TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – A group of activists toppled a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald in Place du Canada in downtown Montreal on Saturday afternoon in the aftermath of a protest calling for the defunding of the police force. - World news - A handful of people climbed the monument, tied ropes around the statue and held up banners before unbolting it and pulling it down. The falling...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – A direct action group in support of Palestine burst onto the scene in London last week by storming an Israeli arms company in the heart of the English capital to highlight Britain’s complicity in war crimes against the Palestinians. - World news - Four members of Palestine Action took part in the audacious daylight strike on Number 77 Kingsway، in Holborn،...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – A Bahraini court upheld death sentences against two pro-democracy activists who were allegedly charged with killing an officer by bombing a police convoy in 2014, a statement from the kingdom's public prosecutor said on Monday. - World news - It was the final appeal for Mohammed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa, who rights groups said were sentenced to death based on...
TEHRAN (Press Shia Agency) – Protesters once again descended on Lincoln Park in Washington, DC, on Friday to demand the removal of an Emancipation Statue depicting former US President Abraham Lincoln standing over a kneeling, recently freed black slave. - World news - An alleged supporter of US President Donald Trump was chased out of the park at one point and police had to intervene to...
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – A number of US activist groups organized a massive protest at the site of an incident where a black man was violently arrested by Minneapolis NAACP that led to his death. - World news - On Tuesday night, hundreds of protestors demonstrated over the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man killed in police custody on Memorial Day. Police in riot gear were called...