Protest

‘We’re tired of being beaten’: protesters across US call for justice for Tyre Nichols
After video of the brutal beating was released, people gathered to decry the violence and abuse of power
Gloria Oladipo
28, Jan, 2023 @4:58 PM

‘Ukraine is not our enemy’: Russians risk arrest to honour victims of war
The Kremlin has stamped out public dissent but makeshift memorials to Ukrainian dead are a focus for those opposed to the conflict
Andrew Roth in Moscow
28, Jan, 2023 @1:43 PM

Georgia is seeking to define ‘Cop City’ protests as terrorism, experts say
Actions by police match rhetoric from state politicians seeking to define a largely peaceful protest movement as terrorism
Timothy Pratt in Atlanta
28, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM

US protests begin after police release footage of fatal beating of Tyre Nichols
Demonstrations in Memphis and other US cities follow release of video and request from Nichols’s mother to ‘protest in peace’
Victoria Bekiempis and Sam Levine
28, Jan, 2023 @1:37 AM

Lords can stop police getting pre-emptive protest ban rights, Green peer says
Labour must whip its benches to vote against controversial proposed powers, says Jenny Jones
Damien Gayle
27, Jan, 2023 @11:22 AM

Visitor to UK parliament made to cover ‘stop Brexit’ sticker on laptop
Anna Betz says she was told to remove sticker with her fingernails and then given tape to hide it
Peter Walker Political correspondent
26, Jan, 2023 @3:09 PM

Baby Trump set to fly again as Museum of London reinflates blimp
Inflatable produced to lampoon former US president during his UK visits undergoes testing prior to installation in museum’s protest collection
Harry Taylor
26, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM

Olympic gold medal-winner among activists freed in XR protest case
Oil tanker trailer protestors had glued themselves to did not constitute a vehicle, says judge
Damien Gayle and wires
25, Jan, 2023 @6:23 PM

Celebrities call on UK banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coalfields
Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance add their voices to Richard Curtis’s Make My Money Matter campaign
Rupert Jones
25, Jan, 2023 @6:01 AM

UK placed in third tier in global index of free expression
Index on Censorship lists UK as only ‘partially' open’ in every key metric for the year 2021
Ben Quinn
25, Jan, 2023 @12:01 AM

Don’t keep calm and carry on: how Britain got a furious new attitude
For 13 years, the country has lived with the pain and deprivation of Tory cuts. But now everyone is getting organised, going on strike and saying: no more
Zoe Williams
24, Jan, 2023 @10:00 AM

Women’s March draws thousands across US after Roe v Wade overturned
Protesters mark 50 years since landmark decision that protected abortion rights nationwide
Poppy Noor in Washington
22, Jan, 2023 @9:43 PM
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