After a year of political unrest following the Arab Spring, Iona Craig reports on the current situation in Yemen. Open criticism of Yemen’s President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, on the streets of the capital Sana’a was rare before last year. Those brav... more

in many years of independent reporting, i've often seen situations where police have caused larger disruption than a handfull of protestors, closing roads, sometimes closing down businesses, and sometimes massively amplifying the power of the prot... more

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Author:  editor Fuel Poverty Action are planning a weekend of action this weekend to highlight growing concern around fuel poverty in the UK, and are being supported locally by Ma... more

One year on, protesters are still demanding freedoms in the square that became a byword for the Arab Spring. Shahira Amin reports It started as a day of celebration, with tens of thousands of Egyptians converging on Tahrir Square to mark the fir... more

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Two Nottingham residents, a wheelchair user and a retired paediatric nurse, dubbed the ‘Atos Two’, have been charged with aggravated trespass following a protest at the local offices of Atos ‘Healthcare’. They will stand... more

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Author:  AKBlackandRed Today, members of Liverpool Solidarity Federation picketed the office of employment agency Adecco in Liverpool C Location:  ... more

A small but vociferous band of supporters of Peace Strike and 'Solidarity with the Iranian People's Struggle' (SWIP) staged their second weekly protest this afternoon outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Westminster. They are oppose... more