Both protesters and supporters showed up for Attorney General Letitia James’s Drag Story Hour event, stirring some controversy. Critics complained that their tax dollars are paying for drag performers to read stories to children.
Thousands of opponents of Iran’s Mullah regime rallied in Paris over the weekend, including family members of protesters detained in the Islamic republic. They intended to put pressure on the EU to tighten sanctions on the regime, help free the hostages, and label the regime’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation.
Young people joined a Beijing vigil last year gathering to remember those who died in a building fire that sparked under China’s lockdown. But after the memorial, one by one, attendees started to vanish. Human rights groups and universities are condemning Beijing for their disappearances.
Protesters formed outside an EU foreign ministers meeting in Belgium. They called for more weapons to Ukraine in anticipation of another round of fighting in Kyiv. Protesters urged Germany to approve the release of its German-made Leopard 2 tanks, which are still under consideration. Meanwhile, Poland has announced its intention to send the leopard tanks […]
At least 400 were arrested as protesters in Brazil stormed into key government buildings. The unrest occurred just a week after the inauguration of President Lula da Silva. President Joe Biden visited the Southern border before heading to Mexico. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott hand-delivered a letter to him with some stern words. The U.S. House has a new speaker. Kevin […]
Iran was expelled from the U.N.’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Wednesday over policies contrary to the rights of women and girls. The move was proposed by the United States following the death of Masa Amini, the 22-year-old woman killed by Iran’s “morality police,” and adopted by the 54-member U.N. Economic and Social […]
DUBAI—Protesters in Iran called on Sunday for a three-day strike this week, stepping up pressure on authorities after the public prosecutor said the morality police whose detention of a young woman triggered months of protests had been shut down. There was no confirmation of the closure from the Interior Ministry which is in charge of […]
Chinese police have started targeting participants of last weekend’s mass protests against the communist regime’s harsh COVID-19 policies, according to reports, suggesting the surveillance state is kicking into full gear in response to the country’s biggest display of civil disobedience in decades. Two protesters told Reuters that callers identifying themselves as Beijing police officers asked […]
HONG KONG—A 90-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal and five others in Hong Kong were fined after being found guilty Friday of failing to register a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in the widespread protests three years ago. Cardinal Joseph Zen, a retired bishop and a vocal democracy advocate of the city, arrived at […]
SEOUL, South Korea—The South Korean organizers of a regional rugby tournament have apologized for mistakenly playing a song embraced by Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters as China’s national anthem, an incident that sparked strong reaction from the city’s government. “Glory to Hong Kong”—whose lyrics call for democracy and liberty—was played before the men’s finals between South […]
