Civil Society Organizations Protest in Front of Kosovo Parliament

Source: Beta News / Politics | 25.06.25 | access_time 16:01 Kosovo Parliament (BetaPhoto/Armenija Zajmi Besevic) The civil society organizations from Pristina organized a drive in front of the entrance to the Assembly of Kosovo on June 25,...

Activist Vow To Fight Demolition Of Historic Central Area Job-Training Site

The McKinney Center for Community & Economic Development located in Seattle’s Central District. By Aaron Allen, The Seattle Medium A proposal to demolish the historic building that once housed Seattle’s Opportunities Industrialization Center...

Activists fight to protect LGBTQ services in D.C. budget

As temperatures rise in Washington, so does the pressure on the D.C. government to pass a budget for the 2026 financial year. The Washington Blade followed up with Heidi Ellis, coordinator of the DC LGBT Budget Coalition, to discuss progress made...

PRESIDENT HICHILEMA COMMITS TO ADDRESSING CIVIL SOCIETY CONCERNS OVER NGO BILL AND CYBERSECURITY LAW

PRESIDENT HICHILEMA COMMITS TO ADDRESSING CIVIL SOCIETY CONCERNS OVER NGO BILL AND CYBERSECURITY LAW Lusaka, June 24, 2025 — President Hakainde Hichilema has announced the government’s willingness to address key concerns raised by civil society...

Activist lawyer’s jail time reaches 26 years

Arnon Nampa sentenced to another 2 years and 8 months for lese-majeste in ninth case PUBLISHED : 25 Jun 2025 at 15:28 Human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa has been sentenced to another 2 years and 8 months in prison for royal defamation in connection...

Activist Files Supreme Court Challenge Over Police Council Appointment

Ghanaian activist Henritta Nana Yaa Simpson has filed a writ at the Supreme Court contesting the legitimacy of retired Commissioner of Police Nathan Kofi Boakye’s appointment to Ghana’s Police Council. Simpson, identified in the filing as a...

Kisumu calm amid nationwide protest anniversary, but tensions flare at activists’ presser

Kisumu city remained largely calm on Wednesday despite the nationwide commemorations marking the first anniversary of the June Kisumu calm amid nationwide protest anniversary, but tensions flare at activists’ presser25, 2024 Gen Z protests, which...

Hindu Activist Brutally Killed In Tamil Nadu Attack

A prominent Hindu organization leader was brutally murdered in a pre-dawn attack near his residence in Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur district, marking another violent incident targeting political activists in the state. Balamurugan, who served as the...

Venice activists claim victory as Jeff Bezos changes wedding venue

Published on 25/06/2025 - 12:44 GMT+2•Updated 15:18 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Venice wedding to Lauren Sánchez has been triggering several protests in the historic sinking city, with activist groups staging demonstrations and aiming to obstruct...

Pro-LGBT Leftist Activist Appointed President of French Scout Movement

The national Scouts and Guides of France movement has just appointed a new 39-year-old president. An unexpected choice: Marine Rosset is a socialist politician and an LGBT activist known for her pro-abortion stance. Such a choice for a youth...

Petition filed demanding production of missing activist allegedly abducted by police in Kinoo

A petition has been filed in the High Court seeking the urgent production of a missing activist, Ndiangui Kinyangia, who was allegedly abducted by masked men believed to be plainclothes police officers. The petition, certified as urgent, calls on...

Protest shows solidarity with pro-Palestine activists ahead of police interview

A group of pro-Palestinian activists have held a demonstration in solidarity with two women arrested for criminal damage after they put a sticker on a Belfast City Centre ATM. Sue Pentel and Martine McCullagh attended Musgrave Police Station...

Mount Vernon activist sues mayor over using police detail for politics 

A Mount Vernon activist has sued the city and Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard, alleging that she has improperly used her police detail for political and personal gain. Gabriel Thompson did so under a rarely used state law that gives taxpayers the...

LETTER: Activist called 'justice personified' in heartfelt letter

'There is no better advocate for the mentally ill, the homeless and the addicted,' says a reader PelhamToday received the following letter from a former Welland resident who praises activist Steven Soos on his commitment to the declared state of...

Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Sparks Major Concern Among Activists as Construction Begins. Here’s What to Know

Florida has begun building a new migrant detention center deep in the Everglades, springing into action after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) approved the development. The detention facility, dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” due to its...

Activists in Venice say there's 'No Space For Bezos'

Activists in Venice, Italy say there's "No Space For Bezos" and protest the wedding of the Amazon founder. From Rome, Wall Street Journal correspondent Margherita Stancati talks with NPR's A Martinez about the controversy. Copyright 2025 NPR

St. Cloud Community Activist Pleads Guilty To Illegal Gun Sale

ST. CLOUD (WJON News) -- The founder of a St. Cloud non-profit focusing on youth has pleaded guilty in connection with an illegal gun sale. Thirty-eight-year-old Lenora Hunt, who started the Too Much Talent organization, has pleaded guilty to a...

Emergency at 50: Activists recount horrors of arbitrary arrests

Redding activist reacts to Trump administration cutting LGBTQ youth suicide hotline

NORTHSTATE, Calif. — The Trump administration is shutting down suicide hotline services supporting LGBTQ youth. On June 17, leaders with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) said "the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline...

YouTube star and Fox rescue activist Mikayla Raines dies by Suicide at 29

Recently, the news of the death of YouTube star Mikayla Raines is becoming very viral on social media. Mikayla Raines was a 29 year old Fox rescue activist and a Youtuber. Mikayla Raines died by suicide a few days ago. Mikayla Raines’s husband...