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Added on the 01/05/2017 18:27:03 - Copyright : Euronews EN
LGBT activisits gather outside the US Supreme Court as it is set to rule on whether gay, transgender workers are protected under anti-discrimination laws, a question which has caused deep divisions within US society. The street outside the Court has been evacuated after police identified a suspicious package on the sidewalk. IMAGES
British gay rights activist Peter Tatchell was arrested on Thursday in Russia for holding a one-man protest against the country's record on LGBT rights, hours before the kick-off of the World Cup. IMAGES
LGBTQ+ groups call a protest outside Peru's Ministry of Health, in the capital Lima, against a new government decree listing transsexualism as a "mental disorder." The government on May 10 updated its list of insurable health conditions -- which since 2021 has offered benefits for mental health treatment -- to include services for transgender people. IMAGES
The founder of the far-right group English Defence League (EDL), Tommy Robinson, is arrested by police during a rally against anti-Semitism in London. IMAGES
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and Ugandan climate activist Patience Nabukalu take part in a demonstration by the group 'Fridays for Future' in front of the headquarters of German retail bank Postbank in Bonn, western Germany, to demand an end of new fossil fuel funding projects by banks and states. The activists march from the United Nations campus to the Postbank (Deutsche Bank) headquarters to demand that company CEO Christian Sewing and TotalEnergies stop funding the EACOP pipeline in Uganda. IMAGES
Just Stop Oil activists are arrested on the day of Charles III's coronation in London. One protester shouts "I have nothing against the coronation, just to hold up a banner, is all I wanted to do. And that's because four billion people are watching." IMAGES