Netherlands police detain thousands of climate protesters #climate #protestors #Netherlands https://www.dw.com/en/netherlands-police-detain-thousands-of-climate-protesters/a-66772709?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

Mohammed bin Salman wants the world to associate Saudi Arabia with #football, glamour, and #EliteSport – not #MassExecutions , the killing of #protestors and #DeathSentences for child defendants. Since coming to power, Mohammed bin Salman has overseen the execution of at least 11 child defendants. In 2021, Mustafa al-Darwish was executed for attending protests when he was a child.

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#Trolling #AntiGay #Protestors at #DragStoryHour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fY6PBmdA8A&list=WL

Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience in Australia

"As disruptive climate protests increase across the world, governments are legislating to deter them with harsher penalties, new offences and new powers...The Australian Constitution infamously contains limited express rights."

"Mainstream politics is disincentivised from leading uncomfortable conversations unless it has no choice. If parliamentary politics steps up to the challenge of the climate emergency, it will be because it is forced to do so either by a ‘politics of discomfort’, or because the scale of disaster that unfolds from its current trajectory creates that discomfort."

https://verfassungsblog.de/environmental-protest-and-civil-disobedience-in-australia/
#AntiProtestLegislation #CivilDisobedience #climate #environment #activists #protestors #OldGrowthForest #NSW #law #rights #AuthoritarianLegalism #conservation #biodiversity #GlobalBoiling #ClimateEmergency

#protestors, who were standing up for everyone's right to freedom of speech, were brutally attacked by #police, then many were subjected to harsh prison sentences when they tried to defend themselves.

#Bristol #KillTheBill

https://www.change.org/p/police-brutally-attacked-bristol-killthebill-protesters-in-2021-no-officers-have-been-called-to-account-we-need-justiceforbristolprotesters-jbpprotest-justiceforbristolprotesters

#GretaThunberg found guilty of failing to obey #police at #climate #protest
Greta had pleaded not guilty and told court: "My actions are justifiable," according to the Sydsvenskan newspaper. #Thunberg was charged because she refused to comply with police orders to leave the scene during a protest. She avoided a prison sentence and has been fined 2,500 Swedish krona (€216). #TakeBackTheFuture #protestors had physically blocked #oil tankers,
https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/07/24/greta-thunberg-appears-in-swedish-court-to-face-charge-of-disobeying-police-at-a-climate-p #climatechange #climatecrisis

#Australia sending counter-terrorism #police against #climate #protestors. "A dozen raids - including those on Mr Mazza and Ms Sangalli's homes - have been carried out by the state's counter-terrorism police against climate protesters this year... Lawyers such as Julia Grix says politicians and prosecutors are framing climate protesters as a threat to public safety to justify heavy-handed policing. " https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66185377

Protestors in Madurai demand action against cops responsible for 'custodial' death #Protestors #Madurai #socialnewsxyz

https://www.socialnews.xyz/2023/07/17/protestors-in-madurai-demand-action-against-cops-responsible-for-custodial-death/

Trolling #AntiGay #Protestors at a #Pride Parade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXBA__SeAxM

An excellent article on the enduring value of protest by Mark Kenny in today’s Canberra Times
#LessonsOfHistory #Protestors

Sheffield council’s apology ignores roots of tree scandal
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/sheffield-councils-apology-ignores-roots-of-tree-scandal/

#Sheffield
#Privatisation
#Trees
#TreesScandal
#Labour
#ToryCuts
#Tories
#StreetTrees
#TreeMaintenance
#FOI
#Protestors
#LocalGov
#LocalGovOmbudsman
#Unions
#TrumpetGate
#Trumpet
#PoisonTea
#AxePFI
#ProtestBans
#LocalElection

Fantastic speech! :blobcheerwitch: ❤️

📢 "HOW DARE YOU MAKE THEM AFRAID BECAUSE YOU ARE!"

Jackie Goldberg for President 2024! :rainbow_heart_eyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYvt8IIwC2s
School Board President DESTROYS Homophobic Protestors

#Pride #Gay #Lesbian #Trans
#LGBT #NoFear #BornThisWay
#School #SchoolBoard #Teachers
#President #Homophobic
#Protestors #Hate #Fear

#IAmDB #News

#Love wins over hate in Petaluma, CA as the counter protestors vastly outnumbered the #antidrag story time #protestors.

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/counterprotesters-overshadow-anti-drag-protest-at-petaluma-library/

Action First Aid Training & Street Medic Refresher
Tuesday, June 13 2pm
GenX Garden, 270 E 4th St. btw Aves B & C
No registration necessary

@techsquared @protest_nyc

#StreetMedics #Protestors #FirstAid

I was hoping I wouldn’t be pulled into some kind of #algorythm. But sadly there are allmost only messages about the #coronation and the arrest of peaceful #protestors.

https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/3925621-homeland-securitys-domestic-surveillance-program-needs-thorough-overhaul/

"…I&A’s social media #surveillance often dwells on targets’ political views and is frequently of little legitimate value…during racial justice demonstrations in #Portland, OR…I&A officers broadly monitored #socialmedia and accessed #immigration, travel, and other, undisclosed #databases to assemble dossiers on #protestors to share with law enforcement. They also compiled intelligence reports on #journalists covering the government response to the #protests…"

@princesaballena @atatassault @atomic @kimlockhartga @Gdac

I don't see most people being willing or able to #riot. And I don't see #riots bringing about ANY real positive change. Violence makes a #ProtestMovement look bad, which is why groups like #MarchForOurLives demand their #protestors do not engage or be drawn into ANY violence.

The folks who can't afford to miss a rent payment definitely can't afford any jail time or criminal record. And most people are happy to #protest peacefully, but will gladly turn in any agitators in their midst.

Violence plays into the hands of the #fascists and builds UP the rhetoric of the other side, giving it validity in the eyes of its followers.

#PeacefulProtest requires patience, but it never fails in the long run.

The tyrants always fall... always.


#MLK #Pacifism #Protests #Protesting #Activism #ActivistsOfMastodon #Activists #ProtestMovements #Gandhi #Gandhiji #MahatmaGhandi #fascism

US Protest Law Tracker

The US Protest Law Tracker follows state and federal legislation introduced since January 2017 that restricts the right to peaceful assembly.

#ProtestLaws #protestors #protestors_in_prison #NoDAPL #NoKXL #StopCopCity #CivilLiberties #Fascism #USA

https://www.icnl.org/usprotestlawtracker/?location=&status=enacted&issue=&date=&type=legislative

Welcome to #Utah, where #pipeline #protests could now get you at least five years in prison

Since the Standing Rock protests in 2017, 19 states have passed so-called critical infrastructure laws.

by Naveena Sadasivam, Mar 21, 2023

"Similar bills are pending in at least five other states, including #Georgia, #Illinois, #Minnesota, #Idaho, and #NorthCarolina. These bills include various misdemeanor and felony charges for trespassing, disrupting, or otherwise interfering with operations at critical infrastructure facilities.

"In Utah, protests that hinder the functioning of fossil fuel infrastructure could now lead to at least five years in prison. The new rules make Utah the 19th state in the country to pass legislation with stiffer penalties for protesting at so-called critical infrastructure sites, which include oil and gas facilities, power plants, and railroads. The new laws proliferated in the aftermath of the Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2017.

"Utah’s legislature passed two separate bills containing stricter penalties for tampering with or damaging critical infrastructure earlier this month. House Bill 370 makes intentionally 'inhibiting or impeding the operation of a critical infrastructure facility' a first degree felony, which is punishable by five years to life in prison. A separate bill allows law enforcement to charge a person who “interferes with or interrupts critical infrastructure” with a third degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison. Both bills were signed into law by the governor last week.

Of the two bills, First Amendment and criminal justice advocates are particularly concerned about HB 370 due to its breadth, the severity of penalties, and its potential to curb environmental protests. The bill contains a long list of facilities that are considered critical infrastructure including grain mills, trucking terminals, and transmission facilities used by federally licensed radio or television stations. It applies both to facilities that are operational and those under construction.

"Since the bill doesn’t define activities that may be considered 'inhibiting or impeding' operations at a facility, environmental protesters may inadvertently find themselves in the crosshairs of the legislation, according to environmental and civil liberties advocates. Protesters engaging in direct action often chain themselves to equipment, block roadways, or otherwise disrupt operations at fossil fuel construction sites. Under the new legislation, such activities could result in a first degree felony charge."

#protestors #protestors_in_prison #NoDAPL #NoKXL #Utah #StopCopCity #CivilLiberties #Fascism #USA

Read more: https://grist.org/protest/utah-critical-infrastructure-law-felony/

@benjaminbuse

An impressive defiance and a good sign the legal community isn't complicit with corporate owned government.

I always thought they could refuse to represent someone they believed to be guilty...

#planb #nonewfossilfuels #protestors #climate #fossilfuels #lawyers