Melbourne police partially backed off an order to keep news helicopters out of the sky over anti-lockdown protests after media pushed back with a legal challenge. Police said protesters were tracking cops’ movements via newsfeeds. Police in Victoria initially issued a blanket order to keep local news helicopters out of the sky over the Melbourne […]
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Police fire rubber bullets at anti-vax protesters in Melbourne as demonstrators storm war memorial (VIDEO)
Victoria police have opened fire with rubber bullets on demonstrators protesting Covid-19 vaccinations in the city of Melbourne in an attempt to disperse an angry mob, some of whom were decked out in body armor and helmets. On Wednesday, the third day of protests against a vaccine mandate for construction workers in the Australian city […]
‘F**k the jab’ protesters block Melbourne’s West Gate Freeway, clash with riot police (VIDEOS)
Traffic was blocked on Tuesday in both directions on Melbourne’s West Gate Freeway after people angry about forced vaccinations cut off the road. The rally in the Australian city was as violent as the first one on Monday. The government of Victoria province demanded that construction workers get vaccinated, with the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining […]
Kosovo’s Albanian police ban Serbian license plates, use tear gas against protesters, as US and EU urge ‘restraint’ on both sides
Kosovo police have reportedly used tear gas against Serbs protesting the enforcement of new license plate rules at two checkpoints leading to inner Serbia. US and EU calls for all sides to reduce tensions had no effect. Hundreds of local Serbs have gathered at Jarinje and Brnjak, two ‘border’ crossings between the renegade province – […]
US Republicans call for sanctions against Australia over police treatment of protesters
American Republicans called on the United States to impose sanctions against Australia this week in response to several cases of Australian police officers violently attacking ‘unauthorized protesters’. On Sunday, Ben Kew – the English editor of the conservative Florida-based publication El American – declared in an article that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison “must be […]
Elderly Australian woman knocked down & PEPPER-SPRAYED by police during Melbourne protest against lockdowns
An elderly woman believed to be in her 70s was attacked by Melbourne police and pepper-sprayed while she was on the ground during a protest against Covid-19 lockdowns on Saturday. Read more Malaysian PM says AUKUS will be ‘catalyst for nuclear arms race’ as ex-diplomat warns Australia is now ‘isolated’ in region As she held […]
Antifa burn barricades & clash with police at protest against trial of left-wing activist in Germany (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
Antifa activists erected barricades in Leipzig, Germany and clashed with officers outside police headquarters on Saturday. They are demanding the release of a young radical activist accused of attacking members of “the far right.” The activists from Schwarzer Block (Black Bloc) and other left-wing groups carried lit flares as they marched to a police headquarters. […]
Australian police clash with anti-lockdown protesters after failing to suppress dissent with overwhelming force, threat of arrests
Clashes erupted with police in Melbourne, Australia after a crowd of anti-lockdown protesters gathered to demand an end to weeks of draconian restrictions, despite an all-out effort by authorities to prevent demonstrations. The protesters, who reportedly numbered in the hundreds, showed up in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond on Saturday morning to denounce government lockdown […]
German police detain 4, including a 16-year-old, after receiving reports of threat against synagogue
Police in the German city of Hagen announced on Thursday that they have arrested four suspects, after a significant police force was deployed near a synagogue on Wednesday amid concerns about a possible attack. In response to the reported risk to the synagogue, police imposed restrictions on traffic and pedestrians outside the religious site and […]
HUNDREDS of police respond to ‘possible threat’ at synagogue in Hagen, Germany as Jews mark Yom Kippur
Hundreds of police officers have been deployed on the streets surrounding a synagogue in the western-German city of Hagen, amid warnings of a “threat” to the building. The alert comes on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. “We currently have indications of a possible dangerous situation in connection with a Jewish facility in Hagen,” […]
France’s Macron wants oversight body for police conduct, vows to double law-enforcement presence in public
The French president has said that the country is moving to modernize its police force, increasing the number of boots on the ground while looking at ways to monitor the conduct of law enforcement officers. Speaking on Tuesday at the National Police School in Roubaix, President Emmanuel Macron said he wanted to introduce a new […]
Israeli anti-vax activist dies of Covid-19 after accusing police of POISONING him in ‘assassination attempt’
A prominent Israeli vaccine skeptic, who earlier accused the Jerusalem police of trying to poison him, telling his followers that “if anything happens” to him they should assume he was “assassinated,” has died of Covid-19. Hai Shaulian, an anti-vaxxer with a significant social media following and an organizer of protests against facemasks and vaccination, died […]
Palestinian man shot by Israeli police after allegedly stabbing two people in Jerusalem cosmetics store
A Palestinian man stabbed and wounded two Israelis in a Jerusalem cosmetics shop, before being shot by border police, local law enforcement has said. The suspect and two victims are receiving hospital treatment. The incident unfolded on Monday at a store in Jerusalem, with Israel’s Magen David Adom ambulance service saying that the victims, both […]
Over 260 inmates freed as raiders blow up Nigerian prison fence, killing police officer and soldier
A Nigerian soldier and police officer have been killed after militants attacked a medium-security prison in Kogi State, destroying the perimeter fence and allowing nearly all the jail’s inmates to escape. Late on Sunday night, heavily armed gunmen raided a jail at Kabba, some 270km (168 miles) southwest of the federal capital Abuja. Having blown […]
Scuffles in Munich as police use batons & pepper spray against eco-protesters picketing Germany’s biggest car show (VIDEO)
Munich police clashed with environmental protesters on Saturday, as the city was hosting a major car exhibition. Activists see the recent rebranding of the show as a ‘mobility’ expo as an attempt to ‘greenwash’ the auto industry. Thousands of activists marched through the streets of Munich on Saturday to protest the ongoing IAA Mobility show. […]