Police remove pro-Palestinian students from Paris’s Sciences Po university | Israel War on Gaza News

Police remove pro-Palestinian students from Paris’s Sciences Po university | Israel War on Gaza News

French police officers entered the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) in Paris and removed pro-Palestinian student activists who had occupied its buildings to protest Israel’s war on Gaza. Reporting from the French capital, Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler said that police on Friday “moved in” into one of the…

Australia’s Albanese declares ‘national crisis’ after killings of women | Women News

Australia’s Albanese declares ‘national crisis’ after killings of women | Women News

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has branded domestic violence a “national crisis” amid an outcry over the rise in the number of killings of women by their intimate partners, and pledged action to tackle the issue, including new funding to help survivors as well as a crackdown on misogynistic online…

Thousands rally in Georgia as Parliament advances ‘foreign influence’ bill | Protests News

Thousands rally in Georgia as Parliament advances ‘foreign influence’ bill | Protests News

Georgia’s Parliament moved a step closer to passing a bill that critics fear will stifle media freedom and endanger the country’s European Union membership bid, as police used water cannon, tear gas and pepper spray against tens of thousands of people who took to the streets in protest. On Wednesday, Parliament approved…

Tensions high at UCLA as police order pro-Palestinian protesters to leave | Israel War on Gaza News

Tensions high at UCLA as police order pro-Palestinian protesters to leave | Israel War on Gaza News

Tensions are high at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus where hundreds of police in riot gear have deployed in force, ordering peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters to leave or face arrest, less than 24 hours after their encampment was attacked by a violent pro-Israel mob. But hundreds of students,…

Activists say UCLA Palestine encampment assault followed days of harassment | Israel War on Gaza News

Activists say UCLA Palestine encampment assault followed days of harassment | Israel War on Gaza News

Los Angeles, California – At the entrance of the pro-Palestine encampment at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) on Wednesday, events proceed in an orderly and quiet fashion, save for the constant buzz of a police helicopter hovering overhead. Those wishing to enter formed a queue, and organisers…

How a Gaza protest at Indiana University became a battle for free speech | Israel War on Gaza News

How a Gaza protest at Indiana University became a battle for free speech | Israel War on Gaza News

The sun was casting shadows onto the green grass of Dunn Meadow at Indiana University Bloomington, as a line of police carrying batons and shields moved forward. Across from the police stood a daisy chain of protesters, their arms linked in front of a newly established pro-Palestine encampment. The cluster…

Photos: May Day rallies across Asia demand improved labour rights | Workers’ Rights News

Photos: May Day rallies across Asia demand improved labour rights | Workers’ Rights News

Workers and activists have taken to the streets across Asia as the world marks May Day. Rallies took place in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines, among other countries, on Wednesday. The marchers protested rising prices and demanded greater labour rights. Workers’ rights are celebrated on May Day across…

UCLA clashes: Pro-Palestinian protesters attacked by Israel supporters | Israel War on Gaza News

UCLA clashes: Pro-Palestinian protesters attacked by Israel supporters | Israel War on Gaza News

A demonstration against Israel’s war on Gaza at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) turned violent when a vigilante pro-Israel mob attacked a solidarity encampment occupied by peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters. Witnesses said the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) only intervened after nearly four hours of the attacks, which…