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New York (AFP) - Marching in Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 was the first time AnnEliza Canning-Skinner "experienced what solidarity is," she says. Fast-forward three years and the 28-year-old has been a regular on the streets of New York, marching in support of Palestinians as Israel's bombing campaign of the Gaza Strip hits the one month-mark. Israel launched the offensive, which the UN warns is creating a humanitarian "catastrophe," after brutal Hamas attacks in Israel on October 7. Canning-Skinner is one of thousands of demonstrators across the United States who've turned out for pro...
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Washington (AFP) - Western powers on Wednesday imposed new sanctions on Belarus three years after mass pro-democracy protests crushed by strongman President Alexander Lukashenko, whose government lashed out at criticism on the anniversary. Lukashenko, an ally of Moscow who has ruled Belarus since 1994, was widely accused of falsifying the results of the August 9, 2020 election to give himself a sixth term. The fallout led to the biggest protests in recent Belarusian history that were put down with force. Three years on, nearly 1,500 people are in jail and tens of thousands more have fled the c...
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New York (AFP) - Facebook owner Meta should not have taken down posts featuring a slogan calling for the death of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khameini, a watchdog said on Monday. Facebook moderators decided last July that posts featuring the Persian slogan "marg bar Khameini," literally translated as "death to Khameini," broke the firm's guidelines against inciting harm or killing. But the Facebook Oversight Board, an independent panel funded by Meta whose decisions are binding on the company, ruled that the slogan was not a credible threat and broke no guidelines. The board accepted tha...
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New York (AFP) - Cuba's government committed "systematic human rights violations" in response to last summer's unprecedented anti-government protests, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Monday. The report, published on the first anniversary of the demonstrations, accuses the Cuban authorities of having carried out "arbitrary detention, abuse-ridden prosecutions, and torture." The aim was to punish protesters and deter future demonstrations, the New York-based NGO said in "Prison or Exile: Cuba's Systematic Repression of July 2021 Demonstrators." "A year ago today, thousands of Cubans pr...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Protesters briefly disrupted a coronavirus vaccination distribution center at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, US media reported Saturday. Several dozen people carrying signs demanding the end of lockdowns and promoting anti-vaccination conspiracy theories gathered at the entrance to the site, one of the largest in the US, social media posts showed. "There appears to be only about 30 protestors total. It's not clear why they’ve shut off the whole facility," tweeted social media user Mikel Jollet. Officials shut the site down for nearly an hour, US media reported, citing fire ...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Protests struck Portland and Seattle just hours after US President Joe Biden's inauguration, police said Thursday, with Democratic Party and federal immigration offices vandalized and reports of tear gas and stun grenades used. The Pacific Northwest region emerged as a hotbed of demonstrations last year, but any hopes that the end of Donald Trump's term in office would quickly halt violent unrest tied to far-left groups were dashed Wednesday. Around 150 people vandalized Oregon's Democratic Party offices Wednesday afternoon, before a similarly sized group descended on the f...
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New York (AFP) - New York state's attorney general sued the NYPD on Thursday, accusing America's largest police force of using "brutal" force during last year's massive Black Lives Matter protests. Letitia James said New York City police officers falsely arrested peaceful demonstrators, unlawfully detained legal observers and deployed "indiscriminate, unjustified" repeated use of batons and pepper spray. James, a Democrat, added that the actions "led to significant injuries and violated individuals' basic right to peacefully protest." Tens of thousands of people marched in New York in May and ...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump called for "peaceful" protests on Wednesday after his supporters stormed the Capitol following a rally during which he urged Congress to reject Democrat Joe Biden's election victory. "Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement," Trump said on Twitter more than an hour after protesters breached a security cordon. "They are truly on the side of our Country," Trump said. "Stay peaceful!" The president tweeted again more than half an hour later as stunning scenes played out at the Capitol, with his supporters swarming the building and lawmake...
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Portland (AFP) - Demonstrators burned US flags and marched through Portland armed with protest songs and assault rifles as a confusing election night unfolded to high tension but without violence in the northwestern city.The liberal enclave in the state of Oregon had braced for possible armed clashes after months of divisive rallies involving left-wing activists, right-wing militias and federal officers deployed by the Trump administration.As President Donald Trump claimed he won the US election early Wednesday, despite key states still counting ballots, activists gathered outside the Portland...
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Portland (AFP) - The FBI has warned of the potential for armed clashes linked to Tuesday's US election in Portland, as the northwestern city that has become symbolic of the country's stark divisions braces for unrest.The liberal enclave in the state of Oregon is still reeling from a summer that saw mass anti-racism rallies inflamed by the arrival of federal officers and right-wing militias, including the so-called Proud Boys.Tuesday's fiercely polarized vote -- which could see President Donald Trump reelected, or defeated by his Democratic rival Joe Biden -- has spurred fears of more deadly st...
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