Despite the threat of police violence and arrest, student-led protests against President Erdoğan and his ruling party continue across Turkey.
Protest
Nicole Burgund reports from inside one of Europe's most important protests
It’s not disruption that’s being prosecuted in this country. It’s dissent. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 3rd April 2025 The faces are different, but it’s the same authoritarianism. Keir Starmer’s team might not look or sound like Donald Trump’s, but its policies on protest and dissent are chillingly similar. So is the reason: […]
The climate movement has announced an end to its direct action campaigns. The group's spokesperson tells Josiah Mortimer what's next
Campaigners are targeting the stock price of Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker as the backlash against his support for far right movements grows
Infringements on the right to protest have been 'emboldened' by successive governments, report argues
Thames Valley Police acknowledges arrest was unlawful but offers no formal apology as campaigner Symon Hill warns of 'wider struggle' to protect protest rights
The Court of Appeal upheld sentences totalling 35 years for climate activists
Stephen Kapos, 87, is among dozens of activists interviewed or charged by police for their part in the January 18th pro-Palestine protest in London
By defending the UK’s draconian anti-protest laws, Labour is laying the ground for an authoritarian government. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22nd February 2025 If the Trump project implodes, it might take with it the far-right European parties to which it is umbilically connected. Like all such parties, Reform UK poses as patriotic […]