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Activists, veterans question Sonoma County officials’ alleged cooperation with ICE

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(KRON) – Immigration rights activists gathered in Sonoma County on Saturday to protest local officials’ alleged cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and called for stronger protections for immigrant communities. Dozens of kayakers take anti-pandemic message to the water Activists, including veterans, community leaders and educators, accused Sheriff Eddie Ingram and Supervisor Linda Hopkins of … Read more

Activists protest plans for new ICE facility at the site of a former Hudson prison

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HUDSON, Colo. (KDVR) — Plans to convert a former prison in Hudson into a new immigration detention center are sparking controversy. On Saturday, dozens of community members and immigrant rights advocates gathered outside the former Hudson Correctional Facility, which is scheduled to reopen later this year as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. The demonstrators … Read more

Gaza flotilla activists allege abuse and humiliation while being detained in Israel

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Rome – Some of the detained activists returned while trying to reach Gaza by sea to their countries of origin to describe abuse and humiliation at the hands of the Israeli guards. About 450 activists were arrested, as Israeli forces objected to the global Somoud fleet, a fleet of 42 boats seeking to break the … Read more

Gaza flotilla: Activists including Greta Thunberg say Israeli navy has begun intercepting a Gaza-bound aid flotilla

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Barcelona, ​​Spain – Activists said on a malfunction of the ships sailing towards Gaza late on Wednesday that the Israeli navy had begun to intercept their ships while they were approaching the besieged Palestinian territories. Note: The video is from a previous report. The global Somoud fleet, with Greta Thunberg, the grandson of Nelson Mandela, … Read more

Activists claim L.A. police protecting federal immigration agents

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Dozens of activists in society gathered outside the headquarters of the Los Angeles Police Administration in the city center to bomb the administration about what they claim to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement operations. An enforcement operation on Tuesday morning conducted by federal agents around the East 9Y Street and southern Spring Street pushed protest … Read more

2 elephants are being moved from the L.A. Zoo, and activists are concerned

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A couple of elephants will receive aging in the Los Angeles Zoo soon new houses – but their direction is subject to extreme scrutiny. During a listening session in the Los Angeles City Council budget on May 8, the director of La Zoo Denise Verret confirmed that the zoo planned to send Billy and Tina, … Read more

Activists, local leaders in West Hollywood protest deportation of Venezuelan makeup artist seeking asylum

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The deportation of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist who is looking for resorting to anger from the LGBTQ+ in West Hollywood community with the city’s leaders and activists to protest Wednesday night. Supporters for Andrei Hernandez Romero, 31, said he had no criminal history and was escaping from persecution for various reasons, including his sexual … Read more

SF activists demand release of gay man jailed in El Salvador: 'He is not a member of a gang'

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San Francisco (KON) – Many of the gay members without borders in San Francisco protested on Saturday. They are calling for the release of the Venezuelan man who seeks to resort to us, who was reported to have ended in prison in El Salvador. The group is now afraid that it is not safe there … Read more