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Anti-vaxxers and 5G conspiracy theorists were among the crowd of around 50 protestors gathered in London's Hyde Park, where police made 19 arrests.
"When lockdown was announced I couldn’t shake the feeling of dread,” says one campaigner.
America saw protests against stay-at-home orders intensify over the weekend as Governor’s criticised Donald Trump’s demands to open the economy back up. In Britain, the government’s handling of the crisis is under pressure, as weekend reports gave a sense of drift and lack of action in the critical early part of the pandemic. Meanwhile, New Zealand is opening back up after reporting minimal deaths and a so far successful strategy in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. And Ellie Goulding gatecrashed a wedding, singing the first song for a NHS worker who’s wedding had been postponed.
Women have been taking to the streets for hundreds of years in the fight for liberation and equality. From the Women’s March in Versailles in 1789, through the Suffragette and Women’s Liberation Movements, to the global Women’s Marches of 2017, we take a look back through history at the times women have marched for change.
The president waved his hands, pointed and pretended to conduct the anthem when he has always insisted people should "stand proudly."
James Farrar was charged with two counts of assault by beating after using the loudhailer.
“The election is over, but we can’t stand by and let this racist, islamophobic rhetoric be normalised.”
An elderly man was killed on Thursday in Hong Kong as protests swelled into London and students from the UK studying abroad were urged to return home.
Climate change protests won’t be taken seriously if they continue to cause clashes within communities, argues writer Sharan Dhaliwal.
The group said it would file a High Court claim challenging the ban on the grounds it is “disproportionate and unlawful”.