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Nato calls Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill ‘step in wrong direction’ after mass protests in Tbilisi – Europe live
Nato says controversial bill takes Georgia further away from Europe and urges country to change direction...
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Political activist held in Thai jail dies after 65 days on hunger strike
Netiporn Sanae-sangkhom, 28, faced seven court cases including two for criticising Thailand’s monarchyA political activist charged...
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‘The whole country will strike’: protesters vow to keep fighting Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill
As draft law described by the US as ‘Kremlin-inspired’ nears its final vote, opposition and youth...
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Georgia police accused of beating protesters against ‘foreign influence’ bill
Unrest came as demonstrator who was attacked near his home says government is trying to intimidate...
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Thousands protest against ‘foreign influence’ bill in Georgia
Demonstrators converge on Tbilisi to denounce government-backed law likened to Russia’s silencing of dissent Thousands of...
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University of Mississippi: ‘abhorrent’ counter-protesters condemned
Largely white, male group taunts pro-Palestinian protesters on campus and one man makes racist gesture towards...
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‘We’re infantilised or demonised’: French students criticise Gaza protests crackdown
University students air frustration that sit-ins motivated by peace are being shut down instead of heededJack,...
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Europe live: Georgian PM steps up anti-western rhetoric following protests
Irakli Kobakhidze tries to draw a parallel between a crackdown on protests in Georgia and police...
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Revealed: Emory University investigated over alleged anti-Muslim discrimination
College under federal investigation after students with Palestinian and Muslim ancestry allege ‘hostile environment’, Guardian learnsThe...
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UCLA chancellor condemns ‘instigators’ who attacked pro-Palestinian camp on campus
Los Angeles mayor calls late-night attack by counter-demonstrators ‘abhorrent’ as footage shows people wielding sticksUS campus...
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Georgian police fire teargas as huge ‘foreign agents’ bill protests rock Tbilisi – Europe live
Masked police also used water cannon and stun grenades against rally protesting over legislation viewed as...
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Teargas and stun grenades used against Georgian protesters opposing ‘foreign agents’ bill
Police launch violent crackdown on demonstration against bill that pro-Moscow government is trying to passGeorgian security...
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Pro-Palestinian protesters take over Columbia University building
US campus protests escalate after students suspended, while dozens arrested in Texas, Utah and VirginiaMiddle East...
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New Orleans police accused of excessive force as Gaza protesters arrested
Protesters arrested in city’s historic French Quarter as witnesses allege officers used ‘indiscriminate’ force to clear...
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Dozens arrested in California and Texas as campus administrators move to shut down protests – as it happened
More than 60 people, including a journalist, arrested at University of Southern California and University of...
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Thai conscientious objector risks jail in rare refusal of military service
Young men are forced to take part in conscript lottery, but the rich often avoid serving...
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Tens of thousands protest against Canary Islands’ ‘unsustainable’ tourism model
Organisers say 50,000 turn out to call for limit on tourist numbers, saying model makes life...
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‘Media firestorm’: Israel protest at professor’s home sparks heated free-speech debate
Controversy followed a viral video of pro-Palestinian students interrupting a dinner held by a Berkeley free-speech...
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Israel divided: Netanyahu’s coalition crisis - podcast
A cabinet split over military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews and large street protests demanding the release...
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Article 23: China hits back at criticism of Hong Kong’s hardline new security law
Beijing dismisses chorus of concern from western governments over punitive new law as slanderChina has accused...
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Rule of law declining across EU, report warns
Civil liberties network says in states where far-right parties influence power, rule-of-law deterioration risks becoming systemicThe...
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Calling Gaza protesters extremist risks dividing UK, says government adviser
Exclusive: Dame Sara Khan warns that framing demonstrations as Islamist extremism is ‘far-fetched and untrue’A UK...
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Treason could mean life sentence under new Hong Kong national security law
Debate has begun on Article 23 – legislation designed to bring laws closer to those of...
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‘Two worlds colliding’: Berlin transport workers and climate activists unite over rights
Two groups are striking for better working conditions and investment in Germany’s underfunded public transportAt first...