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Jane Fonda showed just how committed she is to protesting climate change on Friday when she accepted a prestigious award whilst she was being arrested at a demonstration on Capitol Hill. Fonda was due to receive the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for excellence in film from BAFTA Los Angeles, the US-based arm of the British Academy Of Film And Television ...
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Bolivia’s election sparks protest as rivals clash over results
Bolivia’s electoral board released new data late on Monday that showed President Evo Morales had enough votes to win the hotly contested election, sparking allegations of fraud from the opposition and angry clashes in the streets. CBC | World News
Read More »Demand for jobs, basic services sparks protest across Lebanon
Lebanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Beirut early Friday morning, as thousands of people across the country took to the streets to demonstrate against the government’s management of a dire economy. CBC | World News
Read More »Palestinians in Ramallah protest U.S. announcement on Jerusalem because city ‘is like our second mother’
Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated on Thursday in the West Bank city of Ramallah as part of a general strike in response to the U.S. declaration on Jerusalem, writes Derek Stoffel. CBC | World News
Read More »As IOC weighs a ban, Russian athletes protest their innocence
A Russian skier caught cheating during the Sochi Olympics protests his innocence as the International Olympic Committee prepares to announce whether the entire Russian team will be banned from the next Winter Games. CBC | World News
Read More »German nationalist party elects leaders amid heavy protest
Members of a rising nationalist party in Germany elected their leadership Saturday at a convention in the city of Hanover that was overshadowed by protests. CBC | World News
Read More »Pakistani Islamists call off protest after law minister resigns
A Pakistani hardline Islamist group on Monday said it would call off nationwide protests after the government agreed to its demands and the law minister resigned, following weekend clashes between its supporters and police that paralysed major cities. CBC | World News
Read More »Bob Geldof returns Freedom of Dublin honour in protest of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi
Bob Geldof returns his Freedom of Dublin honour because it is also held by Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, accusing her of complicity for what he and others, including the United Nations, call ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims in the Asian nation. CBC | World News
Read More »France in CHAOS: Trucks and vans block Paris roads in protest at cancelled Christmas fair
PARIS motorways were brought to a standstill by an army of furious workers after the city’s main Christmas market was banned for being too tacky. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Jerry Jones’ anthem ultimatum reignites protest conversation in NFL
The declaration by the powerful owner of the Dallas Cowboys that he would bench anyone who shows disrespect to the American flag drew a sharp response from the NFL players’ union Monday and raised the possibility of another call to action by athletes who have kneeled during the national anthem. CBC | Sports News
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