Protest

A Moroccan activist named Betty has ended up in jail. Male activists get public outcry and petitions of support – but not her. She gets silence

The extremist thug, agitator and convicted fraudster has somehow managed to get his show on to Spotify. If his first episode is anything to go by, it’ll be a downpour of race-baiting poison

There is a new dividing line in Northern Ireland, one that ignores the old sectarian lines of loyalists and republicans, and threatens the province with a new, insidious kind of division

Claims that Henry Nowak’s death shows police are guilty of “institutional racism” against whites are a manipulative reversal straight from the US far right playbook

The police made a terrible mistake with Henry Nowak. But deliberately stoking racial tensions for personal advantage is despicable

The campaigns for justice and dignity all ended in slaughter. Now members of the Iranian diaspora are marching with Tommy Robinson in London

Vice president Sarah Duterte of the Philippines, daughter of the deposed strongman Rodrigo, might be on the verge of following her father into political history – and infamy

Rollie Kahaani’s photos from populist rallies are grabbing attention

Sharon Osbourne plans to join a far right protest in London next month

The No Kings protests were heartening - but they exposed an absence of younger stars willing to stand up

Generations of Iranians have been fighting for democracy, and many of them have been killed. Iranians at a Paris protest made clear: war isn’t the solution

Sara Duterte, the vice president of the Philippines, is so extreme she once threatened to dig up the body of a rival’s father and throw it into the sea. And now she wants to become president

Anti-democratic voices are gaining ground in British politics. Excessive tolerance of these people is the route to disaster – they must be confronted

In Pakistan, the courts are no longer there to administer the law – they have become extensions of the security state. It is a worrying indicator of where the US may be heading

News reports that emerged from outside Iran put the number of dead protesters in the tens of thousands. Iranians inside the country, who took part in the demonstrations, tell a very different story

The effects of lawless law enforcement have been seen to horrific effect in Minnesota. It mustn’t happen in the UK

The Palestinian Action hunger strike was misguided. The focus must be firmly on the people of the Strip, and on the long struggle for statehood

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The nation has changed out of all recognition since the Shah was deposed in 1979. There is now only one way that the country can enter the modern world – the state must crack

The challenge for my country is to get rid of the networks of patronage and power that are all controlled by the old. We need to become a country of the young

With a media landscape tightly controlled by Aleksandar Vučić’s ruling party, students are keeping the fight for democracy alive in Belgrade

A turbulent 2025 unfolded in striking contrasts – from apocalyptic climate disasters and surging global protests to the ever-present threat of war

Non-French speakers don’t fully understand the phrase “sales connes”. But we do, which makes the president’s wife using it even more awful

The Greek capital has experienced an influx of Israeli investment in property – but the graffiti around town suggests severe local antipathy

Bart de Wever says he represents his entire country, but he seems more interested in cosying up to the Dutch government

Martial law is on the way in the US - because violence and civil strife, real or imagined, are the dark core of Donald Trump’s aggressively authoritarian governing ethos

London police warned off a man with a pro-Israel sign. Meanwhile, his Berlin counterpart won an award

What does the ousted prime minster’s death sentence mean for Bangladesh’s political future?

The younger generations brought down a government. Can they now help rebuild Bangladesh?

The women of Georgia have seen their children locked up by the government. Now they want them back

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