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A police detective alleges that former Washington Police Chief Charles Ramsey, despite past denials, ordered mass arrests of hundreds of demonstrators who were protesting annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in 2002.
Activists with Mountain Justice, Rainforest Action Network and other groups planned protests at Environmental Protection Agency headquarters and across the country Friday to demand the end of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia.
Vancouver's police chief says there will be no Beijing-style protest zones at the Winter Olympics.
Three months after deadly ethnic rioting in China's far west, dozens of men from the Uighur ethnic group remain unaccounted for after being detained in police sweeps, a human rights group said Wednesday.
The governor of a southern Mexican state says he will not resign despite a Supreme Court ruling blaming him for rights abuses during deadly 2006 protests.
With the rest of China awash in red flags and cheering crowds for National Day, hundreds of Hong Kongers — many wearing black — protested Thursday, denouncing the country's human rights record during 60 years of Communist rule.
A federal appeals court on Thursday tossed out a $5 million verdict against protesters who carried signs with inflammatory messages like "Thank God for dead soldiers" outside the Maryland funeral of a U.S. Marine killed in Iraq.
A vociferous but peaceful group of several thousand people marched for miles through the downtown area on Friday, united by opposition to the Group of 20 summit but expressing a diversity of mostly liberal causes as an army of stone-faced riot police watched their every move.
Hundreds of people have gathered near the United Nations to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd) as he prepares to address the UN.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he regrets the deaths of protesters in the violence that followed his country's disputed presidential elections.
Angry French farmers dumped millions of liters of fresh milk next to one of France's most famous tourist sites on Friday to denounce the slumping cost of milk and an EU plan to end production quotas, which could further drive prices down.
Violent clashes between anti-Islam demonstrators and Muslim counter-protesters in English cities are worrying the government, with one British minister comparing the disturbances to 1930s-era fascist incitement.
A Swedish court has convicted three teenagers for rioting outside a Davis Cup tennis match between Israel and Sweden in March.
Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl came to the nation's capital Wednesday to tout his city's readiness to host the upcoming G-20 economic summit — and was interrupted by protesters who accused him of being too slow to issue demonstration permits.
Thousands of opponents of Hugo Chavez marched against the Venezuelan president across Latin America on Friday, accusing him of everything from authoritarianism to international meddling.
Protests drawing up to 10,000 people flared in eastern China over a powerful stench from a sewage treatment plant with 10 people hurt in clashes, residents and a human rights monitor said Tuesday.
Philadelphia Eagles tailgaters will be out in force long before Michael Vick takes the field on Thursday. So will animal advocates — on the other side of town.
Spanish and Basque authorities have banned three protests marches called by groups linked to the armed group ETA in the northern cities Bilbao and San Sebastian.
Sen. Charles Grassley, a Republican who is a key bargainer on health care reform, played to packed crowds across the state who left little doubt that they are not happy with what's on the table.
Sen. Arlen Specter, facing more jeers and taunts during another town hall meeting Wednesday, sought to defuse tensions about health care reform debate with a few jokes.
Sen. Arlen Specter faced more jeers and taunts during another town hall meeting that turned into a vocal debate about health care reform.
Sen. Arlen Specter said Wednesday he thinks people who have been angrily disrupting town hall meetings on overhauling the health care system are "not necessarily representative of America," but should be heard.
Jeers and taunts drowned out Democrats calling for a health care overhaul at town halls Tuesday, and one lawmaker said a swastika was spray-painted at his office as debate turned to noisy confrontation over President Barack Obama's plan. The president himself was treated more respectfully.
So much for those spontaneous outbursts that have dogged lawmakers home on August recess.
The House's top two Democrats on Monday called some of the behavior of health care overhaul opponents "simply un-American." The White House disagreed.
Mobile Phones Report Rapes in GuineaOn September 28, 2009, rapes and killings of hundreds of anti-dictator protestors in broad daylight in Conakry brought the world's attention to the small West African nation of Guinea.
Al Gore greeted by protesters in Boca RatonA large group of protesters gathered just steps away from where former Vice President Al Gore was speaking. "If you follow the money, it tells you all you need to know about Al Gore he is making millions off all this energy stuff he is selling," said Meg Shannon
Islam Bashers RepentWhat does it take to make Islam bashers mend their ways? Why don't these folks come to their senses and see Islam as a religion of peace and praise the God of Abraham for continuing his beneficence on humanity by sending Muhammad to guide and humanize us? Well, just a few probl …
Tea Party Protesters Attacked by Illegal ImmigrantsWe are beginning to see way too many echoes of the 1930s, as national socialist and Marxian socialist thugs try to drive competing political views off the streets.
Leftists' Lament: The Tea Party Express Tour is OVER...for Now!My patience was short with the newspaper reporter. I am Lloyd Marcus, singer/songwriter, black conservative activist and participant on the national Tea Party Express II tour: 19 states, 40 rallies. At our final rally in Orlando, Florida, a reporter approached me.
Does Islam Breed Violence?There is a division of the house. On one side are the politically correct in government, the leftist mainstream media, and a raft of Islamist apologists. One and all are tripping over each other in reassuring us that the mass murderers such as Maj.
Prize Winner PerversityHow would Jonathan Swift react to the inanities that for decades have issued from the minds and mouths of far too many recipients of a certain international prize for achievement in literature, economics, or peace? If the past truly is prologue, he would single out one of the tru …
Jewish Organizations Condemn GOP For Standing By As Tea Party Protesters Waved 'Vile' Anti-Semitic Signs One of the most disturbing images from yesterday's Tea Party rally against health care reform on Capitol Hill was a protester's gruesome sign showing a pile of dead Holocaust victims.
White House Voices Concern Over Crackdown in Iran"The White House on Wednesday expressed concern about a violent crackdown on anti-government protesters in Iran as President Obama said he wanted the United States and Iran to move beyond "suspicion, mistrust and confrontation." Iranian security forces clubbed anti-government pro …
Billboard supporting Atheism upsets someA 36-foot wide billboard that asks: "Don't believe in god? You're not alone," is upsetting quite a few people.
Why should the birthright of equality for tens of millions of GLBT American citizens first depend upon getting a majority of people to stop hating them? There would be a tidal wave of blood flowing in the streets and entire cities set ablaze if any other minority' s rights were p …
Tea Party Patriots Vow Protests of ObamaWilkinson suggests the looming protests apparently caught the White House unprepared: He received last-minute instructions to move the rally to a new location farther away from the hotel entrance.
Church brings its controversial protests to San Diego - San Diego, California News Station - KFMB Channel 8 - cbs8.comChurch famous for controversial protests as well being a monitored hate group come to San Diego to protest while targeting local churches, gay and Jewish communities......
Indigenous People Across Latin America Protest Spanish 'Genocide'GUATEMALA CITY - Tens of thousands of indigenous people took to the streets across Latin America on Monday to protest the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's 1492 discovery of the Americas. Columbus Day is celebrated as the Day of Hispanic Heritage in Latin America, but protes …
Udder farce! Belgian farmers squirt riot police with freshly squeezed milk in protests against falling EU pricesEven the cows joined in the mayhem outside the EU's headquarters in Brussels yesterday when 3,000 angry farmers besieged the building to protest about plunging milk prices.
More than a billion people are adherents to it. It is arguably the fastest growing religion in the world. Yet there seems to be a cloud of apprehension and fear that hangs over a lot of people in the United States when it comes to Islam.
Tut-tutting about "violence" at protests Glenn Reynolds makes an excellent point about the highly variable twisting of media hankies over "violence" at demonstrations.
Police embroiled in violent battles with G20 protestersAnti-G20 protesters rampaged through the city centre of Pittsburgh tonight, smashing up shops and throwing rocks at police, as officers used tear gas and baton-charges in an attempt to bring them under control.
Early Videos and Images of the G-20 protestsWhile the G-20 Protests (naturally lacking the corporate backing of more recent protests) have gone largely ignored by the mainstream media that has not stopped thousands from turning out to the protest the gathering of some of the world's most powerful heads of state.
"Big Insurance: Sick of It" National Day of Protest Blue Cross appears to be the poster child with today's activities, but they are not the only company targeted today, others such as Cigna are also targeted for protests.
With Global Capitalism Exposed as a Sham, All the Global Elite Have Left Is Pure Force | World | AlterNetDelegates from the world's wealthiest nations gather this week for G-20, walled off from protesters by a National Guard combat battalion recently returned from Iraq. People across the political spectrum (left, right and center) have reason to protest the G20 oligarchs.
Media Mud Pies: CNN's Embarrassing Response To FOXFor eight years CNN & corporate media have ignored the Left. When challenged by FOX that it failed to cover the Right, CNN is apoplectic to prove it covers the Right extensively. Shameful bias and hypocrisy.
The DC 9/12 Rally: A Lone Protester Stands Up for the Public OptionInterview with a progressive activist who went alone to protest against the health-care reform addicts at the Beck-sponsored 9/12 rally in DC. One of the surprises of the interview is the empathy he feels towards his political opponents.
No, It's Not about Race - David BrooksI don't have a machine for peering into the souls of Obama's critics, so I can't measure how much racism is in there. But my impression is that race is largely beside the point.
The story I wrote about the right dishonestly inflating the size of their large, but rather ordinary protest in Washington D.C. this past Saturday did better than I expected.
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