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27 April 2025
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The protests against China's ruthless Zero Covid policy continue to grow as President Xi Jinping shows no sign of changing tack despite even Hong Kong easing towards a more liberal approach.
We're publishing a guest post on the Daily Sceptic by the solicitor for Debbie Hicks, an anti-lockdown protestor hoping to appeal two recent convictions in the High Court.
An 'unplanned' anti-lockdown protest in Scotland's largest city has taken place today that appears to be one of the country's largest demonstrations since the pandemic began.
Debbie Hicks, the anti-lockdown activist who is facing a number of attempts to prosecute her for protesting in various ways, was found not guilty earlier today in Cheltenham Magistrates Court.
Belgium has become the latest European country to experience anti-lockdown protests in response to tightening Covid restrictions.
Thousands of anti-lockdown protestors have descended on the streets of York, Austria and the Netherlands as new Covid restrictions are imposed across Europe in response to the (seemingly harmless) Omicron variant.
Professor John Edwards, a SAGE adviser, has urged the public to get booster jabs to ensure that anti-lockdown protests, which have recently erupted on the Continent, don't happen in the U.K.
Seven people have been injured after Dutch police fired on anti-lockdown protestors on Friday night, amid rising anger at new Covid restrictions.
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