All posts tagged "Civilunrest"

MIAMI — Citing Cuba’s support of Russia and reports about Chinese espionage activities based near Havana, members of Congress called for tougher sanctions against the island’s government Monday during a bipartisan roundtable held in Miami to mark the second anniversary of the July 11 anti-government protests. The anniversary of the islandwide uprising in 2021 comes during a significant deterioration in the human rights situation in Cuba, with hundreds of people still in prison for joining the demonstrations and a renewed alliance between the Cuban regime and the authoritarian regimes in Russia......

Just Stop Oil environmental protesters were arrested Wednesday after interrupting two matches at Wimbledon. During the second set of the first-round match between Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov and Japan’s Sho Shimabukuro, two activists wearing Just Stop Oil T-shirts ran onto the court and threw orange confetti and scattered a 1,000-piece puzzle. The pair — identified as retired teacher Deborah Wilde and musician Simon Milner-Edwards — were quickly escorted away and arrested by London police. “Forget strawberries and cream, scientists are warning of impending food shortages, mass displacement and ......

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia judge on Monday found a former city police officer not guilty on all charges in connection with the beating of a 28-year-old mother during civil unrest in October 2020 — an incident that attracted national attention when a group of officers pulled the woman from her car and separated her from her toddler for several hours. Municipal Court Judge Francis W. McCloskey Jr. said at the conclusion of a one-day bench trial that prosecutors had not presented enough evidence to show that then-Officer Darren Kardos struck Rickia Young during the chaotic incident. The episod......

Officials in Peru have announced that the iconic tourist site Machu Picchu has been reopened to visitors as of Feb. 15. The centuries-old religious sanctuary in South America's Andes Mountains had been closed since Jan. 21 due to civil unrest stemming from local protests calling for the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and members of Peru’s Congress. Last month's closure prompted the government to airlift more than 400 tourists from Machu Picchu to nearby Cusco by helicopter. Officials have revealed that important agreements have been reached by a handful of important groups and organiza......

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden issued a statement Friday calling on the Cuban government to release hundreds of political prisoners detained last year during a rare surge in protests across the country. “I once again call for the release of the hundreds of political prisoners in Cuba who remain in detention following the July 11, 2021, protests,” Biden said. “In the face of oppression, these protesters bravely exercised their fundamental freedoms, including the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.” The Biden administration conducted a comprehensive review of Cuba policy aft......

The number of journalists and media workers killed while doing their job in 2022 has increased by more than 40% compared to last year, according to a new report released Friday. The International Federation of Journalists says that 67 media professionals were killed on the job in targeted attacks so far this year — up from 47 in 2021 — a reversal of the decline seen in recent years. “The surge in the killings of journalists and other media workers is a grave cause of concern and yet another wake-up call for governments across the globe to take action in the defense of journalism, one of the ke......