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Israeli Navy intercepts Gaza aid flotilla, detains over 450 activists and 42 vessels

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025 by Yumna Asif

Israeli naval forces have intercepted a large international flotilla en route to Gaza, detaining over 450 pro-Palestinian activists and seizing more than 42 vessels, according to Israeli officials and flotilla organizers. Among those detained are high-profile figures including Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg, South African MP Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, the grandson of Nelson Mandela and former … Read more

Kashmiri Farmers and Activists Urge Against Land Acquisition for Satellite Townships

December 7, 2024 by Rao Abdullah

SRINAGAR: A delegation of farmers and activists met with the Chief Minister’s Political Advisor on Monday to express concerns over the government’s plans to establish satellite townships along the Srinagar Ring Road project, spanning from Pampore to Narbal. The meeting took place at the Chief Minister’s grievance redressal office, Raabta. Led by Dr. Raja Muzaffar … Read more

Three prominent opponents of Tunisian president under investigation

January 3, 2023 by Muzzammil Mehboob

Tunisian President Kais Saied has warned of legal action. He dissolved parliament and gained control of the executive branch in July 2021. Nejib Chebbi with two others is the activist under investigation. On Monday, three prominent opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied announced that they had received warnings from prosecutors indicating they were under investigation, … Read more

Cort Nielsen wins fight upset Tour stage, Pogacar holds yellow

July 13, 2022 by Salman farooqui

Denmark’s Magnus Cort Nielsen won the tenth phase. Tour de France, a 148.5-km Alpine trip from Morzine. In the midst of an environment activists’ interference on Tuesday. Cort Nielsen won in a nail-gnawing run finish from day’s breakaway to guarantee his subsequent profession stage win on the Tour after 2018. The race was halted for … Read more

Iraqi activists suffering in ‘environment of fear’: UN

June 3, 2022 by Shehroze Aqueeque

In a report documenting 26 incidents since May 2021. Among the 26 cases investigated, they include “targeted killing, violent assaults. Dozens of activists were targeted in assassinations or attempted killings. Assassinations, bomb attacks and threats: in Iraq an “environment of fear and intimidation” targeting activists and protesters has put a stranglehold on freedom of expression, … Read more

Thousands expected to rally across US for abortion rights

May 14, 2022 by Shehroze Aqueeque

Thousands of activists are preparing to take to the streets of the United States on Saturday in a national day of action to demand safe and legal abortion access. The planned nationwide protests are in response to a leaked draught opinion indicating that the conservative majority on the United States Supreme Court is considering overturning … Read more

14 civilians killed in eastern DR Congo attack

May 10, 2022 by Shehroze Aqueeque

Fourteen civilians, including children, were killed in an attack on a displaced persons’ camp in Ituri province in eastern DR Congo on Tuesday, according to a monitoring organization and a local civil group. According to the Kivu Security Tracker (KST), a respected monitor of violence in the conflict-torn region, the attack took place on Monday … Read more

Activists block Russian oil tanker in Norway

April 25, 2022 by Shehroze Aqueeque

Greenpeace activists in Norway blocked a Russian oil tanker from unloading its cargo near Oslo Monday, pronouncing the shipment changed into helping to finance Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “warfare”. The Hong Kong-registered Ust Luga, leased via Russian oil company Novatek, is carrying 95,000 tonnes of fuel bound for Esso’s terminal in southeast Norway, Greenpeace stated in an … Read more

FIA launches crackdown against activists running malicious campaigns against state institutions

April 12, 2022 by Baseer Ahmed

LAHORE: Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has launched a countrywide crackdown against all those people who have been involved in ridiculing powerful individuals and state institutions including Pakistan Army and Supreme Court through running malicious campaigns and trends on social media, Bol News has learnt. According to sources in the FIA, … Read more

Pakistan condemns harassment of journalists, activists in IIOJK

January 16, 2022 by Mussab Iqbal

Pakistan has condemned the increasing harassment, illegal arrests, and registration of fake criminal cases against journalists and civil society activists in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), a statement by Foreign Office (FO) said on Sunday. The statement added that Saturday’s reported attack on the Kashmir Press Club reflects India’s entrenched use of brute … Read more

India’s top court orders probe into Pegasus snooping

October 27, 2021 by Web Desk

NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered an independent investigation into the alleged government use of Pegasus spyware on journalists, opposition politicians and activists with the chief justice calling the implications “Orwellian”. India was one of 45 countries where tens of thousands of numbers were targeted by the spyware made by Israeli firm NSO, … Read more

District court LHR sends 58 PML-N activists to Jail

August 12, 2020 by Web Desk

District court of Lahore sent 58 activists of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) sent to jail over strife outside the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) office Lahore yesterday on the occasion of Maryam Nawaz appearance. According to the details, the Chohan police station where FIR was lodged against PML-N) activists, insisted on an eight-day physical remand of … Read more

Bangladesh: protest after student raped, activists demand justice

January 6, 2020 by Atta Ur Rehman Khan

Dhaka: More than 1,000 students and activists on Monday linked their hands, chanted slogans and marched through Bangladesh’s main public university after a second-year student was raped, BOL News learnt. According to the police, The protesters gathered on the campus in Dhaka, the capital, after the victim was rescued and taken to Dhaka Medical College … Read more

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