(2024-04-29). US Regime Arrests Presidential Candidate Involved in Pro-Palestine Protest. orinocotribune.com Jill Stein, Green Party candidate in the upcoming US presidential elections, was arrested for participating in a protest against the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip. | Jill Stein, 73, was arrested on Saturday, April 27, on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where students are holding demonstrations in support of Palestine. | Police officers took the presidential candidate to a van after she refused to leave the university campus. As part of this demonstration, another 80 people were also arrested. | Stein declared, "We are here with WashU students, defending our constitutional…
(2024-04-29). Headlines for April 29, 2024. democracynow.org Ceasefire Talks Resume Amid Expected Israeli Ground Invasion of Rafah, Israeli Airstrike Kills Daughter, Grandson and Son-in-Law of Acclaimed Poet Refaat Alareer, Police Arrest 275+ Campus Protesters as Student Uprising for Gaza Shows No Sign of Slowing Down, Protesters Outside Lavish WH Correspondents' Association Dinner Highlight Massacre of Gaza Reporters, U.S. Decides Not to Sanction Israeli Military as Officials Warn Blinken U.S. Weapons Used Unlawfully, NYT: ICC Could Order Arrest of Netanyahu for Israeli Crimes Against Gaza, Israel Arrests Rabbis Attempting to Bring Aid into Gaza; Gaza Freedom Flotil…
(2024-04-29). Conservative Texas Republicans Align with Zionism. thealtworld.com The conservative Republican Governor of Texas has equated student protests of Israel's slaughter and genocide of the Palestinian to anti-semitism: | On Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Greg Abbott vowed that the arrests of protesting students would continue until the crowd dispersed. "These protesters belong in jail. Antisemitism will not be tolerated in Texas. Period. Students joining in hate-filled, antisemitic protests at any public college or university in Texas should be expelled," said Abbott. | From the conservative Republican governor's standpoint, it is OK for Israel to slaughter the Palestinians but not OK for…
(2024-04-29). Berkeley's Free Palestine Encampment Draws on Legacy of Palestinian Protests. truthout.org Following the arrest of over 100 students at Columbia University on April 18, Palestine solidarity encampment protests have multiplied across the US. Police crackdowns have occurred at other schools as well, including Northeastern University in Boston, where about 102 protesters were arrested. Officials at Northeastern claimed that the protest had been "infiltrated" by organizers who had "no… |
(2024-04-29). Police Arrest 275+ Campus Protesters as Student Uprising for Gaza Shows No Sign of Slowing Down. pressenza.com Police across the United States made at least 275 arrests over the weekend as campus protests against Israel's assault on Gaza continue to spread. | In Boston, police detained about 100 people after students set up a Palestine solidarity encampment on the campus of Northeastern University. The school justified the raid, citing what it called "virulent antisemitic slurs" after someone chanted "Kill the Jews" at the encampment. But video and eyewitness testimony revealed the antisemitic chant was actually done by a counterprotester holding an Israeli flag. | The group Huskies for a Free Palestine said, "The only pe…
(2024-04-29). They Risked Their Lives for Freedom in Iran. Now They Fear Israel's Bombs. truthout.org In fall 2022, they were on the streets of Tehran facing down Iranian riot police. Chanting "Woman, Life, Freedom," their voices captured the world's attention — until their friends were shot, loved ones arrested, and they were forced to run for their lives. Less than two years later, those same protesters now face a very different kind of danger. Having survived waves of domestic repression… |
(2024-04-29). White Supremacists March Freely In Charleston While Cops Attack, Arrest Pro-Palestinian College Protesters. newsone.com 
Tension comes between students of City College of New York and police as the students camp on the campus and take part in Gaza protest against Israeli attacks in New York City on April 25, 2024. | Source: Anadolu / Getty | Over the weekend, members of the white supremacist group
(2024-04-29). Canada: Calls for Invoking War Measures Act Against Pro-Palestine Protests. libya360.wordpress.com Marthad Shingiro Umucyaba The colonial empire strikes back. Mass arrests and martial law are now openly being called for by the reactionary Zionist forces in the colonial periphery of Canada and the United States of America, in coordinated fashion with the ramping up of repressive tactics by the state, against pro-Palestine youth. The Sith lords…
(2024-04-29). Violent arrest of Emory Professor spotlights brutality of police crackdown on campus protests. nationofchange.org Emory University incident raises alarms: Academic community questions police response to peaceful campus protests amid growing national debate on academic freedom and civil liberties.
(2024-04-29). The Weekly Round-Up: Coroner criticises indeterminate prison sentences and hundreds of protest arrests made in the US. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In UK News At the conclusion of the inquest into the death of Scott Rider, the coroner described Rider's treatment in prison as "inhumane and indefensible". Rider died by suicide in June 2022 after serving 17 years of an "imprisonment for public protection" (IPP) sentence, a form of indeterminate prison sentence. A few weeks before …
(2024-04-29). Singapore football association considers fitting referees with body cameras to tackle abuse. channelnewsasia.com Out of 14 disciplinary cases that the Football Association of Singapore dealt with last year, 10 involved verbal abuse or violent conduct towards referees.
(2024-04-28). Pro-Palestinian protesters dig in on campuses. ecns.cn Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses throughout the U.S. extended into the weekend, some universities moved to shut down encampments, and police continued to arrest protesters.
(2024-04-29). Pro-Palestine Student Protests Spread Despite Repression. internationalviewpoint.org Thousands of students at dozens of campuses across the United States participated in April and continue today to join in pro-Palestine protests leading in some cases to brutal police repression, arrests, and suspensions or expulsions from the university. | – | / |
(2024-04-29). Cientos de estudiantes arrestados en EE.UU. por protestas a favor de Gaza. telesurtv.net En los últimos días, los campus universitarios de Estados Unidos se han convertido en escenarios de violentos ataques policiales contra estudiantes.
(2024-04-29). Over 900 arrested at anti-war protests in US universities since April 18. presstv.ir At least 900 protesters have been arrested since the launch of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on university campuses across the US, a report says.
(2024-04-29). Hundreds of students arrested as Gaza war campus protests spread in US. presstv.ir Hundreds of students protesting the Israeli war on Gaza have been arrested and subjected to expulsion across universities in the United States.
(2024-04-29). 900 arrested at anti-war protests in US universities since April 18. presstv.ir At least 900 protesters have been arrested since the launch of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on university campuses across the US, a report says.
(2024-04-29). Hundreds of students arrested as Gaza war campus protests spread in US. presstv.ir Hundreds of students protesting the Israeli war on Gaza have been arrested and subjected to expulsion across universities in the United States.
