"Criticism from Locals"

#12615257

4 August 2025

Local demonstrators participate in Rage Against the Regime. This involves millions of people and dogs from around the country who protest simultaneously against the current administration.

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4 August 2025

Local demonstrators participate in Rage Against the Regime. This involves millions of people and dogs from around the country who protest simultaneously against the current administration.

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#12579919

24 July 2025

Sri Lanka's doctors for free education stage a protest in front of General Hospital against education privatization and the abolition of KDU (The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 24, 2025. The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) is at the center of heated debate in Sri Lanka regarding the privatization and militarization of higher education. Several government decisions in 2025, especially the restriction of civilian and local student admissions to its medical faculty, intensify public discussion about educational equity, government policy, and the future of free education in Sri Lanka. In May 2025, KDU abruptly stops admitting fee-paying civilian students to its undergraduate medical program. This move is justified by government spokespeople as a return to KDU's original mandate to train military cadets but is met with widespread criticism from student groups, medical associations, and political leaders.

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#12579920

24 July 2025

Sri Lanka's doctors for free education stage a protest in front of General Hospital against education privatization and the abolition of KDU (The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 24, 2025. The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) is at the center of heated debate in Sri Lanka regarding the privatization and militarization of higher education. Several government decisions in 2025, especially the restriction of civilian and local student admissions to its medical faculty, intensify public discussion about educational equity, government policy, and the future of free education in Sri Lanka. In May 2025, KDU abruptly stops admitting fee-paying civilian students to its undergraduate medical program. This move is justified by government spokespeople as a return to KDU's original mandate to train military cadets but is met with widespread criticism from student groups, medical associations, and political leaders.

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24 July 2025

Sri Lanka's doctors for free education stage a protest in front of General Hospital against education privatization and the abolition of KDU (The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 24, 2025. The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) is at the center of heated debate in Sri Lanka regarding the privatization and militarization of higher education. Several government decisions in 2025, especially the restriction of civilian and local student admissions to its medical faculty, intensify public discussion about educational equity, government policy, and the future of free education in Sri Lanka. In May 2025, KDU abruptly stops admitting fee-paying civilian students to its undergraduate medical program. This move is justified by government spokespeople as a return to KDU's original mandate to train military cadets but is met with widespread criticism from student groups, medical associations, and political leaders.

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#12095663

25 February 2025

A student protester from Universidad de Manila (UdM) wears a yellow ribbon, a symbol locally associated with the EDSA People Power, during the 39th year of commemoration of the 1986 ''People Power'' revolt that topples the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., the father of the current Philippine president Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos, Jr., in Quezon City, Philippines, on February 25, 2025. In response to the declaration of the anniversary of the People Power revolution in 1986 as a ''working holiday,'' schools declare class suspensions in protest of what critics see as ''historical revisionism'' from President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos, Jr., the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.

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#12095659

25 February 2025

A protester wears a yellow ribbon, a symbol locally associated with the EDSA People Power, during the 39th year of commemoration of the 1986 ''People Power'' revolt that topples the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., the father of the current Philippine president Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos, Jr., in Quezon City, Philippines, on February 25, 2025. In response to the declaration of the anniversary of the People Power revolution in 1986 as a ''working holiday,'' schools declare class suspensions in protest of what critics see as ''historical revisionism'' from President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos, Jr., the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Sr.

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#11182755

27 April 2024

Georges Feterman, the president of the NGO A.R.B.R.E.S, is presenting the 'Outstanding Tree of the Year' label to 'Majo', a London plane tree, in Saix, Tarn, France, on April 26, 2024. Activists, known as 'Ecureuils' or 'squirrels', are currently living in the trees to prevent them from being illegally cut down by NGE/Atosca. They have been in the trees for 39 days, leading to a police siege of the area called 'Crem'Arbres'. The French Justice has ruled that the Crem'Arbres must be protected and the trees cannot be cut until September 1st. Members of the local community, sympathizers, and LVEL members are attending the event to celebrate the awarding of the label. Opponents of the planned A69 highway between Toulouse and Castres have set up a ZAD, or 'Zone To Defend', at 'Crem'Arbres' to block the construction. The main collective 'La Voie est Libre', or 'The Way is Free', is demanding that the highway project be halted until all judicial decisions have been made. The expropriations for farmers have not been resolved. Critics argue that reprofiling the N126 would be sufficient for the anticipated 6,000 vehicles per day and would be much less expensive. The A69 highway is projected to cost EUR512 million (in 2018 euros, excluding inflation) for 53 kilometers, and its construction would destroy over 100 protected species and 400 hectares of agricultural land.

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#10384582

19 August 2023

On August 18, 2023, a house in Humble, Texas is seen destroyed following a dramatic police standoff with gunman Terran Green who was sought by several law enforcement agencies after shooting multiple officers. Late on the night of August 17 law enforcement used a tactical vehicle to bulldoze the house while the suspect was still barricaded inside. The police response has drawn criticism from locals.

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#10384584

19 August 2023

On August 18, 2023, a house in Humble, Texas is seen destroyed following a dramatic police standoff with gunman Terran Green who was sought by several law enforcement agencies after shooting multiple officers. Late on the night of August 17 law enforcement used a tactical vehicle to bulldoze the house while the suspect was still barricaded inside. The police response has drawn criticism from locals.

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#10384586

19 August 2023

On August 18, 2023, a house in Humble, Texas is seen destroyed following a dramatic police standoff with gunman Terran Green who was sought by several law enforcement agencies after shooting multiple officers. Late on the night of August 17 law enforcement used a tactical vehicle to bulldoze the house while the suspect was still barricaded inside. The police response has drawn criticism from locals.

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#10384588

19 August 2023

On August 18, 2023, a house in Humble, Texas is seen destroyed following a dramatic police standoff with gunman Terran Green who was sought by several law enforcement agencies after shooting multiple officers. Late on the night of August 17 law enforcement used a tactical vehicle to bulldoze the house while the suspect was still barricaded inside. The police response has drawn criticism from locals.

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#10384590

19 August 2023

On August 18, 2023, a house in Humble, Texas is seen destroyed following a dramatic police standoff with gunman Terran Green who was sought by several law enforcement agencies after shooting multiple officers. Late on the night of August 17 law enforcement used a tactical vehicle to bulldoze the house while the suspect was still barricaded inside. The police response has drawn criticism from locals.

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#10384592

19 August 2023

On August 18, 2023, a house in Humble, Texas is seen destroyed following a dramatic police standoff with gunman Terran Green who was sought by several law enforcement agencies after shooting multiple officers. Late on the night of August 17 law enforcement used a tactical vehicle to bulldoze the house while the suspect was still barricaded inside. The police response has drawn criticism from locals.

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#10384596

19 August 2023

On August 18, 2023, a house in Humble, Texas is seen destroyed following a dramatic police standoff with gunman Terran Green who was sought by several law enforcement agencies after shooting multiple officers. Late on the night of August 17 law enforcement used a tactical vehicle to bulldoze the house while the suspect was still barricaded inside. The police response has drawn criticism from locals.

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#10384598

19 August 2023

On August 18, 2023, a house in Humble, Texas is seen destroyed following a dramatic police standoff with gunman Terran Green who was sought by several law enforcement agencies after shooting multiple officers. Late on the night of August 17 law enforcement used a tactical vehicle to bulldoze the house while the suspect was still barricaded inside. The police response has drawn criticism from locals.

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