#extinction-rebellion

#extinction-rebellion

Del Naja was seen being arrested by police at the protest, where he held a sign reading 'I Oppose Genocide, I Support Palestine Action.' As he was taken away, he stated, 'I'm being unlawfully arrested.'

Campaigners believe Qesser Zuhrah was arrested due to an Instagram story that allegedly encouraged people to take direct action, highlighting concerns over freedom of expression.

At a young age, I learned quickly how oil wealth and power could burn the land while people struggled. I saw heat rise off the streets, the Nile strained, and the air thickened with injustice. In my teenage years, through Aotearoa, being on the edge of the Pacific, I felt the ocean breathing heavy, swallowing the shores of islands that have done the least to cause this harm.

Hundreds of gardaí have formed an effective ring of steel around the city centre. Protesters did not resist the move to free up the country's main thoroughfare.

Polanski told the crowd: Go back to your communities, to the community centres, to your trade unions, to your friends, to your neighbours. We must organise in our communities. Local elections are coming in just a few weeks' time, he added. We will defeat hate. It's time to make hope normal again.

Environmental group Extinction Rebellion has said that climate change activists associated with the group are being investigated by the Trump administration, which is also openly working to roll back environmental protections in the United States. The group's New York chapter said that at least seven of its activists have been visited by FBI agents since Trump's second term began last year, including one person who had two special agents from the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force come to their home on February 6.