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US: Columbia University Protesters Detained After Blocking Traffic Over Immigration Crackdown

On Thursday, February 5, several faculty members, staff, and students at Columbia University were briefly detained after blocking traffic in protest of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, calling on the university to declare itself a sanctuary campus and better protect international students. The protesters were released within hours and instructed to appear in court at a later date.

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Protesters Clash with Police - India

Police officers stand in a line blocking a road in Kolkata, India, on August 9, 2025. They deploy to control protesters during the BJP-led ‘Nabanna Avijan’ rally following the rape and killing of a junior doctor. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protesters Clash with Police - India

Police officers stand in a line blocking a road in Kolkata, India, on August 9, 2025. They deploy to control protesters during the BJP-led ‘Nabanna Avijan’ rally following the rape and killing of a junior doctor. Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tens of thousands take part in antigovernment protests - Jerusalem

A water cannon is fired at protesters blocking the main road at a demonstration for the kidnapping deal near the Knesset, on March 31, 2024, in Jerusalem Israel. Photo by Yahel Gazit/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tens of thousands take part in antigovernment protests - Jerusalem

A policeman on a horse prevents protesters from blocking the main road at a demonstration for the kidnapping deal near the Knesset, on March 31, 2024, in Jerusalem Israel. Photo by Yahel Gazit/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Judicial Overhaul Protests

Jerusalem, Israel. A water cannon tries to evacuate protesters who are blocking the highway, Begin Road, in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. The protestors did this, after the law to cancel the Standard of Reasonableness law passed in third call contrary to the protest's position. In the week preceding the vote in the parliament, a huge march arrived in Jerusalem and stayed overnight in Jerusalem in a tent camp. Demonstrations against the current government broke out in January, 2023, claiming that the new government is promoting Judicial Overhaul laws. Photo by Yahel Gazit/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Judicial Overhaul Protests

Jerusalem, Israel. A water cannon tries to evacuate protesters who are blocking the highway, Begin Road, in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. The protestors did this, after the law to cancel the Standard of Reasonableness law passed in third call contrary to the protest's position. In the week preceding the vote in the parliament, a huge march arrived in Jerusalem and stayed overnight in Jerusalem in a tent camp. Demonstrations against the current government broke out in January, 2023, claiming that the new government is promoting Judicial Overhaul laws. Photo by Yahel Gazit/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Judicial Overhaul Protests

Jerusalem, Israel. A water cannon tries to evacuate protesters who are blocking the highway, Begin Road, in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. The protestors did this, after the law to cancel the Standard of Reasonableness law passed in third call contrary to the protest's position. In the week preceding the vote in the parliament, a huge march arrived in Jerusalem and stayed overnight in Jerusalem in a tent camp. Demonstrations against the current government broke out in January, 2023, claiming that the new government is promoting Judicial Overhaul laws. Photo by Yahel Gazit/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Judicial Overhaul Protests

Jerusalem, Israel. A water cannon tries to evacuate protesters who are blocking the highway, Begin Road, in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. The protestors did this, after the law to cancel the Standard of Reasonableness law passed in third call contrary to the protest's position. In the week preceding the vote in the parliament, a huge march arrived in Jerusalem and stayed overnight in Jerusalem in a tent camp. Demonstrations against the current government broke out in January, 2023, claiming that the new government is promoting Judicial Overhaul laws. Photo by Yahel Gazit/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Judicial Overhaul Protests

Jerusalem, Israel. A water cannon tries to evacuate protesters who are blocking the highway, Begin Road, in Jerusalem, July 24, 2023. The protestors did this, after the law to cancel the Standard of Reasonableness law passed in third call contrary to the protest's position. In the week preceding the vote in the parliament, a huge march arrived in Jerusalem and stayed overnight in Jerusalem in a tent camp. Demonstrations against the current government broke out in January, 2023, claiming that the new government is promoting Judicial Overhaul laws. Photo by Yahel Gazit/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Judicial Overhaul Protests

Jerusalem, Israel. Protesters sit in a group on the road with one of them holding an umbrella against the sun. This demonstration is blocking the entrance to the Israeli parliament. This protest was held on July 24, 2023, the morning of the vote on Standard of Reasonableness law in Jerusalem. In the week preceding the vote in the parliament, a huge march arrived in Jerusalem and stayed overnight in Jerusalem in a tent camp. Demonstrations against the current government broke out in January, 2023, claiming that the new government is promoting Judicial Overhaul laws. Photo by Yahel Gazit/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Demonstration in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment protesters occupy a road in Bangkok on Jan. 13, 2014. They began blocking main roads in the Thai capital Jan. 12 ahead of the Jan. 13 "shutdown rally" aimed at toppling the caretaker government led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

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Demonstration in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment protesters occupy a road in Bangkok on Jan. 13, 2014. They began blocking main roads in the Thai capital Jan. 12 ahead of the Jan. 13 "shutdown rally" aimed at toppling the caretaker government led by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague, Wenceslas Square

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion movement blocked the arterial road in the centre of Prague for nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, October 12, 2019, within the Big Rebellion for Life protest event calling for carbon neutrality in Europe by 2025. More than 40 activists lied on the ground on the pedestrian crossing at the National Museum in Wenceslas Square. The police asked them to stop blocking traffic and when they did not do so the police officers carried all the protesters away. All the protesters are suspected of committing an offence. Extinction Rebellion activists have been protesting in Berlin, London, Paris and other cities in the world since the beginning of the week. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)