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Express Tribune
23-06-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Protest staged against US strikes on Iran
There have been monthly protests in the British capital since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. Photo AFP On the call of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman, a nationwide Day of Protest was observed on Monday against US terrorism targeting Iran. In Karachi, JI Youth staged a demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club. Protesters raised slogans such as Death to America and Israel, and We stand with Iran and Palestine. They carried placards denouncing the US-Israel alliance as a nexus of evil and murderers of the Ummah. JI Vice Ameer Muslim Pervez, JI Youth President Hashim Abdali, and other leaders, condemned the US airstrikes and accused President Donald Trump of proving America to be the "biggest global terrorist." They warned that the joint aggression by the US and Israel is not only a direct threat to Iran, but also to regional stability and Pakistan's security. Speakers criticised the Pakistani government's recommendation for a Nobel Prize for Donald Trump, calling it "shameful and hypocritical."
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Small group protests Trump, Musk outside North Dakota Capitol during national movement
Protesters wave flags and signs at passing cars along Boulevard Avenue near the Capitol in Bismarck on Feb. 5, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor) About two dozen protesters braved single-digit temperatures Wednesday outside North Dakota's Capitol to make their voices heard concerning the direction of the federal government under President Donald Trump. The group along Bismarck's Boulevard Avenue joined contingents from across the country during a Day of Protest to voice opposition to Elon Musk's involvement in federal spending and staffing, Project 2025 and the encroachment of religion into policy making. 'I'm not exactly a progressive, but I don't support what's going on with the current government,' said Alex Charuat of Bismarck. He said he's voted for Democrats and Republicans in the past, but he has a problem with billionaires being directly involved with the federal government. 'He's a contractor for NASA and now he has NASA's ear, I think there's a lot of money going into his hands,' Charuat said of Musk. Charuat said he heard about the protest at the Capitol on Reddit. Taylor Abler of Bismarck made a sign rejecting what he sees as an oligarchy of billionaires taking over large swaths of the American economy and government. 'I dislike that a lot and I think the Congress and the Senate need to do a better job of standing up to the executive orders being passed,' Abler said. 'It starts with us. People need to let their voices be heard.' Trump received support from 67% of North Dakota voters in 2024 and 65% in 2020. A group of three protesters represented three different generations within the same family. Tiffany Bartole of Austin, Texas, was visiting family in Bismarck with her son, Lance, 12. Because they couldn't be at the Capitol building in Austin to protest, they decided to protest together in Bismarck. 'Elon Musk, Trump, I'm here to stand up for people that don't have the same privilege that I was born with by having white skin,' Bartole said. She added she believes the immigration enforcement actions being undertaken by the Trump administration are racist in nature. 'It's profiling and I think it's just causing a whole uproar … it's causing hate in our country,' she said. 'It's going to be citizens attacking citizens because of their skin color.' Bartole thought they were going to be the only three people at the Capitol, but were pleased to find other protesters when they arrived. 'I think it means more when you are standing out in this cold,' Bartole said. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
