Hundreds of supporters gathered from Salt Lake City and across the country, singing, chanting, and speaking out as they bore witness to the sentencing of climate activist Tim DeChristopher. Less than two hours after his two year sentence was announced, Salt Lake City police arrested two dozen people who locked themselves together with plastic ties and blocked traffic at the bustling intersection of 400 South and Main Street, including stopping a TRAX train.
Police in Denmark detained six environmental activists on Tuesday protesting the felling of trees in a forest to make room for a research centre for wind turbines.
About 200 protesters gathered Tuesday morning outside the Convention Center in Philadelphia to demand wheelchair-accessible taxicabs. The rally was held on the 21st anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
India’s biggest traders’ association held a series of demonstrations Tuesday against proposals to allow supermarket chains like Wal-Mart and Tesco into the country’s retail sector.
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