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In late August 2018, a 15-year-old student made the decision to protest outside the Swedish parliament instead of attending school. Greta Thunberg drew international attention for the conviction that she could not continue to attend school while the climate was in crisis. Her actions inspired the Fridays For Future movement, where school children attend protests on Fridays instead of attending school, to bring attention to the climate change emergency. The 24 May 2019 protest drew over a million students from 130 countries onto the street to demand their respective governments make drastic change to save the planet.

Two weeks into his challenge, James Corbett tells HuffPost UK why the NHS is "one of the best institutions in the world".

From traffic cones to woks, the ongoing protests in Hong Kong have resulted in some innovative use of everyday items by protesters looking to protect themselves from teargas, rubber bullets and from being surveilled by the police. Protests have been ongoing for weeks, as protesters demand that leader Carrie Lam step down for trying to push a Chinese-extradition bill through the legislature.

Those who would take your rights are counting on the fact that you are too exhausted or frightened to appear on the streets to confront them, Mike Stuchbery writes.

Flight attendants and airport staff have begun a planned 11-hour protest at Hong Kong international airport to call on the government to account for a violent attack on residents by suspected gang members last week. The aviation staff were joined by demonstrators dressed in black, who staged the sit-in changing “Free Hong Kong” as travellers continued to use the terminal.

Fresh scrutiny for MP who grabbed climate protestor.