The US Department of Homeland Security maintains that the use of riot gear to disperse protests is justified and that such measures "are not targeted at children." However, a ProPublica investigation based on an analysis of media reports, lawsuits, body camera footage, and interviews with more than 40...
According to human rights organizations, the deaths of hundreds of protesters in Iran were confirmed on Sunday, January 11. These reports began to leak out despite the strict communications blackout imposed by Iranian authorities to contain some of the largest unrest since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in…
The Wexner Foundation of renowned entrepreneur Leslie Wexner is ending its collaboration programs with Harvard University. Wexner made this decision due to the fact that Harvard leadership did not unequivocally condemn the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel, Voice of America reports. After the outbreak of war in Israel, a number of...
The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Iranian activist Narjes Mohammadi for her "struggle against the oppression of women in Iran and for promoting human rights and freedom for all," the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced in Oslo. Read more about Mohammadi and her...
In France, for the fifth day, protests continue, caused by the death of a teenager from a police bullet. This increased pressure on President Emmanuel Macron after he urged parents to keep their children out of the streets and accused social media of fueling the unrest. More told…
The State of California will pay for all costs of women planning to have an abortion, both those living in the state and those who come to the procedure from other regions, according to the Voice of America. Los Angeles resident Jay Girardi once protested for abortion rights, she says, and…
Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, anti-war actions have been held almost daily in all Western capitals with calls to support Ukraine and stop the aggressor. On Saturday they were held in London, Berlin, Geneva, Edinburgh, Munich and Maastricht (Netherlands), on Sunday to support…
After the January events in the country, the authorities seem to have begun to persistently look for "terrorists" among civilians. This is evidenced by the numerous detentions of ordinary citizens, their beatings in police stations. Things got to the point where they began to look for them among the dead, KZ.Media reports. V…
7939 people have already been detained for participation in the unrest in Kazakhstan, the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on the morning of January 10. The department says that “terrorist, extremist and criminal groups have taken advantage of the situation to escalate tensions and violence,” the BBC reports. January 9 at the Ministry of Internal Affairs...
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has ordered security officials to “shoot without warning” to quell violent protests that paralyzed the former Soviet republic and reportedly claimed dozens of lives. More details were told by the publication CNN. Tokayev said that protests against the rise in fuel prices were organized ...