Joined by leftist and libertarian organizations, a group of current and former employees of the City of Los Angeles held a protest Aug. 16 calling on the city to end the ongoing COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its employees—enacted last December—and bring back those who were terminated for being unvaccinated. As the city council held its…

New Zealand House Speaker Trevor Mallard has withdrawn trespass notices for five former MPs, prompting the former Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters to call for an “immediate” vote of no confidence. On May 2, trespass notices were sent to Peters, former Nationals MP Matt King, and others who attended the anti-mandate protests in Wellington, banning them…

New Zealand House Speaker Trevor Mallard has withdrawn trespass notices for five former MPs, prompting the former Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters to call for an “immediate” vote of no confidence. On May 2, trespass notices were sent to Peters, former Nationals MP Matt King, and others who attended the anti-mandate protests in Wellington, banning them…

Thousands of Australians across two protests have rallied against the vaccine mandates and the extended emergency COVID-19 powers in Brisbane with several parliamentarians joining the protests. Demonstrators gathered outside the state Parliament House on Tuesday, chanting “block the bill,” “my body, my choice” and “end the segregation.” They demanded the government to drop the controversial…

New Zealand police have dispersed anti-mandate protesters who had set up an encampment outside the country’s parliament, towing away vehicles and making dozens of arrests. Following three weeks of confrontations between the protesters and police at parliament, hundreds of officers in riot gear stormed the encampment on Wednesday morning, tearing down tents, using pepper spray…