According to education officials, “huge numbers” of children, in some cases as many as 95 per cent, are refusing to wear face masks in school or take COVID tests. The government instructed schools to make pupils wear masks in classrooms and common areas after a spike in Omicron cases. However, the move appears to have […]
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Palestinians wounded in Israel’s crackdown on weekly West Bank protests


Tens of Palestinians have been wounded on Friday during the Israeli crackdown on weekly protests in several areas across the occupied West Bank, Arabi21 reported. In the village of Beita, located in the outskirts of Nablus, Israeli occupation forces opened fire at Palestinians following the performance of Friday prayer near Subaih Mountain. According to Arabi21, […]
Wet’suwet’en Retake Checkpoint A Month After Police Crackdown


Above Photo: Wet’suwet’en activists after reclaiming Camp Coyote. Gidimt’en Checkpoint / Twitter. Anti-pipeline Indigenous activists, resisting the contentious Coastal GasLink pipeline in Wet’suwet’en have retaken a checkpoint in Coyote Camp, a month after violent crackdown by federal police forces. On Saturday, December 19, activists leading the Wet’suwet’en resistance against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline project […]
Governments Want Crackdown on Telegram App Used to Organize Anti-COVID Lockdown Protests


In the past few days, German politicians have declared messaging app Telegram a threat to democracy and a hotbed of radicalization. The latest round of attacks on free communication comes after weeks of protests in Germany against the COVID-19 measures. Protests have been mobilized via Telegram and other online community platforms. Since the beginning of […]
Israel officials co-ordinated with Jewish ultra-nationalists to crackdown on Palestinian protesters, HRW says


A report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) into abusive and discriminatory policing found that Israeli officials co-ordinated with far-right Jewish ultra-nationalists during May’s civil unrest in the mixed Jewish and Palestinian city of Lod. Released today, the report found that Israeli law enforcement agencies used excessive force to disperse peaceful protests by Palestinians in Lod […]
World Cup Fans Face Crackdown In Qatar: No Public Drunkenness, PDA, Gay Sex


It’s going to be an extremely different World Cup for soccer fans next year in Qatar, where public drunkenness will be strictly prohibited, and PDA will be tightly curbed in the Muslim nation. As one critic quipped: “What else is there at the World Cup?” Advertisement Gianni Infantino, head of the soccer governing body FIFA, […]
Sudan: More than 100 protesters detained in latest crackdown


Sudan’s security forces dispersed demonstrators and rounded up more than 100 people on Sunday in the capital of Khartoum, in the latest crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. Shops were closed and roadblocks were set up in Khartoum on Sunday, as a two-day civil disobedience effort began against last month’s military takeover. Nationwide anti-coup protests – including […]
Amnesty International Reports Brutal Crackdown by Taliban in Afghanistan


Afghan Christians Fear Violence Due to Taliban’s Interpretation of Sharia 09/23/2021 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a recently released report by Amnesty International documents a broad and brutal crackdown taking place in Afghanistan as the Taliban seek to settle old scores and stamp out any opposition to […]
PBS’s Yamiche Alcindor: ‘White Male Conservative Voters’ to Blame For New CDC Crackdown


By Chris Menahan White male conservatives are the real virus, so says PBS’s Yamiche Alcindor and MSNBC’s Geoff Bennett. From NewsBusters: Appearing on Wednesday’s Katy Tur Reports on MSNBC, PBS White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor declared that “white male conservative voters” and former President Trump are to blame for the CDC’s flip-flopping on their latest […]
Big Tech Companies Agree To Work Together In Internet Freedom Crackdown


A new initiative launched by cybersecurity experts encourages companies to create a system that makes it easier for people to be reported to their employers for “online abuse.” The new program is called Respect in Security and was created by Trend Micro’s Rik Ferguson and Red Goat Cyber Security’s Lisa Forte. According to Forte, the […]
What’s it like to be LGBT in Hungary amid Orban’s rights crackdown?


On Wednesday, July 7, a widely-contested new law came into force in Hungary. Overnight, it became an offence to “promote” sexual and gender differences to children, in educational settings, films or adverts. The law’s opacity means it can be applied in a welter of different contexts. It didn’t occur in a vacuum but came against […]
Europol announces 13 arrests in police crackdown on Romania-Spain sex trafficking gang


A network of human traffickers who lured victims into prostitution using the so-called ‘lover boy’ method has been broken up by Spanish and Romanian police. Thirteen people were arrested and 16 buildings raided in two crackdowns by the Policía Nacional and Poliția Română, which took place in Spain in February and Romania in June 2021. […]
Despite PA crackdown, Palestinians continue protests over killing of Nizar Banat


In the early morning hours of June 24th, Palestinian Authority security forces raided the home of prominent Palestinian activist and dissident Nizar Banat. His family says he was pepper sprayed and brutally beaten with metal clubs and rifle butts before he was taken into custody. Just a few hours later, he was pronounced dead. The […]
Crackdown on Academic Freedom: Prof Under Attack for Asking Students to Think Independently


A professor at New York University, Mark Crispin Miller, is suing 19 colleagues for libel after they signed a letter to the school dean demanding a “review” of his conduct because he urged students to look into the scientific rationale for the mask mandates and to assess the truthfulness of the media drive to promote […]
Israel’s Crackdown on Journalists Slammed by Major International Press Association


(MEMO) Israel’s latest crackdown on journalists has been condemned by the Foreign Press Association (FPA) following a number of high-profile arrests over the weekend. The international body, whose members include major news outlets including Reuters and the New York Times, called on Israel to stop its threat and intimidation of journalists. “We call upon the […]
Heavy Israeli Crackdown On Palestinians Marking Nakba Anniversary


Above photo: Palestinian protesters march in the West Bank village of Salem on 15 May 2021 to denounce violence by Israeli forces in recent days. AFP. Protesters also hold funerals for 11 Palestinians killed on Friday by Israeli forces and settlers. Palestinians across the West Bank gathered in large numbers on Saturday to mark the […]
China shuts down Bible App, Christian WeChat as new crackdown policies go into effect


China’s communist authorities are continuing their crackdown on Christianity by removing Bible Apps and Christian WeChat public accounts as new highly restrictive administrative measures on religious staff went into effect Saturday. Father Francis Liu from the Chinese Christian Fellowship of Righteousness said in a tweet that some Christian WeChat accounts, including “Gospel League” and “Life […]
Bahrain Crackdown: Demonstrations Continue For 20th Consecutive Night in Support of Jailed Activists


Source By Staff, Agencies Amid the continued crackdown of the Manama regime, Bahrainis have rallied for the 20th night to reiterate their call for an immediate and unconditional release of political inmates amid concerns over the alarming situation of the country’s prisons in light of the coronavirus outbreak. The demonstrations were held under the banner […]
Reports of ‘80 protesters killed’ in one day as post-coup military crackdown continues in Myanmar


Dozens of people have allegedly been killed after security forces in Myanmar used live fire and grenades against a crowd of anti-coup protesters in the town of Bago, near the capital Yangon, a monitor and media reported Saturday. The reported casualties were a result of clashes that occurred in Bago through Thursday night and Friday, […]
Myanmar death toll mounts amid protests, military crackdown


YANGON, Myanmar — Security forces in central Myanmar opened fire on anti-coup protesters on Saturday in violence that a human rights group said has left 550 civilians dead since the Feb. 1 military takeover. Of those, 46 were children, according to Myanmar’s Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. Some 2,751 people have been detained or sentenced, […]
EU chiefs to visit Turkey amid tensions over Ankara’s crackdown on Kurdish-supporting party


European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel have announced they will visit Turkey on April 6, amid tensions over Ankara’s crackdown on the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). The trip to Turkey, where the two EU leaders are set to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was announced by the […]
Myanmar refugees fleeing military crackdown turned away by neighboring Thailand & India – reports


People trying to get out of Myanmar amid a violent military crackdown on dissent after the February 1 coup are being refused entry to neighboring Thailand and India, activists and media reports claim. Around 2,000 refugees crossed into Thailand over the weekend after villages along the border area were targeted by airstrikes, but were forced […]
CDC extends eviction ban through June 30 as regulators vow crackdown


The CDC initially released an order in September barring eviction for nonpayment of rent through the end of 2020, citing a 1944 public health law. Congress extended it in December, and the Biden administration renewed it again through March 31. Congress has also enacted more than $45 billion in rental assistance to help distressed tenants […]
Saudi Crackdown: 521 Families Threatened With Displacement, Razing Houses in Qatif


By Staff, Agencies In the course of the ongoing crackdown against the kingdom’s Shia minority, the Saudi regime plans to displace hundreds of families in the Shia-majority eastern province of Qatif and raze their houses. Nashet Qatifi, a renowned Saudi human rights activist, said in a post on his Twitter account that the Riyadh government […]
Miami Beach Preps For Spring Break COVID Crackdown


In yet another great example of government efficiency, Miami Beach is prepping for a Spring Break Covid crackdown. Don’t check your calendar. Yes, it’s 2021. It’s ironic, since last year – you know, before we even had vaccines and understood fully just how deadly (or not deadly) Covid was – Miami Beach was the go-to place to […]
Hungary’s Crackdown on Artists and Academics


The Hungarian-Jewish filmmaker Janos Szasz is best known in the United States for his 2013 film “The Notebook (Le Grand Cahier),” released here in the summer of 2014. It’s based on the international bestseller of the same name, written in French by the Hungarian-born novelist Ágota Kristóf. “The Notebook” is an almost fairy-tale parable of […]