Danish police on Sunday released hundreds of activists who were detained during a mass rally demanding strong action from delegates at the U.N. climate conference. Police said only 13 of the 968 people detained during and after the demonstration in Copenhagen remained in custody Sunday. Of those, three — two Danes and a Frenchman — were set to be arraigned in court on preliminary charges of fighting... 

AVAAZ activists during the Meeting on Climate Change in Barcelona, earlier this month Controversial legislation gives police sweeping powers of ‘pre-emptive’ arrest and extends custodial sentences for acts of civil disobedience. The Danish parliament today passed legislation which will give police sweeping powers of “pre-emptive” arrest and extend custodial sentences for acts... 

French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann Prominent French Jewish filmmaker Claude Lanzmann expressed “shock” last week that German leftists in Hamburg had violently prevented the showing of his debut documentary film, Why Israel, about the role of the Jewish state as a homeland for refugees. In late October, the 1973-produced film was scheduled to be shown at the B-Movie cinema, but roughly 50... 

Soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force leave the UK for France aboard a troopship to help the French Resistance during WWII Sarah Robinson was just a teenager when World War II broke out. She endured the Blitz, watching for fires during Luftwaffe air raids armed with a bucket of sand. Often she would walk ten miles home from work in the blackout, with bombs falling around her. As soon as she turned... 

They attacked the cars with axes of the Hungarian Guard and people living in the village were unable and feared moving in & out of their hometown. An approximate number of 1000 gypsies showed up in the North-East small Hungarian town Sajóbábony. Both the police and the Hungarian Guard sent hundreds of people to the area. These types of events will become more common as the gypsies will be forced... 

NUMBER OF TEA PARTIES FOR NOVEMBER 14: 49 NUMBER OF TEA PARTY AGAINST AMNESTY SUPPORTERS: 3399 Please join us by attending or organizing a Tea Parties Against Amnesty and Illegal Immigration rallies on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 and in the Spring of 2010 (Date TBA)! ** Check www.againstamnesty.com daily for new event locations and details latest news added every day! We hope to have an event near you... 

The Tea Party holds no seat in Congress, but at least 10,000 of the party’s members descended on Capitol Hill Thursday to rally against a Democratic-written health care overhaul. A plan first hatched and heralded on FOX by iconic conservative Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) grew over the weekend as she e-mailed with a handful of colleagues. By the time activists started arriving at the foot of the... 

Anti-Islam and Muslim protesters riot outside the Harrow Central Mosque, in North London. At least ten people were arrested after police were attacked with bricks and bottles as demonstrations outside the Harrow Central Mosque in north London turned violent. Officers were caught in a stand-off between hundreds of anti-Islam and Muslim protesters outside the mosque, in Station Road, Harrow late on Friday. Heavily... 

Both sides were said to be taunting the other As the world marked the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City, riot police in London were called on to break up clashes between anti-Islamic demonstrators and pro-Muslim counter-protesters. Members of a group calling itself Stop Islamisation of Europe (SIOE) had gathered Friday outside the Harrow Central Mosque in the northwest of London... 

The ban on headscarves at the Koninklijk [Royal] Atheneum in Antwerp and the Athenaeum in Antwerp-Hoboken led to massive protests by the Muslim community beginning during the summer holidays. These were the last two secondary schools in Antwerp that permitted the wearing of headscarves. In the new school year, which begins September 1, there will be none. Three hundred pupils threatened to leave the... 

Down on his knees as his attackers’ feet fly in, this man’s face was left a bloodied mess. It was just one of the sickening scenes photographed when a riot erupted in a city centre after Right-wing protesters clashed with anti-fascist demonstrators. Bottles, sticks and banners were thrown as police in riot gear struggled to stop the skirmishes in Birmingham. In all, 35 people were arrested... 

Holocaust survivors protest In demonstration outside Bank Leumi, survivors claim bank holding NIS 300 million (about $76.2 million) deposited before Holocaust; Bank Leumi: Protest organized by public relations agents. Holocaust survivors brought their protest effort Thursday to Bank Leumi headquarters in Tel Aviv, where the bank’s board of director’s was meeting. Dozens of survivors and... 

There have been clashes in the Greek capital Athens between police and left-wing protesters at a rally in support of immigrants. The Greek government wants to introduce tougher measures to tackle immigration, but opposition and left-wing groups say the move will only encourage racism. Source  Read More »

Riots and street battles killed at least 156 people in China’s western Xinjiang province, state media said Tuesday, and injured 828 others in the deadliest ethnic unrest to hit the region in decades. Officials said the death toll was expected to rise. Police sealed off streets in parts of the provincial capital, Urumqi, after discord between ethnic Muslim Uighur people and China’s Han majority... 

Hungarian police used teargas to disperse a protest by a banned far-right group in the centre of Budapest on Saturday and detained close to 200 people, police and witnesses said. National news agency MTI said police also detained the chairman of the far-right Jobbik party, Gabor Vona. Local website Index said he was detained as part of the protests. Police would not confirm the reports. A court ruled...