Protests against Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regime have spread across Turkey following the arrest of Erdoğan’s political rival Ekrem İmamoğlu. Balki Begumhan Bayhan writes that regardless of what happens next, Erdoğan’s legitimacy has been damaged, perhaps irreparably. On 19 March, the popular mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu was arrested. İmamoğlu is a member of the opposition … Read more
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in support of Mahmoud Khalil outside the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse, where a hearing is underway regarding Khalil’s arrest, in New York, March 12, 2025. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP Mahmoud Khalil was one of the leaders of the pro-Palestinian student demonstrations on the campus of Columbia University after the Hamas terrorist attack of … Read more
An attorney for a Texas pipeline company said Wednesday at trial that he will prove various Greenpeace entities coordinated delays and disruptions of a controversial oil pipeline’s construction in North Dakota, and defamed the company to its lenders. Attorneys for the Greenpeace defendants told a jury there is no evidence to back up the claims … Read more
Note: This guide was published in 2018 and most recently updated in March 2024.[1] Thanks to RCFP’s Emily Hockett and Grayson Clary for their assistance updating this guide. Introduction The United States has seen a wave of mass demonstrations and political protests in recent years. In the summer of 2020, for instance, the death of … Read more
