Civil disobedience
UK’s Extinction Rebellion pauses radical tactics
Extinction Rebellion climate campaigners have announced a temporary halt to public disruption in the U.K. as they seek broader support, even as other activist groups vow to maintain radical tactics.
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Democracy Digest: Reparations and Recriminations in Poland
Elsewhere in the region, Slovakia prepares for its 9th referendum, a former Czech PM goes on trial, and Hungarian teachers turn to civil disobedience.
Erdoğan defends Turkish justice over Kavala verdict
Turkey is a state of rule of law and has independent justice, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, defying internal and external criticisms regarding the aggravated life sentence given to businessman Osman Kavala in the Gezi trial.
Mass arrests and prison sentences for roadblocks VIDEO / PHOTO
The epilogue of the protest was mass arrests and prison sentences for protesters who disturbed public order and peace.
Protests against Erdogan continue as Turkish economy is in turmoil
Police arrested protesters
Sparse attendance at rally in support of US Capitol rioters
A few hundred protesters turned up on Sept. 18 in Washington to rally in support of the pro-Trump rioters who ransacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, but they were outnumbered by a robust security presence and journalists.
Two men in Rhodes face charges of gang-raping Norwegian tourist
They will sit in court on October 4
Greeks blast police for using force to arrest female street performer in Rhodes (videos-photos)
Police said she was arrested for ‘disobedience’
UK PM vows to tackle violence against women as outrage grows
Britain's prime minister vowed on March 14 to take action to better protect women after a national outpouring of grief and outrage over the death of a woman who went missing after setting out to walk home in London earlier this month.
Democracy advocacy group challenges Hojs’s protest ban comment
Ljubljana – The Legal Network for the Protection of Democracy, a group providing legal support to individuals and NGOs facing prosecution for non-violet public actions, described as inaccurate a claim made by Interior Minister Aleš Hojs in an interview with the STA that protests were not banned in Slovenia.