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100 protesters detained as Northeastern Police break up Israel-Hamas war protest, school says it ‘cannot tolerate’ the ‘hate’

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Police broke up a protest against the Israel-Hamas war at Northeastern University following similar breakups at other Greater Boston universities including Emerson and Tufts and other universities around the country. The break-up of the encampment began earlier this morning on the campus’ Centennial Common. The university said that 100 people were detained by police. Anyone … Read more

Google CEO says office not a place to ‘debate politics’ after firing 28 for anti-Israel sit-ins

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai laid down the law to his global workforce after firing 28 workers who stormed company offices to protest the Big Tech giant’s ties to Israel. In a heated 1,200-word memo, Pichai wrote Google “is a business, and not a place to act in a way that disrupts co-workers or makes them … Read more

Google fires 28 employees who protested its cloud contract with Israeli government

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Google said on Thursday it has terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in protests against the company’s cloud contract with the Israeli government. The Alphabet unit said a small number of protesting employees entered and disrupted work at a few unspecified office locations. “Physically impeding other employees’ work and preventing them from accessing our facilities … Read more

Trudeau says some Pro-Palestinian protests cross the line into hate, harassment

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Pro-Palestinian protests that include expressions of hatred or harassing behaviour cross a line, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. Trudeau told a press conference in Toronto that he’s heard from too many members of Canada’s Jewish community who have seen protests at synagogues and community centres and who now feel unsafe. Nobody can be indifferent … Read more

Police pledge to protect protesters as FG seeks cancellation

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The police will protect peaceful protesters who take part in the rallies organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to protest the rise in the cost of living, an official said on Monday. While the police pledged to protect the protesters, the federal government again urged the NLC to cancel the protest. Police spokesperson Muyiwa … Read more

‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer from Sask. suing federal government for using Emergencies Act to freeze accounts

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A main organizer of the “Freedom Convoy” is suing the federal government for using the Emergencies Act to freeze his bank accounts, arguing it breached his Charter rights to protest COVID-19 mandates. Chris Barber, who owns a trucking company in southwestern Saskatchewan, filed last week a statement of claim in Court of King’s Bench in … Read more

Parliament adopts new bill to postpone Senegal election until December

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Senegal’s parliament on Monday voted to delay the presidential election until 15 December, AP reports. The decision to postpone the West African nation’s election scheduled for 25 February to December took place in a chaotic voting process after opposition lawmakers were forcefully removed from the chambers as they debated President Macky Sall’s earlier decision to … Read more

Protester throws anti-war pamphlets on court, disrupting Australian Open match

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A protester threw papers onto an Australian Open court and briefly delayed the fourth-round match between Olympic champion Alexander Zverev and Cameron Norrie of Britain on Monday. A person wearing a blue shirt and cap and a face mask threw anti-war pamphlets from the stands onto the court behind the baseline during the sixth game … Read more