Protestors took over Hamilton Hall at Columbia University overnight, hours after university officials imposed a deadline for protesters to leave an encampment that has been on campus for nearly two ...

The popular mayor of Istanbul faces a potential sentence of more than 2,000 years on charges that independent analysts see as politically motivated.

The US and NATO need to stand up for what remains of Turkey’s democracy. The latest moves in Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s death-by-lawfare sentence against Turkey’s liberal opposition show a dangerous blend ...

A Turkish court on Thursday acquitted four journalists, including AFP photographer Yasin Akgul, who were on trial over mass ...

Elbit Systems supplies technology to Israel’s military and U.S. agencies — and its U.S. facilities have become protest sites.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has been scrambling to quell public outrage over the massive corruption blamed for substandard ...

Georgian authorities have adopted a series of laws that unjustifiably interfere with the right to peaceful assembly and are ...

Sudan’s neighbourhood committees represent a unique blend of political and practical action. They mobilise for change while addressing immediate community needs.

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This post was updated Nov. 18 at 10:51 p.m. About 150 protesters representing multiple student organizations marched across campus Tuesday to support striking workers and condemn proposed tuition ...

Texas police forces have notably increased the number of unmanned aircraft system surveillance missions carried out to monitor public assemblies across the state. The Texas Department of Public Safety ...

Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez is facing federal charges for using a van to ram into multiple law enforcement vehicles, according to the Department of Justice. A group gathers in support of Martinez.