Westminster: Activists protest against excess winter deaths
Activists protest against excess winter deaths caused by cold. After giving speeches they marched through Westminster to Downing St with a black coffin.
Activists protest against excess winter deaths caused by cold. After giving speeches they marched through Westminster to Downing St with a black coffin.
Hundreds of protesters gathered as mourners stood outside St. Mary's Cathedral on Thursday (2 February) during the funeral service of Australian Cardinal George Pell, a former top Vatican official who was acquitted in 2020 of sexual abuse accusations.Source: Reuters
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New photos of Farhad Meysami, a pacifist Iranian political activist, after spending weeks on a hunger strike in prison, have enraged Iranians on social media. His worrying state of health, evident in these pictures, prompted some Iranians to compare his situation to that of prisoners in Nazi death camps. With bones jutting out from his skin and eyes staring out into space, the man’s face is unrecognisable. This is no longer the same man who went on a hunger strike four months ago. On February 3,
An Iranian director who was arrested last summer, weeks before his latest film was released to widespread acclaim, has gone on hunger strike to protest his continued detention amid more than four months of anti-government protests. Jafar Panahi, whose films have thrilled critics and won numerous international prizes, issued a statement saying he would refuse food or medicine starting Wednesday “in protest against the extra-legal and inhumane behavior of the judicial and security apparatus.” Such arrests have become increasingly frequent since nationwide protests broke out in September over the death of a young woman in police custody.
LGBTQ+ protesters condemn cardinal’s record on same-sex marriage, women’s rights and protecting children from clergy abuse
Nazanin Boniadi, a British-Iranian actress and activist, spoke to FRANCE 24 from Los Angeles. After the regime's brutal crackdown on the protest movement, demonstrations are now tapering off. However, the Iranian actress explains why "people have not given up", but rather "changed tactics", and will go back on the streets. She urges the world "not to see this revolution buried and dead” because "the threat of this regime is global: until we stand unequivocally with the people in their aspirations for democracy, the whole world will suffer". Read more on FRANCE 24 EnglishRead also:Young Iranian couple sentenced to prison for dancing in front of Tehran landmarkProtesters gather in Paris to support French nationals detained in IranIranian women take centre stage at the 2023 Sundance film festival
Twenty states have enacted laws restricting rights to peaceful protest, as environmentalists are increasingly criminalized
The 45-year-old mother of two arranged a playdate with a friend just minutes before she disappeared
Prince Harry might have divided public opinion with the release of his tell-all memoir Spare – but that didn’t stop the book from enjoying huge success. In its first day, Spare sold more than 1.43 million copies in all formats in the United States, Canada and Britain, including pre-orders. WATCH: Spare: The key revelations The figure marked the largest first-day sales for any nonfiction book ever published by Penguin Random House, the world’s largest publisher. LATEST: Meghan Markle and Prince H
Leading British tennis player Liam Broady has given his opinion on the legal developments surrounding footballer Mason Greenwood.
Susanna Reid was forced to halt a debate on Good Morning Britain on Thursday morning after clashing with one of the guests during a debate about Prince Andrew. The presenter and her co-host Ben Shephard welcomed Lady Victoria Harvey and barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman onto the programme to talk about whether Prince Andrew can redeem his reputation through charity work following his court case with Virginia Giuffre. WATCH: Susanna Reid was forced to halt this very heated debate about Prince Andre
Pictures reveal cluttered bedroom and a hoist covered in fly dirt
Former Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan thinks Man Utd have "two options" amid their internal investigation into Mason Greenwood.
Change doesn't have to be bad.
Police have not yet found a connection between the doctor and his alleged attacker
Russia is running out of “single-use soldiers” and can no longer rely on “human wave” attacks in eastern Ukraine that have helped in its recent offensives, British military intelligence has concluded.
SIR – Thanks to the ineptitude and green zealotry of our political masters, many people cannot afford to heat their homes adequately.
An SNP politician was heckled by the Question Time audience after she followed Nicola Sturgeon’s lead by refusing to say if a transgender rapist is a man or a woman.
Nicola Bulley, 45, a mortgage advisor, was last seen on Friday morning at around 9.20am
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