Police in the city arrested 37 pro-democracy protesters overnight, in the largest action taken against demonstrators since protest camps in the city were cleared earlier this month. The arrests came on the second consecutive night of protests in the area.…
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Undercover police officer pulls gun on Oakland protesters after cover blown
Plainclothes California highway patrol officers have walked among demonstrators for weeks: report. An undercover California highway patrol officer who had infiltrated protests against police violence in Oakland pulled a gun on demonstrators after his and his partner’s cover was blown.…
How Egypt’s protest law brought down the revolution
Some of the country’s most prominent revolutionary activists will continue their retrial Sept. 10 after being sentenced to 15 years in jail for breaking the controversial protest law. They weren’t terrorists or armed protesters, yet the current regime, which they…
Activists carry coffin of mentally ill woman killed by Phoenix police
35 Activists protesting the fatal shooting of a mentally ill woman by a Phoenix police sergeant last week carried her coffin to City Hall on Friday, demanding an independent investigation into her killing. Michelle Cusseaux’s family and other supporters…
Laws that Kill Protesters in Mexico
Sunday, 03 August 2014 19:34 People in this town in the central Mexican state of Puebla found out the hard way that protesting can be deadly. A new law passed in Puebla makes it possible for police to use firearms…
What it’s like to be interrogated by the Chinese secret police
“I began to talk about Thoreau’s essay on civil disobedience, but quickly felt like a ridiculous pedant. What’s the point of talking about the virtues of civil disobedience in a Beijing police station?”…
Brazilian police criticised over raid on protest camp
Several people injured in eviction of tent community at site of proposed construction project in World Cup host city Recife Amnesty International and other human rights groups have condemned police in the World Cup host city Recife for using excessive…
Feminist School Iran speaks to the needs of women prisoners
This Iran protest movement poster depicts the freedom sought by women prisoners in the symbol of a butterfly that must receive human rights to fly free. Image: Payvand Feminist School: a group of women activist inside Iran celebrate the International…
What is Nonviolence?
Having taught nonviolence at Berkeley for over a quarter of a century, I feel called to respond to the judgment of Chancellor Birgenau and UC police Capt. Margo Bennett that the students who linked arms to keep police from…
Snow Falling on Civil Disobedience
Early this morning, just after 2:00, Police removed the participants of Occupy Ottawa, enforcing the eviction notice served on Monday. Eight Occupiers were arrested, and one was transported to hospital (for, apparently, a pre-existing injury aggravated by the forcible…