As Florida’s Republican government moves to construct a sprawling new immigration detention center in the heart of the Everglades, nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz,” environmental groups and a wide range of other activists have begun to mobilize against it. Florida’s Republican attorney general, James Uthmeier, announced last week that construction of the jail, at the site of a disused airbase…
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Nairobi, June 25, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by Kenyan authorities’ Wednesday ban on live coverage of deadly protests, in which at least two journalists were injured, and the shutdown of at least three broadcasters.
Protesters took to the streets in most of Kenya’s 47 counties to mark the one-year anniversary of anti-tax demonstrations, in which at least 60 people were killed.
Several people were killed in Wednesday’s violence.
“Restricting protest coverage sends a clear message that President William Ruto’s government is not committed to democratic values or the constitutional freedoms he has vowed to protect,” said CPJ Regional Director Angela Quintal. “Authorities must investigate attacks on journalists, ensuring accountability, rescind the ban on live coverage, and desist from further censorship.”
In a directive, reviewed by CPJ, the Communications Authority of Kenya ordered “all television and radio stations to stop any live coverage of the demonstrations” or face unspecified “regulatory action.” The information technology regulator cited constitutional provisions that prevent freedom of expression involving “propaganda for war” and “incitement to violence.”
Police and Authority officials then switched off the broadcast signal of several privately owned media houses, including NTV, K24, and KTN, which continued to share content online and on social media.
Civil society organizations including the Kenya Editors’ Guild challenged the ban, citing a November High Court ruling that the Authority did not have the constitutional mandate to set or enforce media standards.
Late Wednesday, the Law Society of Kenya secured High Court orders, reviewed by CPJ, directing broadcast signals to be restored immediately.
NTV reporter Ruth Sarmwei was treated in hospital after being hit on the leg by an unknown projectile while interviewing protestors in the city of Nakuru, Joseph Openda, chairperson of the Nakuru Journalists Association, told CPJ. Standard Media Group said its photojournalist David Gichuru was “struck by a stone hurled by a protestor” in the capital Nairobi.
CPJ’s requests for comment via email to the Communications Authority of Kenya and via messaging app to its director general David Mugonyi did not receive replies.
Police spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga declined to comment by phone.
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In April, Palestinian student activist Mohsen Mahdawi walked into an immigration office to obtain US citizenship. He left in handcuffs. The Columbia University student was detained by ICE and accused by the Trump administration of jeopardizing US foreign policy through his involvement in protests following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. On this week’s More to The Story, Mohsen talks to host Al Letson about his arrest by ICE, his role in campus protests, and his childhood growing up in a West Bank refugee camp.
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Independent photojournalist John Rudoff was detained in a kettle by police while covering an anti-deportation protest in downtown Los Angeles, California, on June 9, 2025.
The protests began June 6 in response to federal raids in and around LA of workplaces and areas where immigrant day laborers gathered, amid the Trump administration’s larger immigration crackdown. After demonstrators clashed with local law enforcement officers and federal agents, President Donald Trump called in the California National Guard and then the U.S. Marines over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass.
Rudoff told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that he was documenting protests throughout the night of June 9. The protests were centered around the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown LA’s Little Tokyo neighborhood.
After the Los Angeles Police Department declared the protests an unlawful assembly, Rudoff said he followed as 50 to 100 demonstrators were pushed back by “a wall of cops” on South Alameda Street, a major thoroughfare. He added that the officers were heavily armed, carrying 40 mm crowd-control munitions, pepper balls and shields.
Officers herded the crowd and by approximately 8:30 p.m. had surrounded them using a technique called kettling.
“The usual tactic is to have a wall of cops — mostly armored with helmets and face shields and batons — advancing toward a group of protesters,” Rudoff said. “They would advance 10 or 20 feet and stop and form up their line again and then yell ‘Move!’ or ‘Move back!’ and push forward another distance.”
Rudoff told the Tracker he was among the journalists and demonstrators caught in the kettle and told they were under arrest for failure to disperse.
“I basically sat down and made a few pictures and twiddled my thumbs for an hour as several of the protesters, one by one, were lined up and taken away by the cops,” he said. “About 45 minutes to an hour later, a sergeant pointed his finger at me and beckoned me toward him.”
The photojournalist said he complied and was told to put his hands behind his back. The officer asked Rudoff if he was with the press and noticed the National Press Photographers Association credential around his neck.
“He said, ‘Let me take a look at that,’ and I think he photographed it with a cellphone, but I’m not sure,” Rudoff said. “And then he said, ‘I’m going to walk you out of here with your hands behind your back. I don’t want the activists to see that we’re letting you go.’”
Rudoff told the Tracker he was able to then reconnect with a colleague who had avoided the kettle and leave.
“I was not physically injured and I’ve got psychological skin like an alligator,” he said. “But I was out of business for an hour, and I know perfectly well that the California Penal Code says that police are not allowed to disperse, detain, beat or arrest journalists doing their jobs, and that is precisely what they did.”
When reached for comment, the LAPD directed the Tracker to the department’s social media accounts. But in a June 10 news release posted on social platform X about the previous evening’s arrests, the LAPD did not address the detainments and removal of journalists caught in the kettle.
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Hundreds of people have protested in The Hague, in the Netherlands, against NATO and increased military spending in advance of a summit, as Iran’s conflict with Israel and the United States intensifies by the day.
People demonstrated on Sunday against the military alliance, Israel’s punishing war in Gaza and the Israel-Iran conflict, hours after the US targeted three nuclear sites in Iran in a sudden escalatory move in support of its biggest ally in the Middle East.
Hossein Hamadani, 74, an Iranian who lives in the Netherlands, told The Associated Press news agency that they are “opposed to war”. “People want to live a peaceful life … Things are not good. So why do we spend money on war?” he added.
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Democracy Now! was there when Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil reunited with his family over the weekend after being released on bail by a federal judge Friday, ending his detention in a Louisiana ICE jail after more than 100 days. Khalil was seized by federal agents at his home in New York on March 8, with the Trump administration seeking to deport him even though he is a legal permanent…
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A Columbia University graduate has been denied entry into the United States and deported following 12 hours of detention at the Los Angeles International Airport. Australian writer Alistair Kitchen says agents questioned him about his views on Israel and Palestine and downloaded the contents of his phone. “They were waiting for me when I got off the plane. I didn’t even make it into the queue for passport processing,” says Kitchen. “Customs and Border Protection are using the immense power and discretion that they have to search and then to deny entry… because they disagree with some people’s speech.”
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In the last week, local police have played a central role in enabling the arrests and detention of immigrants, suppressing protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and defending federal detention facilities at the front lines in several major cities, including Omaha, Nebraska; Los Angeles, California; and New York City. While many mayors of major U.S. cities claim to oppose…
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Greg Smith spent 35 years in the Army National Guard. But he’s never witnessed the military used the way it’s being deployed in Los Angeles in response to protests opposing the Trump administration’s immigration raids. On this week’s More To The Story, Smith discusses how the military appears increasingly tasked with enforcing a political agenda rather than defending the Constitution.
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More than 5 million people joined No Kings Day protests Saturday in the largest day of action against President Trump since his return to office. Protests were held in over 2,100 cities and towns across the country. The protests coincided with a poorly attended, multimillion-dollar military parade on President Trump’s birthday, June 14. Democracy Now! spoke with anti-Trump protesters at the…
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On Saturday morning tens of thousands of protesters gathered in downtown Los Angeles as part of the nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations. Organizers estimated there were over 40,000 people in the crowd. Protesters carrying signs denouncing Trump as well as Mexican, Palestinian, and U.S. flags (sometimes upside down) marched through the streets. They demanded “ICE Out of LA” and denounced Trump’s…
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Armored National Guard trucks rumbling down Sunset Boulevard. The mayor declaring a citywide curfew. LAPD officers in riot gear firing flash bangs and rubber bullets. Street medics rushing to neutralize tear gas. I watched all this unfold on the streets of Los Angeles five years ago — in June 2020, when I lived in the city and saw firsthand how peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters were met…
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On June 18, Anasse Kazib, a French railway worker, trade unionist and socialist leader will stand trial for the charge of “apologia for terrorism.” His supposed crime? Tweets posted to the social media platform X in support of the Palestinian people in rejection of Israel’s campaign of genocide. France concedes that Kazib has no ties to terrorist organizations nor has he engaged in terror-related…
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Over the past few days, Donald Trump has turned towards national guard troops and marines as protests rage in Los Angeles. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been met with robust community resistance as they attempt to detain and deport so-called ‘illegal immigrants’. Amnesty International have called Trump’s immigration policies “racist” and “harmful.” The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have made it clear that Trump is treading a dangerous path:
he simply cannot accomplish his immigration agenda without violating the Constitution and federal laws.
Now, Trump is accused by the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, of overreaching his presidential powers by deploying the national guard without Newsom’s agreement.
Initially, it appeared that a federal judge agreed with Newsom that Trump had overreached. The president of the US is only allowed to deploy the national guard in an emergency. However, given Trump has long thirsted to bring the army in to suppress protests, the temptation was clearly too much. Initially, district judge Charles Breyer had ruled that Trump’s decision to call in 4000 national guard troops was “illegal.” When discussing if Trump had followed the correct procedure for how the national guard are called up, Breyer wrote:
At this early stage of the proceedings, the Court must determine whether the President followed the congressionally mandated procedure for his actions.
He did not. His actions were illegal—both exceeding the scope of his statutory authority and violating the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
And, Breyer concluded that:
He must therefore return control of the California National Guard to the Governor of the State of California forthwith.
Breyer than stayed the order until the Trump administration could have a chance to appeal the ruling. Appeal they did, and the 9th Circuit US Court of Appeal stayed Breyer’s order until the 17th June. At that point, three judges will determine whether to consider Trump’s decision to deploy the troops as illegal or proportionate.
Trump’s decision to deploy the national guard is the first time ever in US history that a president has invoked the special permission necessary for the head of state to overrule federal governors.
Importantly, there are significant protests planned for the weekend. While anti-ICE protests have spread across the country, this weekend is likely to see ongoing flashpoints. In his endless worship of the trappings of the army (if not actual support for the people in them), Trump has organised a parade for the 250th anniversary of the US army. However, the parade is seen as a gaudy extravagance by many. The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols explained:
Trump is, in many ways, very childlike. He likes shiny things and uniforms and big parades, and he’s wanted this for a while, but I think he and the other people around him are also more than happy to create a second kind of symbolism here, of: I’m the president. I’m the commander in chief. I can put tanks in the streets anytime I feel like it.
The notion that the parade is an attempt to bolster the administration’s perceptions of power has not been lost on military veterans. Major general Paul Eaton told the Guardian:
This is the politicisation of the armed forces. It casts the military in a terrible light – it’s that man on horseback, who really doesn’t want to be there, out in front of American citizens.
Retired lieutenant general Jeffrey Buchanan said:
The military’s ultimate loyalty is to our constitution, not to a particular leader. We’ve had plenty of tensions between military leaders and presidents in our history, but we’ve always maintained this tradition.
Janessa Goldbeck, CEO of advocacy group, Vet Voice Foundation, told the Independent:
What we’re seeing now is a deliberate effort to turn the military into a political prop.
And, Trump’s decision to go over the head of Newsom to deploy the national guard is also being viewed by veterans as an attempt to politicise the military. Major general Randy Manner said:
He [Trump] escalated immediately for reasons that are only political reasons. They are not reasons that are justifiable.
We’re not usually ones to quote warmongers, from the US army no less, but there is something telling in their comments. Trump loves the pomp and parade that he has made part and parcel of his flexing of power. He is so addled with lust for power, that he won’t care that he’s trampling over the US constitution and inflaming an already precarious situation.
Like everything he does, Trump will have to face up to the legal implications of his rash decision to deploy the national guard. Protests have largely been peaceful but let’s be clear: the demonisation and deportation of immigrants is reason enough to not be peaceful. Trump and his administration are instructing ICE to hunt down immigrants like the gang of thugs that they are. Near-constant footage of the protests shows ICE officers covering their faces to hide their identities as they attempt to tear apart communities.
Throwing the military in the mix is, as Trump well knows, a surefire way to cause even more chaos. LA protests have centred on the attempted deportation of largely Latino communities. As ever, the state’s deathly defence of borders at all costs is one that is the work of white supremacy. The national guard don’t want to be deployed, Newsom doesn’t want them to be deployed, but Trump, as ever, will only achieve one thing: an abuse of power designed to terrorise anyone with basic moral decency.
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When did the act of public protest — a right protected by the First Amendment — become an act of “rebellion” eliciting a military response? What began as a fairly small protest against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at an apparel manufacturer in the Fashion District in downtown Los Angeles on June 6, led to an immediate response by federal agents in riot gear using pepper spray…
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“Fascism and authoritarianism are deployed through law enforcement,” says Silky Shah. In this episode of “Movement Memos,” Shah and host Kelly Hayes discuss immigration raids, rising authoritarianism, mass protest, innocence narratives, and what it means to organize effectively in this moment. Music by Son Monarcas & David Celeste Note: This is a rush transcript and has been lightly…
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Roughly 200 protesters occupied the lobby of Maersk’s Manhattan headquarters on June 11 to demand that the multibillion-dollar shipping conglomerate stop sending military cargo to Israel amid the genocide in Gaza. The intergenerational, multifaith coalition — organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement and Jewish Voice for Peace — poured through the revolving doors of a Midtown East skyscraper…
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Four and a half months after his inauguration, Donald Trump is exercising his authoritarian chops, targeting immigrants in the state he most despises — California. Making good on Trump’s nativist pledge to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security started conducting widespread raids outside workplaces…
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Masked federal agents with military gear have been firing flash-bang grenades, teargas and rubber bullets at civilians in the streets of Los Angeles for the last three days. On Saturday, President Trump federalized the National Guard to help crush protests — not just there but potentially anywhere in the U.S. where people demonstrate against federal law enforcement. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth…
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In Los Angeles, mass street protests have broken out in response to immigration raids. Local police and Border Patrol are cracking down on protesters, while the Trump administration has called in the California National Guard. “They shot thousands of rounds of tear gas, flashbang grenades, all kinds of repressive instruments,” says Ron Gochez, community organizer with Unión del Barrio who helped…
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Tens of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of the country’s capital, Buenos Aires, June 4 to demand an immediate change in the ultra-neoliberal policies of President Javier Milei. The mobilization took place outside the National Congress, which was discussing a potential increase in pensions for retirees. Last year, Milei vetoed a pension increase that was approved by the Congress.
This time, the legislature approved an increase of nearly 7% in pensions, which now must be approved by the Senate.
However, Milei has already warned that the “demagogic and populist” decision, will be vetoed once again because it threatens the government’s much-touted goal of “fiscal balance”, pursued even at the cost of rising poverty, denying people with disabilities access to medicines, and defunding pediatric hospitals.
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As images of burned children, starving families, and bombed hospitals in Gaza become the constant soundtrack of daily life, the Palestinian communities that survived the Nakba and stayed in the lands that were occupied by Israel in 1948 (hence called “’48 Palestinians”), are filled with anger, frustration, and a sense of hollowness and disempowerment. Against the general paralysis, Umm al-Fahm…
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Former Columbia University student protester Mahmoud Khalil remained in detention in Louisiana Thursday even after a ruling by a federal judge who found that his imprisonment by Trump immigration officials is “likely” unconstitutional — but his attorneys expressed hope that the decision brought Khalil a step closer to being reunited with his wife and newborn son. U.S.
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A video of men in green jerseys sloganeering in Malayalam is being dubbed as pro-Pakistan activism in Kerala by social media users. In the video, the men are waving green flags that have a crescent moon and a star.
X user Anoop Antony Joseph (@AnoopKaippalli), former national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), BJP’s youth wing, shared the video on April 19, 2025, with a snide comment on secularism in the state. (Archive)
‘Secular Kerala!’ pic.twitter.com/4C8kirSuOy
— Anoop Antony Joseph (@AnoopKaippalli) April 19, 2025
The post had garnered 145,000 views at the time of writing this.
Pro-Right X user, Raushan Sinha (@MrSinha_), also shared the video, urging people to notice the jersey, flags, and the Islamic slogans. “No this isn’t Pakistan, or Bangladesh but Kerala…. Yes an Indian state…We are doomed,” he wrote. (Archive)
Look at their clothes, flags, Islamic slogans….
No this isn’t Pakistan, or Bangladesh but Kerala…. Yes an Indian state…We are doomed…pic.twitter.com/HyO98HvvwW
— Mr Sinha (@MrSinha_) April 19, 2025
The post had racked up over 800,000 views at the time of writing this.
Note that Alt News has fact-checked misinformation shared by this user on multiple occasions.
Another X account, Rocket Scientist (@Rockumon), shared the purported video and alleged that the men in the video wore wearing Pakistan-linked jerseys, waved Pakistani flags, and yet Kerala is called secular. (Archive)
The dress is Pakistani, the flag is Pakistani, the soul and voice echo Pakistan — all in the name of religion. Yet they still call it secular Kerala. pic.twitter.com/GDqrutlCIT
— Rocket Scientist
(@Rockumon) April 19, 2025
Pakistan-based X user @lmrankhanISP1, whose account is currently withheld in India, shared a similar video on April 25, claiming that Kerala stood with Pakistan. The slogans used by demonstrators in this video were slightly different from the ones above. (Archive)
Alt News received several requests to fact check the video and claims on WhatsApp (+91 7600011160).
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We first asked someone familiar with the language to translate what the sloganeering was referring to.
It roughly translates to:
“We are raised in green
Let us say it clearly
We are CH’s blood
We are CH’s kids
We are the kids from/of Panakkad
Green indeed, we are green
We are raised in green
Let us say it clearly
We are CH’s kids
We are CH’s blood
Muslim League… Muslim League…”
The person who translated this also told us that CH here refers to C H Mohammed Koya, former leader of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).
Slogans in the second video shared by the Pakistan-based account translate to:
“The star of Panakkad that god created for this community
Ya Sayyad Sadiq Ali Thangal, you
Lead us with courage…”
Sayyad Sadiq Ali Thangal is the leader of IUML in Panakkad. Thus slogans used by the demonstrators in both videos have no mention of Pakistan.
Second, we took a close look at the jerseys in the two videos and found “Arangadi” written on them. This is a village in the Kanhangad municipality of Kasaragod district in Kerala. So, the jerseys don’t have a Pakistan link.
Thirdly, the green flags in the demonstrations were of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and not Pakistan. The Pakistan flag, while also green and bearing the crescent moon and star, has a white band on the left.
Fourthly, to understand what the demonstration in the videos was about, we did a reverse-image search on some key frames. This led us to an Instagram account @arangadi_official_page that had uploaded a video on April 16, 2025, with the caption ‘Kozhikode’. Note that this is the official page of the IUML Arandagi and the video was identical to the one shared by the Pakistan-based account.
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While going through this Instagram page, we also found a video shared on April 25 where the same people in the viral clip are seen from a different angle. The caption translates to, “It’s sad to see so many idiots who don’t even know which (is the) league’s flag (and which) is Pakistan’s. Try to comment only after you understand what this demonstration is for. The idiots are misleading you, be careful 
”
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We compared the viral clip and the one on this page for clarity below:
We also found a poster shared by the same account on April 15, 2025, asking people to join a rally against the amendment of the Waqf Act the following day (April 16).
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To corroborate that the demonstration was related to the passage of the Waqf Bill (now Act), we looked for news reports from around that time. A Times of India report said that on April 16, the IUML staged a major Waqf protection rally in Kozhikode. Note that there were nationwide protests against the Waqf Amendment Bill around that period. On April 16, Maktoob Media also reported that many people joined the IUML protest against the new Waqf law in Kozhikode.
So, the rally or demonstration was related to the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, that was approved by the Parliament in the first week of April. It had nothing to do with Pakistan.
To sum up, the two viral clips showing men in green jerseys and waving green flags sloganeering are not of a pro-Pakistan demonstration in Kerala but of protests by members of the Indian Union Muslim League, Arangadi. The protests were regarding the amendments to the Waqf Board and Council that was approved by the Parliament. Also, the flags in the footage are IUML flags, not Pakistan and the jerseys, too, are unrelated to the neighbouring country.
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