Tag: Civil disobedience

Hungary activists vow to resist LGBT law, symbol of EU rift

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BUDAPEST, Hungary — Activists in Hungary erected a 10-meter-high (30-foot-high) rainbow-colored heart opposite the country's neo-Gothic parliament on Thursday, vowing to wage a civil...

Judge tosses most claims over clearing protesters in DC park

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge has dismissed a majority of the claims filed by activists and civil liberties groups who accused the Trump administration...

Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline enters critical month in June

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MINNEAPOLIS — June will be a critical month for Enbridge Energy's Line 3 crude oil pipeline as the company resumes construction and opponents mobilize...

Lawyers: Biden in office makes 2020 protest suit unnecessary

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WASHINGTON — Lawsuits filed by protesters who were forcefully removed from a park near the White House before a photo op by former President...

UK lawyer fined for defying Heathrow court ruling embargo

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LONDON — A British lawyer and climate campaigner was fined 5,000 pounds ($7,070) on Monday after being convicted of contempt of court for a...

UN report says Myanmar poverty could double from coup chaos

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BANGKOK — Political turmoil and disruptions following the coup in Myanmar could undo years of progress and double the number of its people living...

Judge orders Columbus police to alter tactics for protests

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police in Ohio's capital city ran “amok” last year when responding to demonstrations against racial injustice and police brutality by using...

Virginia man pleads guilty in connection with cross-burning

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ABINGDON, Va. — A southwest Virginia man pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal offense in connection with the burning of a cross last summer...

Myanmar refugee crisis brewing as turmoil hits economy

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BANGKOK — Aid workers and activists are warning Myanmar’s political upheavals risk causing a regional refugee crisis as the strife following a February coup...

UK arrests over 100 in protests against policing bill

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LONDON — British police said Sunday that 107 people were arrested in London during demonstrations against government plans to increase police powers. ...