They also called for new elections, accusing Netanyahu of prolonging the conflict to keep himself in power. Netanyahu's government - seen as the most right-wight in Israel's history - insists it will not stop the war until the Palestinian militant group has been "annihilated". "We hope the world hears us and knows ...
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Riot police forcefully dismantled a pro-Palestinian protest on the UCLA campus, threatening them with arrests, just one night after violence was brought by counter-protesters in the same location. Within the barricaded encampment, resembling a small city, hundreds of individuals congregated amidst tents on the campus. As dusk fell over the campus, some demonstrators prayed, while others voiced their determination to remain in place. Protesters used protective gear such as helmets and headscarves, alongside discussions on strategies for managing potential confrontations with law enforcement, in...
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The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China was staging a sit-in protest after authorities locked him out of his lab. Virologist Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an online post on Monday that he and his team were suddenly notified they were being evicted from their lab, the latest in a series of setbacks, demotions and ousters since he first published the sequence in early January 2020. The move shows how the Chinese government continues to pressure and control scientists, seeking to avoid scrutiny of its handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Zhang wrote the post on Chinese...
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Georgia's parliament has voted in the first reading to approve a highly controversial foreign agent law, amid mass street protests. The legislation would require media and non-commercial organizations to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad. Thousands gathered outside parliament in Georgia's capital Tbilisi to protest for the third night on Wednesday. Opponents say the proposal would obstruct Georgia’s long-sought prospects of joining the European Union. They denounce the bill as “the Russian law” because Russia has used similar l...
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Grassroots movements clashed with police on Wednesday during a demonstration in central Buenos Aires. Hundreds gathered in front of government buildings, rallying against the austerity measures being ramped up by Javier Milei's government. Police used water cannons to disperse the protesters, who tried to block one of the city's main avenues. Officials reported that at least eight people were detained during the operation. Argentina's Milei faces nationwide strike against his 'mega-decree' labour reformsThe organisations behind the protests are demanding more social benefits for impoverished f...
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Tens of thousands of farmers protested a major agriculture business conference in Italy this week, rallying against what they argue is alleged inauthentic product labelling by the EU. Italy's largest farming organisation, Coldiretti Farmers, which represents over 70,000 workers, spearheaded the #NoFakeInItaly action on Monday. Coldiretti national president Ettore Prandini said is it "crucial" to raise awareness within the European institutions of the situation in Italy, in light of the European elections this June, about "all the issues of fundamental importance to the agricultural world such ...
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Dozens of tractors and hundreds of farmers returned to Madrid on Sunday denouncing the European Union's agricultural politics. Organisers claimed that 1,000 people attended the protest, but the government counted 450 farmers as attending. The march started at the Ministry of Ecology Transition and ended outside the Agriculture Ministry headquarters, symbolising the two main concerns of farmers: extensive bureaucracy and "eco" measures. Some farmers carried banners reading: “No to 2030 agenda”, meaning the EU's "Green Transition". Protesters claim that policies dictated by the European Union ai...
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Protestors have blocked a motorway in Tel Aviv, holding photos of Israeli women still being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.
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Hundreds of farmers drove their tractors into central Madrid on Wednesday as part of ongoing protests against the European Union's farming policies and to demand measures to alleviate production cost hikes. The protest, the biggest to take place in the Spanish capital after more than two weeks of daily protests across the country, will include a rally outside the Agriculture Ministry headquarters. Many of the tractors flew Spanish flags and some farmers carried banners reading, “There is no life without farming,” and "Farmers in Extinction.” The Union of Unions organising group said they were ...
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