• Take Back Parliament campaigners to rally in London again

  Fair votes and reform campaigners will be rallying in London’s Trafalgar Square and across the country again this Saturday,...

   

• China releases rights activist

  Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: Chinese authorities on Sunday unexpectedly released on bail the well-known human rights lawyer Xu...

   

• Stop the War Coalition barred from Downing Street

  Anti-war campaigners were refused access to Downing Street yesterday to deliver a letter calling for troops to be pulled...

   

• Protest in London over ‘rigged’ Iranian election

  Green flags and banners fly as a crowd of 2,000 or so demonstrators chant anti-Iranian regime slogans. Many pump their fists...

   

• Iran Police Crack Down As Thousands Protest

  His backers were demonstrating over the re-election of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who won by a landslide despite...

   

• Iranians Use Internet, Phones to Share Protest News

  With independent media coverage of Iranian protests restricted by authorities, witnesses are reaching out online and by telephone...

   

• At least 30 reported killed as Indians protest oil and gas exploration in Peru

  Indians protesting oil and gas exploration on their lands battled police in Peru’s remote Amazon yesterday, with authorities...

   

• Court orders activist released

  INDIA’S Supreme Court Monday ordered the release of a leading human rights activist held on charges of colluding with...

   

• G20 protestors consider legal action

  A group of G20 protestors claiming to have been the victims of overly aggressive police tactics are considering taking legal...

   

• 22 protesters arrested at Obama speech

  Former Illinois U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes and 21 other protesters were arrested this morning when they refused to...

   

• Civil Disobedience at White House

  The following news advisory comes from Witness Against Torture. On April 30th, hundreds of human rights activists will gather...

   

• EDF denies hiring Greenpeace hacker spies

  By Ian Grant | A private security firm hired by the state-controlled French energy firm EDF allegedly planted Trojan malware...

   

• Police threatened G20 activists with Tasers

  By Justin Davenport, Martin Bentham and Kiran Randhawa | SCOTLAND Yard today admitted that Territorial Support Group officers...

   

• Britain Sleep Walks Into a Police State as Political Dissent is Criminalised

  Julie Hyland writes: “From foul deeds endless tragedy arises,” the World Socialist Web Site wrote, commenting on the...

   

• Labour is stifling the right to protest

  The news that government officials have been passing intelligence on climate change activists to a power company serves...

   

• British activist jailed in China for Olympics protest

  A British man was sentenced to serve six months in a Hong Kong jail after being found guilty of causing a public nuisance. Matt...

   

• Privacy campaigners pressure web firms to boycott Phorm

  Privacy campaigners have written an open letter to leading web companies demanding they resist the introduction of the Phorm...

   

• Medical marijuana raid raises question: What’s Obama policy?

  By Michael Doyle | WASHINGTON — A recent Drug Enforcement Administration raid on a South Lake Tahoe, Calif., medical...

   

• Thousands protest anniversary of Iraq war

  They want troops out now, fear that Obama is ‘stalling’ By Nafeesa Syeed | WASHINGTON — Before war protesters...

   

• Climate change protest starts tonight

  CLIMATE change activists who are planning a protest in the City at next month’s G20 summit are to begin their demonstration...

   

• ACLU: Md. police kept files on 20 activist groups

  FREDERICK, Md. - The American Civil Liberties Union said yesterday that it had obtained records showing the Maryland State...

   

• European Activists Call For Bush To Be Tried For Torture

  By Julio Godoy, IPS Now that former U.S. president George W. Bush is an ordinary citizen again, many legal and human rights...

   

• Over 100,000 demonstrate in London against Sri Lankan war

  By Ajay Prakash and Paul Mitchell  Over 100,000 people, mostly Tamils came from across the UK to march in central London...

   

• Waterford Crystal workers occupy factory

  Workers occupying the factory of Ireland’s troubled Waterford Crystal pledged on Saturday to continue their sit-in...

   

• Marijuana Reform Is Part of the Progressive Agenda

  So Why Are Obama’s Drug Cops Already Making Pot Raids? By Paul Armentano  Pot-reform activists have swarmed Obama’s...