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Japans Protest 1 Year after Government Approves Discharging Wastewater into Pacific

Aug 21, 2024

Numerous environmentalists carried out a protest against the Japanese government's decision to discharge treated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. The release of wastewater began on August…

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protests Recruitment to Israeli Army

Aug 21, 2024

Ultra-Orthodox Jews staged a protest against the Israeli government's decision to recruit them in the army in front of the recruitment office in Jerusalem. Ultra-Orthodox Jews had been exempted from military service for decades due to…

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Over 1M Doctors to Go On Strike over Trainee Doctor’s Rape and Murder in India

Aug 17, 2024

Protests over the killing and raping of a trainee doctor in the state hospital she was working in in the Indian state of West Bengal continue to grow. Anger over the country’s failure to deter the rising tide of violence against women has…

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Climate Activists Protest Use of Fossil Fuel at German Airports

Aug 15, 2024

Eight members of the environmentalist group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) organized protests in 4 German airports in Berlin, Bonn, Nuremberg, and Stuttgart, calling on the government to make a global agreement to end fossil fuel use…

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Indians Seek Justice for Intern Doctor Killed after Sexual Assault

Aug 15, 2024

A female trainee doctor working at a public hospital in the state of West Bengal, India, was sexually assaulted and killed while sleeping in a seminar room after working 36 hours last Friday. Following the violent incident, calls were made…

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Iranians Protest Killing of Hamas Leader

Jul 31, 2024

Iranians staged a protest at Tehran University after Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital yesterday. The crowd unfurled Palestinian flags and carried a portrait of Haniyeh. A bodyguard of the…

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Opposition’s Severe Protests Leaves 2 Dead in Venezuela

Jul 30, 2024

The claim of Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, candidate of the opposition alliance, United Democratic Platform, that he received more votes than Nicolas Maduro, head of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, in the…

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Nine Israeli Soldiers Detained for Torturing Palestinian Prisoner

Jul 30, 2024

Nine Israeli soldiers accused of torturing a Palestinian detainee during an investigation at the Sde Teiman detention facility three weeks ago were detained in Israel. The detained soldiers were suspected of "severely mistreating the…

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Member of US House of Representatives Protests Netanyahu

Jul 25, 2024

Rashida Tlaib, a female member of the US House of Representatives, held up a sign reading "Genocide Criminal" while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was addressing the US Congress, where he was greeted with applause from the…

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Protest Outside Congress During Netanyahu’s Speech

Jul 25, 2024

During Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the US Congress, thousands protested outside. Demonstrators chanted "Freedom for Palestine" and displayed banners condemning Israel's actions. Police used tear…

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