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Coronavirus UK: Jeremy Corbyn's brother Piers protests lockdown and touts chloroquine as a 'cure'

Jeremy Corbyn's brother, Piers, has spearheaded an anti-lockdown protest where he claimed drug companies were 'suppressing information' on a cure for coronavirus 'because they want to impose a vaccine.'




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Colonel resigned in protest at the betrayal of Sergeant Alexander Blackman

Only a few days before the Alexander Blackman shot a Taliban casualty, Oliver Lee (pictured) had been made the Marine's de facto Commanding Officer, although they had never met.




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ROBERT HARDMAN watches peaceful protest in support of Alexander Blackman

Of all the demonstrations Parliament Square in London has seen over the years, this was surely one of the most remarkable, writes ROBERT HARDMAN.




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Colonel who quit the Marines in protest for Alexander Blackman to be given a fair hearing

Colonel Oliver Lee said the court martial that condemned Alexander Blackman to life in prison for murdering a dying Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan was 'not balanced'.




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Ligue 1: Nantes supporters unveil banners in protest against chairman's handling of the Ligue 1 club

Banners were unveiled in the club's opening home fixture of the new season, which questioned how long manager Christian Gourcuff would survive before being axed.




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Covidiots stage anti-lockdown 'protest' and claim coronavirus deaths have been exaggerated

The protesters held a demonstration in a park in Basingstoke and vowed to meet every week to take a stand against the lockdown, claiming coronavirus deaths have been exaggerated.




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American Idol: Katy Perry jokingly flips out screaming and running away to protest Saveria decision

The 35-year-old pop star flew into a comic rage when a contestant she liked failed to go through during the season 18 premiere Sunday of  American Idol on ABC. 




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Iranian students refuse to step on US and Israeli flags as Trump warns 'do not kill protesters'

The video, which was apparently recorded at Shaheed Beheshti University on Sunday, was made public as Trump warned Iranian officials: 'DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS.'




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Greek police fire teargas on protesting teachers trying to storm the prime minister’s office

Protesting Greek school teachers have clashed with police in central Athens during a demonstration against government plans for hiring new teachers.




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Bernie Sanders pleads with supporters not to protest at the DNC

'Together, my friends, we have begun a political revolution to transform America and that revolution – our revolution – continues,' Sanders said.




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Protesters hit Democratic debate: Chants interrupt NYC mayor Bill de Blasio

Protesters were removed after they demanded Bill de Blasio fire Daniel Pantaleo, who put Eric Garner in a deadly chokehold, while another hit Joe Biden on immigration.




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Trump says protesters have been 'treated a little bit rough'

President Trump doubled down on his tweets to 'LIBERATE' Minnesota, Michigan and Virginia, saying the Democratic governors went too far - and the protesters were treated badly.




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Crowd in Texas chants 'fire Fauci' as thousands across the country protest stay-at-home orders

Dr. Anthony Fauci became the subject of a targeted chant from hundreds at an Austin, Texas, anti-lockdown rally on Saturday




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Dramatic moment a mother protesting 'for her rights' is arrested in front of her son in Sydney

Video footage shared to Facebook showed the woman speaking with police officers near Parliament of New South Wales in Sydney's CBD at about 3.50pm on Saturday.




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JANE FRYER joins more than a thousand climate change protesters in staunchly liberal town of Stroud

JANE FRYER: The Stroud climate change march started yesterday with just one man who arrived early and waited patiently under the anti-slavery arch in this staunchly liberal Gloucestershire town.




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Jay-Z insists he and Beyonce sitting during national anthem at Super Bowl was NOT a silent protest

The 50-year-old rap mogul was asked about the incident during a Columbia University Q&A as part of a lecture series on Tuesday night.




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PIERS MORGAN: I understand why Americans are protesting the lockdown - but they're wrong

The US, which despite all President Trump's claims to the contrary, was shamefully slow to respond to the threat, has had more coronavirus deaths than anywhere else in the world.




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ANDREW PIERCE'S DIARY: The Lord doth protest too much  

Lord Hill dismissed talk of a move to Brussels to be the UK's EU Commissioner but just a few weeks later, Hill has been named in that exact role, writes ANDREW PIERCE.




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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer slams 'outrageous' Capitol protesters

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has decried protests staged inside the state's Capitol building last week, saying the event acted as a reminder of some of the most 'awful' parts of US history.




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California Gov Newsom won't bow to pressure of lockdown protests

California Governor Gavin Newsom has admitted he feels pressure to lift coronavirus lockdown restrictions following moves from other US states but says he won't bow to it.




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Thousands of protesters stand off with mounted police as they swarm to Huntington Beach

Between 2,500 and 3,000 anti-lockdown protesters gathered near Huntington Beach boardwalk in California Friday in response to Gov. Gavin Newsom's closure of Orange County beaches.




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Landlords blast rent strike protesters and say they are hurting tenants too

On May 1, protesters in New York, California, Chicago and Philadelphia called for a widespread rent strike to support those tenants who are out of work and unable to pay the rent.




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'Freedom Angels' protesters compare Gov Gavin Newsom to Hitler at anti-lockdown protest

The rally was held outside the State Capitol Building in Sacramento Thursday and was organized by The Freedom Angels - a group of anti-vaxxers who are now protesting against lockdowns.




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Sally Field, 73, arrested during Jane Fonda's climate change protest

The Mrs Doutbfire actress seemed positively thrilled by her own civil disobedience, flashing a smile as she triumphantly raised her cuffed hands in the air.




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Actor Patton Oswalt mocks coronavirus shutdown protesters

Patton Oswalt sneered at coronavirus protesters in a snarky tweet on Saturday, tweeting in part: 'There are people risking viral death by storming state capital buildings & screaming, ''Open Fuddruckers!''




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Punjab Cong asks people to hoist national flag to protest against Centre

Gehlot suggests 15-point formula for post May 3 scenario to the Centre




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Amid Delhi election result, silent protest continues at Shaheen Bagh

The women protesters have been staging silent protest since the morning, and no person was seen delivering any speech during the demonstration




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Victims of protest violence commemorated 10 years later

A plaque commemorating three bank employees who died of asphyxiation when their workplace was firebombed during a protest march 10 years ago was unveiled in Athens Saturday. Many officials, led by Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, attended the ceremony. Leaders of two leftist parties, Syriza and the Communist Party, had laid wreaths on the site in central Athens earlier. The three employees, a man and two women, all in their 30s, died on May 5, 2010, when the Marfin Bank branch in central Athens was firebombed by anarchists taking part in a large protest march against the first austerity agreement Greece had signed with its creditors just days earlier. One of the victims was four months pregnant. The fire spread quickly and, although most employees made it out safely, some were trapped inside. Those who made it onto balconies found that many in the crowd below were shouting for them to burn for having shown up for work despite a call for a general strike. Firefighters could ...




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Gunfire kills 6 at Afghan protest calling for economic aid

A shootout erupted on Saturday at a protest in western Afghanistan by residents demanding economic assistance, leading to the deaths of at least six people, including a local reporter and two police officers, officials said. Interior Ministry spokesman Tareq Arian said the protesters had gathered outside the governor's office in Feroz Koh, the capital of the western Ghor province. They were demanding relief after weeks of restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic. He said some people at the protest opened fire at police, igniting a gun battle that killed the six people and wounded another 19, including nine police. The ministry has launched an investigation and plans to send a delegation to the province. Afghanistan was already mired in poverty before the onset of the pandemic, which has infected nearly 3,800 people in the country and killed at least 109. Many Afghans rely on day labour, which has dried up because of the closure of nonessential businesses.




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Serbia protests EU description of Tesla as famous Croat

Serbia has protested to the European Union after one of its publications described inventor and electricity pioneer Nikola Tesla as a Croat. Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Saturday he has sent the protest note to Brussels after the EU's Learning Corner site for children described Tesla as a famous Croatian who was one of the first people to discover X-ray imaging. An ethnic Serb born in 1856 in the Austrian Empire in present-day Croatia, Tesla spent most of his life abroad, working in Budapest and Paris before emigrating to the US in 1884 where he assumed American citizenship. He died in New York in 1943. History books quote him as saying that he was proud of his Serb origin and his Croat homeland. Tesla's ethnicity has long been just one of many disputes and points of contention between neighbouring Balkan rivals Serbia and Croatia, which once were both part of the Yugoslav federation that broke up in a civil war in the 1990s. Croatia is an EU member, while Serbia is seeking ...




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Tension at LG Polymers plant as villagers protest demanding its closure

Mild tension prevailed at the LG Polymers at RR Venkatapuram village near here as villagers staged a protest on Saturday demanding immediate closure of the plant. A styrene vapour leak from the plastics manufacturing plant caused the death of 12 people on Thursday. Tens of villagers, who were provided shelter in Visakhapatnam after the vapour leak, returned to the village on Saturday morning, raising slogans against the factory management and demanding its closure. A large police force was present near the factory as DGP DG Sawang was scheduled to visuit it. The police tried to prevent the villagers from going near the plant but the latter ran past the former and staged a it- in protest near the factory gate. Police immediately took the protesters into custody and whisked them away.




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Tension at LG Polymers plant in AP as villagers protest demanding its closure

High tension prevailed at the LG Polymers at RR Venkatapuram village near here as irate villagers staged a protest on Saturday demanding immediate closure of the plant. The protesters placed two bodies of the dead in front of the factory main gate as part of the agitation while some youths barged into the plant even as state Director General of Police D G Sawang was inspecting the vapour leak spot and talking to the management on the measures taken to restore normalcy. The bodies were brought to the village for cremation on Saturday from the KGH mortuary after post-mortem. The angry villagers, however, stopped the ambulances in front of the plant gate and laid the bodies on the road. Emotions ran high as the villagers demanded that the plant be shut down immediately as it completely ruined our lives. A styrene vapour leak from the plastics manufacturing plant caused the death of 12 persons on Thursday. Hundreds of villagers, who were provided shelter in Visakhapatnam ...




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Funeral of COVID-19 victim held after protests by locals in UP's Firozabad

The funeral of a 33-year-old man, who died of COVID-19, was held after protests by residents who refused to allow the cremation, fearing spread of the disease. When the Health Department's ambulance carrying the man's body reached Swarg Ashram in Chharbagh on Friday evening, residents came to know about the cremation and they started protesting. Police were called in to bring the situation under control. The final rites of the man were held on the banks of Yamuna river late night in the presence of police personnel. "The police personnel pacified the protesters and allayed their fears over the spread of the infection. To ensure that situation does not deteriorate further, the last rites were held on the banks of Yamuna river," City Magistrate Pankaj Singh said.




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Vizag gas leak: Situation 'normal' says AP govt; DGP inspects plant amid protests

The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday said the situation was "normal" in RR Venkatapuram village, where a styrene vapour leak from the LG Polymers plant claimed 12 lives and left over 300 people hospitalized with various ailments. Director General of Police D Gautam Sawang and Special Chief Secretary (Industries) Karikal Valaven inspected the plant and spoke to the LG Polymers plant management. Later they told reporters "everything is normal and there is no need to panic." Even as Sawang was inspecting the vapour leak spot and talking to the management on the measures taken to restore normalcy, irate villagers staged a protest demanding immediate closure of the plant. According to the DGP, temperature at the styrene storage tank, where the vapour leak occurred, has come down, as also the PPM (ambient air quality) level. "Definitely the air is also fresh and there is nothing to worry about. In the coming days, life will come back to normalcy," the DGP said. "Just to ..




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What’s ‘fashionable’ about protesting human rights violations?


A recent observation of the Supreme Court, while hearing a petition filed by a filmmaker challenging censorship of his documentary, has left advocates of human rights in the country anguished and puzzled. Shoma A Chatterji explains why.




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Villagers protest plans for salt factory


Against the wishes of the local people, and even the State government, a salt factory is proposed to be established on land that has been used freely by 20,000 villagers for decades. In the face of shifting politics, the residents are determined that they will protect their livelihoods. Aparna Pallavi reports.




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Heed the silent protest


The defence services are convinced that the sixth Central Pay Commission has further downgraded the status of Indian soldiers. Maj Gen S G Vombatkere (retd) cautions that testing the patience of the Indian soldier cannot be in the best interests of the nation.




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Memories of protest


Historical resonances, and a strong sense of collective suffering are striking features of one's conversations with ordinary Kashmiris. Freny Manecksha reports.




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Protests get creative in Kashmir


Forced, politicised moves to spread the message of peace and love through high profile cultural events may fall flat on the ground in Kashmir, but the Valley is certainly witnessing newer, creative and artistic modes of resistance against issues of concern. Freny Maneksha reports.




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Revisiting the mothers who protested AFSPA


A new book tracks down the women who stripped naked 12 years ago to protest against rape and rights abuses under AFSPA. Banamallika Choudhury reviews Mothers of Manipur.




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Plan to set up isolation centres in Gurugram's DLF-2 shelved after protests

Officials of the district administration had to face the ire of DLF-2 residents on Friday as several of them defied lockdown orders and protested against the proposed takeover of two guest houses in the area for setting up Covid quarantine centres. The authorities were finally forced to shelve the plan.




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Hong Kong will never be calm unless violent protesters removed: China

China's Hong Kong affairs office on Wednesday condemned Hong Kong protesters as a "political virus" who seek independence, warning that the city will never be calm unless what it said were violent black-clad protesters were all removed.




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Corona victim’s funeral shifted to ghat after protest




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Prayagraj: Covid-19 victim’s funeral shifted to ghat after protest




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Hundreds of Migrant Workers Protest at Railway Station in Mangaluru, Demand that They be Sent Home

The crowding of workers at the railway station is learnt to be prompted by a social media post which went viral giving false information that free special trains have been arranged for workers, sources said.




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Vizag Gas Leak: Hundreds Protest at Chemical Plant With Dead Bodies, Demand Immediate Closure

The police tried to prevent the villagers from going near the plant but the latter ran past the former and staged a sit-in protest near the factory gate.




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Telangana BJP Chief Stages Hunger Protest in Support of Farmers, Demand MSP be Paid to Them

Taking a dig at the TRS-led state government, Sanjay asked ministers to make a field visit to know the ground reality and the problems faced by the farmers.




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Don't Use Reyaz Naikoo's Death to Provoke Violence, Protest: Omar Abdullah

Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah said Hizbul Mujahideen commander Reyaz Naikoo's destiny was decided the moment he picked up the gun and adopted the path of violence and terror.




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Bigg Boss Telugu 3 Winner Attacked in Hyderabad Pub for Protesting Against Misbehaviour with Female Friend

Singer and Bigg Boss Telugu Season 3 winner Rahul Sipligunj tried to intervene when a group of people were passing comments on his female friend in a pub.




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Stranded in Nepal Due to Covid-19 Restrictions, Chinese Protesters Clash with Nepal Cops; 6 Injured

Over 400 Chinese nationals are stranded in Nepal and most of them are students who had gone to the country for vacation.