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Students globally protest warming, pleading for their future
WASHINGTON (AP) — Students across a warming globe pleaded for their lives, future and planet Friday, demanding tough action on climate change.
Dozens protest statue in defeated Syria cradle of uprising
Dozens of people demonstrated Sunday in the defeated cradle of Syria’s uprising against a statue of the late father of the president being reinstated eight years after protesters demolished it. President Bashar al-Assad’s forces secured full control of Daraa from rebels in July, in a massive blow to the country’s ill-fated revolt that erupted in the southern city. “We protested in a number of streets… denouncing a statue of Hafez al-Assad being erected in the centre of Daraa,” a protester told AFP.
Stephen Clark shooting: Police arrest 84 people after East Sacramento protest — but no charge for officers involved
Police Detain 85 at Sacramento Protest Over Stephon Clark Shooting
The Latest: Mayor seeks inquiry into police protest activity
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the California attorney general's decision on whether to charge officers who killed an unarmed black man last year (all times local):
80 arrests made, including a reporter and 3 clergy members, during Sacramento police shooting protest
Venezuela's Guaido urges supporters to protest on Monday
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition leader Juan Guaido is calling for nationwide demonstrations Monday to coincide with his planned return to Venezuela, in a challenge expected to escalate his power struggle with President Nicolas Maduro.
Polish activists pull down statue of priest in abuse protest
The Teen From the Lincoln Memorial Protest Is Suing the Washington Post for $250 Million
Venezuela opposition prepares protest, presses for aid to be let in
Venezuela’s opposition plans more marches Tuesday to press the military to let in US humanitarian aid, which President Nicolas Maduro says is the stepping stone to an invasion. Opposition leader and self declared president Juan Guaido will lead a rally in eastern Caracas but demonstrations have been called all over the country. “We are going back to the streets to demand the entry of humanitarian aid that will save the lives of more than 300,000 Venezuelans,” said Guaido, who is speaker of the National Assembly.
