After earlier demonstrations that were somewhat sporadic, Saturday marked the first attempt to surround all 277 of the automaker’s showrooms and service centers in the U.S. in hopes of deepening a recent decline in the company’s sales.

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Protest outside Indonesia Parliament as it votes to pass controversial revision of its military law

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27461502

Rumeysa Ozturk's lawyer believes she is being targeted over a school paper editorial she co-authored

snips from the article:

U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin [...] did not specify what specific activities were engaged in by Ozturk, a Fulbright Scholar and student in Tufts' doctoral program for Child Study and Human Development. Ozturk had been in the country on an F-1 visa to study.

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Ozturk co-authored an opinion piece a year ago in the school's student paper, the Tufts Daily, that criticized the school's response to calls by students to divest from companies with ties to Israel and to "acknowledge the Palestinian genocide."

"Based on patterns we are seeing across the country, her exercising her free speech rights appears to have played a role in her detention," said Mahsa Khanbabai, Ozturk's lawyer. Khanbabai called the claims against Ozturk "baseless" and said people should be "horrified at the way DHS spirited away Rumeysa in broad daylight."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27464614

Around 1,000 disabled people and their supporters marched in central London Wednesday against the £5 billion in welfare cuts announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves in her Spring Statement.

The protests come after calls were made on Tuesday on social media platforms for Palestinians in Gaza to come out and express their frustration against Hamas and the endless war in the Gaza Strip. Last week, Israel resumed its air and ground assault on Gaza in order to pressure Hamas to release all remaining hostages.

Some Palestinians voiced caution about publicly speaking out against Hamas for fear of retribution, but many of the demonstrators said they were tired of living under their conditions and need their voices to be heard.

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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Several thousand protesters blocked major thoroughfares and three bridges in the center of Hungary’s capital on Tuesday in opposition to a recent law that effectively bans LGBTQ+ Pride events and restricts Hungarians’ right to assembly.

The protesting harvesters are affiliated with the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW). They are decrying major cuts to harvesting snow crab in the 3K area and broader management of the sector by federal Thompson, a local Liberal MP running for re-election in St. John's East.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27276234

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Tens of thousands protested across France on against racism and the rise of the far right, with 91,000 participants nationwide and 21,500 in Paris.

Demonstrators condemned the influence of reactionary politics in France and the U.S., including the growing popularity of Marine Le Pen's far-right party.

Some protesters criticized government ministers for embracing far-right ideas.

The protests coincided with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination amid increasing racist and anti-Semitic acts.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27217406

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Thousands of Turks have taken to the streets to protest the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan's main political rival.

President Erdogan warned against "vandalism," saying "we will not accept the disruption of public order." Police used water cannons and pepper spray against demonstrators in multiple cities.

The opposition CHP party called the detention politically motivated and plans to announce Imamoglu as its presidential candidate on Sunday.

Financial markets tumbled amid the unrest, forcing central bank intervention.

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In Windsor, residents will gather at the Great Canadian Flag at the foot of Ouellette Avenue and Riverside Drive

In Detroit, protesters will assemble at Hart Plaza.

The citizen activists, many of them heretofore strangers, had come together two days after the Missouri House passed legislation to overturn a voter-approved ballot initiative guaranteeing paid sick leave for workers and cost-of-living increases to the minimum wage.

A session of the House of Lords in London was interrupted on Thursday by protesters who dropped leaflets from the public gallery. The small group of demonstrators called for the abolition of the unelected chamber of the UK parliament

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/34724564

Jerusalem (AFP) – Blowing foghorns and beating drums, thousands of Israelis on Wednesday took over the winding Jerusalem street outside the prime minister's residence to protest what they see as Benjamin Netanyahu's bid to weaken democracy.

"We've all been taken hostage by the government of blood," some chanted.

Others called for the long-serving Netanyahu to stand down, yelling: "You're the head, you're to blame for this catastrophe" [...]

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Protesters say they have been moved to act by Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s “interfering” in politics and his role advising U.S. President Donald Trump, who has in recent weeks slapped steep tariffs on Canadian goods, sparking an ongoing trade war, and repeatedly suggested Canada would be better off as the 51st state.