Indonesia Reshuffles Finance Minister Amid Protests

Indonesia replaces its finance minister amid nationwide protests and mounting public pressure demanding a shift in fiscal policy.

https://www.olamnews.com/world/asia/1592/indonesia-reshuffles-finance-minister-amid-protests/

"Bratislava is not Moscow. Slovakia is Europe," Volodymyr #Zelenskyy wrote in support of mass public protests against increasingly pro-Putin government of PM Robert #Fico held across #Slovakia today, sharing a tweet by one of their participants.
Nearly 100,000 people gathered to protest across towns & cities throughout the country in total.
#SNFF #democracy #SlovakiaIsEurope
#PublicProtests #antigovernmentprotests

The US Supreme Court declines to hear Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson's appeal, allowing him to be sued by a Louisiana officer injured in a 2016 protest.
This decision could impact the future of public demonstrations in the U.S.

#SupremeCourt #BLM #DeRayMckesson #PublicProtests #LegalNews

#MarkJacob via #StopThePresses

#DonaldTrump = a #fascist who wants 2 b #dictator

[We know this cuz] he tells us so, over & over

#America's major news orgs r beginning 2 say it 2, belatedly. Nation’s 2 most influential papers, #NewYorkTimes & #WashingtonPost, r writing stories about how he plans 2 weaponize #JusticeDepartment 2 punish his political enemies, 2 put millions o #immigrants in camps, & order #military 2 shut down #PublicProtests if he takes office in Jan25

https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/where-are-the-page-1-editorials-against

Where are the Page 1 editorials against Trump?

Major newspapers should run front-page editorials declaring clearly that a vote for Trump is a vote to end democracy.

Stop the Presses

‘Hostile, authoritarian’ #UK downgraded in #CivicFreedoms index

Civicus Monitor cites hostility towards campaigners and charities, and clamp down on #PublicProtests
- https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/16/hostile-authoritarian-uk-downgraded-in-civic-freedoms-index
#ToryPoliciesInAction
#Authoritarianism
#LibertyAtRisk
#DecadeOfDecline

‘Hostile, authoritarian’ UK downgraded in civic freedoms index

Civicus Monitor cites hostility towards campaigners and charities, and clamp down on public protests

The Guardian