(2024-07-29). Thousands Shut Down the US Capitol to Protest Israel's Genocide. transcend.org 25 Jul 2024 – Thousands of people of conscience from across the US turned out to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to D.C. this week — including hundreds of American Jews who were arrested while engaged in prayerful civil disobedience, demanding an immediate arms embargo on Israel.
(2024-07-29). Israeli soldiers suspected of raping Palestinian prisoner arrested, sparking far-right riot. middleeasteye.net Israeli soldiers suspected of raping Palestinian prisoner arrested, sparking far-right riot | Minister among Israelis storming notorious Sde Teiman detention facility in solidarity with the suspects | | Israeli protesters wave flags outside Sde Teiman detention facility, after Israeli soldiers were…
(2024-07-29). Airport Disruption Entered Fourth Day; Starmer's Government A Target. popularresistance.org On Saturday 27 July, peaceful protests took place in at least six cities across six countries in support of Oil Kills — an international uprising to end oil, gas and coal by 2030. Airport disruption was a key feature, again — with more arrests amid blockades. However, in the UK things went up a gear — as activists targeted Keir Starmer's new Labour Party government. | Across the UK, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, the USA, and Canada, protesters are gathering to demand their governments commit to establishing a legally binding treaty to stop extracting and burning oil, gas and coal by 203…
(2024-07-29). Police Arrest Protesters Outside Bath Iron Works Ceremony. popularresistance.org Police arrested nine protesters outside Bath Iron Works on Saturday morning leading up to a christening ceremony for the shipyard's newest warship. | Two protesters were charged with obstructing a public way and seven with criminal trespass after a group of demonstrators interlinked arms and sat down, blocking the entrance to a BIW parking lot. Police later said that this group had broken off from a larger demonstration of about 75 people on Washington Street. | Witnesses said that arrests started around 9: 30 a.m. when Bath police officers and Sagadahoc County sheriff's deputies rounded up some of the protesters,…
(2024-07-29). Iraqis protest over summer blackouts, water shortages. presstv.ir Hundreds of Iraqis in the southern province of Diwaniyah protest against power cuts and water shortages during the extreme heat of summer.
(2024-07-29). Body cam footage shows white US police shooting unarmed Black woman. presstv.ir Sean Grayson, 30, fired three shots, striking Sonya Massey one time in the face.