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Ugandan women hold a naked protest against corruption
Ugandan police arrested three women who on Monday protested topless on streets of Kampala to draw attention to the country’s rampant corruption problem.
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Hull protest organizer apologizes to mosque worshipper after demonstration sparked far-right riot
John Francis, founder of the group Hull Patriotic Protesters, organized the demonstration against illegal immigration following a stabbing attack that killed three young girls in Southport.
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Climate activists in frame for £1m costs of protest bans run up by UK’s biggest law firm
DLA Piper seeking to recover costs in relation to injunctions it secured for National Highways and HS2, records show
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Stunning Bristol protest photos show astonishing scale of 2,000-strong ’anti-fascist’ crowd
Avon and Somerset Police earlier issued a dispersal zone order for an area in Bristol where potential far-right demonstrations were planned, but a huge crowd of 2,000 counter-protestors have turned out
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UK riots: Man’s terror as mob charged at his family and set cars on fire
A family had to barricade themselves inside a garage shop in Hull on Saturday when rioters charged at them, before setting cars and tyres on fire then looting city centre shops
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Thousands of police prepared as rioters warned of swift action
Police are preparing for more possible riots across England - with reports at least 30 protests could be planned for Wednesday
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‘Far-right thugs’ will be swiftly brought to justice, Keir Starmer vows
Prime minister addresses nation and says all right-minded people should condemn the violence
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Far-right rioters shout ‘p***’ while dragging Asian man from his car
Video footage shows the moment when violent far-right rioters dragged an Asian man out of his car and smashed it up.
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At least 10 police officers injured in violence outside Rotherham hotel
At least 10 police officers have been injured after far-right rioters gathered outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham.
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Middlesbrough rioters set cars on fire and smash windows as police clamp down on violence
’Far right thugs’ have caused more havoc today with some rioters pushing burning wheelie bins at lines of police. A number of cars were also set alight
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Southport police prepare for potential violence from far-right ’hooligans’
Chief constable expects protests from group reportedly linked to English Defence League to last into next week
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Dublin’s ex-factory, planned for asylum seekers, goes up in flames
Ex-Crown Paints building in Coolock had been the scene of a large protest
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Just Stop Oil protesters receive record jail terms for disrupting M25
Five Just Stop Oil protesters have been jailed for planning to block the M25 motorway.
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Tourists 'invading' Majorca as authorities scramble to battle 'over-tourism'
In a meeting this week key figures from the Balearic Islands discussed the issues of overtourism on Spain's islands and how they 'no longer feel visited, but invaded' by visitors
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Three-year-old girl killed after being hit by car sparks parking protest
Campaigners are calling for better road safety and tighter restrictions after the death of little Maysoon Abdul-Hakeem by a careless driver in 2021.
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Child 'screaming in agony' as Brit family 'tear-gassed by French police'
Radia Austin, 46, from Surrey, says the schoolboy was left screaming in agony after police "blindly" threw tear gas canisters into the crowd of pro-Palestine protestors in Paris
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Keir Starmer's wife felt 'sick' at 'stop the killing' protest outside home
Keir Starmer's wife Victoria has spoken in court about activists from the group Youth Demand allegedly handing a banner outside the London house that read: 'Starmer stop the killing'
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Brit couple in Spain claim their car was vandalised by 'anti-British' locals
A British couple, who moved from Horsham, West Sussex to Marbella four years ago, have said they felt welcomed by very friendly locals, but recently have seen growing 'anti-British' sentiment
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Protesters to be banned from wearing masks because of fears about extremists
Lord Walney, who led an investigation into protests, suggested organisers may have to pay to police large demonstrations that cause disruption or involve law breaking
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Rishi Sunak condemns Eurovision anti-Israel protests as 'wrong' and 'outrageous'
Between 10,000 to 12,000 protesters - including climate activist Greta Thunberg - marched through Malmo, Sweden against Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Tenerife tourists told 'don't worry' as anti-Brit graffiti is 'just bored kids'
Expats living on the Canary Islands have reassured concerned British holidaymakers that it is safe to travel to there despite several ongoing anti-tourism protests
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Violent clashes break out in Venice over '€5 entrance fee' directed at tourists
The Italian lagoon city of Venice today rolled out a plan to charge visitors a five Euro fee to enter the city - which authorities hope will discourage tourists from visiting on peak days
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Urgent warning Strangeways prison riot will be repeated if jails don't improve
Law reform charity Justice said urgent action is needed to ease the prison crisis to avoid a repeat of the 25-day Strangeways Prison riot in Manchester in 1990
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Driver stages 'money-wasting' Citroen C1 protest on grass verge outside her home
Fuming Kate Marsh drove her bright red Citroen into the middle of a green near her home in an attempt so stop workers from digging it up to add a small park
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Outrage as marching white supremacists fly Nazi flags outside Capitol building
Nazi flags were flown on the Capitol building in Nashville, Tennessee, as white supremacy march by masked extremists performing Nazi salutes sparks outrage
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