Zaman Keinath-Esmail reports on Sunday’s ‘Free Palestine’ march and protest in Oxford.
Tag: protests
Violent or not, protests have little impact on democratic policy-making in the UK
Ruby Cooper considers the limitations of protests in UK politics, in light of resistance to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
Navalny’s sentencing ruins Putin’s reputation at home and abroad
Featured image: “File:Alexey Navalny’s meeting at Bolotnaya Square 2013-09-09 5075.jpg” by putnik is licensed under CC BY 3.0 The arrest and subsequent trial of anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny prompted mass protests across Russia, garnering the support of tens of thousands of people in more than 100 cities and towns in Russia, with numbers only rising. Almost half are participating Read More…
Arab Spring – A Decade On
2020 marks ten years since young Tunisian fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire to protest the local police officials who had seized his cart and produce. Now known as the Arab Spring, this single act of defiance triggered a wave of social movements across North Africa and the Middle East, toppling autocrats and Read More…
Oxford Students Protest in Solidarity with Indian Farmers in Largest Global Protest in Human History
Students gathered in University Parks today to protest three new agricultural bills that were recently passed by the Indian government and are largely being criticised as anti-farmer.
“I don’t want to live in Gilead”: protests condemn removal of abortion access in Poland
Pictures of thousands of Polish men and women protesting have flooded the internet following a decision by the country’s Constitutional Tribunal which has virtually removed all avenues for abortion.
So what’s happening in Belarus?
Mass protests erupted in the former-Soviet republic following the announcement that President Alexander Lukashenko won Sunday’s presidential election with 80.2% of the vote whilst his rival, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, received only 9.9%. Turnout is said to have reached 84.05%, a fall from 87.22% in the 2015 election. It is important to note that these are all Read More…
Poland: Arrest of trans-activist and the escalation against LGBTQ+ protestors
Condemnation falls yet again on Poland following escalations between police and LGBTQ+ protestors in the state’s capital on Friday evening. Protestors gathered on the historic Warsaw street, Krakowskie Przedmieście, to show opposition against the decision to place LGBTQ+ trans-activist Margot—or Michal Sz. as she is known to police—under two months arrest. The cause of this Read More…
The Hong Kong protests: a comprehensive study
At midnight on the 1 July 1997, 156 years of British colonial rule ended in Hong Kong. This date also marked the end of the British Empire, and Hong Kong was returned to China. Despite the assurances of the Joint Declaration, in the 23 years since the transferral of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty, long seated antagonism in Hong Kong against China has been building since 1997.