By the time the protests reached Moscow on Sunday afternoon, thousands of Russians across the country had already marched in support of boycotting presidential elections in March. They marched in Vladivostok, in Russia’s Far East, and they marched in Siberia's Irkutsk, braving subzero temperatures. They marched for fair and free elections, they said, and for an end to President Vladimir Putin’s nearly two-decade-long rule. Should he win the vote on March 18 — as is widely expected — it would extend his presidency for another six years.

Protesters gathered across Russia Sunday to support opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s call to boycott the March presidential election, and Navalny himself was arrested while walking to the Moscow demonstration. Many of the crowds that turned out in generally frigid weather skewed sharply young, apparently reflecting growing discontent among Russians who have lived most or all of their lives under President Vladimir Putin, who came to power on New Year’s Eve 1999.

If there is one lesson the world should have learned from Iran’s ‘Green Revolution’ of 2009 and the so-called Arab Spring that followed, it is this: the worst regimes stay.

Lebanese security forces have fired tear gas and water canons at protesters near the US Embassy in Beirut during a demonstration against Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Demonstrators waved the Palestinian flag as they lit fires in the street and threw projectiles towards the security forces, who had barricaded the main road leading to the embassy in the Awkar area of the capital's north-east.

A senior Iranian cleric called during Friday prayers for Palestinians to “rage” against Israel after US President Donald Trump declared Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state. Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, an ultra-conservative and a key leader of the main weekly Muslim prayers, said Trump had drawn a line on years of peace efforts by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

The decision not to carry a passenger was made on a 'case-by-case decision', says Lufthansa spokesman Michael Lamberty. By Jon Sharman. [Autoplay]

Several people have been injured during clashes between police and activists protesting against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party conference in Hanover. Authorities used water cannons against the protesters. By David Martin, Shamil Shams.

The trees may soon have to give way to a coal mine expansion. But activists are building tree houses and blocking roads. DW spent three days in the ancient forest with them. By Patrick Große.

Dr. Raines and his wife were among the antiwar protesters who broke into a field office in 1971 and stole hundreds of files, which they gave to journalists. By Sam Roberts.

A photojournalist facing a criminal trial on several felony charges sounds like something that would happen in another country. So this article is written in the style that would be used if it did. By Ryan J. Reilly and Christopher Mathias.

A pro-independence general strike in Catalonia today has seen dozens of the regions’ roads blocked by protestors and its education sector seriously affected. As early as six this morning, demonstrators began moving onto around 60 roads across Catalonia, causing massive traffic jams on several key roads. A large number of the protests centered on the main access routes in and out of Barcelona, as well as a number of city centre avenues and roundabouts.

Of the many stories of official government suppression that came out of the Vietnam War era protest movements, one of the most compelling is the saga of Kiyoshi Kuromiya’s indelible “Fuck the Draft” poster. By Ron Kretsch.

Historian Mark Bray explains the politics of the modern anti-fascist movement, as well as its historical origins. By Abdullah Shihipar.

No other incident during Standing Rock better illustrates the collaboration between police and private security in suppressing the NoDAPL movement. By Alleen Brown, Will Parrish, Alice Speri.

Greenpeace activists set off fireworks inside a nuclear plant in eastern France early Thursday after breaking into the facility to underline its vulnerability to attack. By Camille Bouissou.

One common response to the national anthem protests originated by Colin Kaepernick is to disparage them as polarizing. Joe Scarborough, host of Morning Joe, summed up this particular critique in a tweet last weekend... The idea here is that kneeling NFL players are committing an act of such blatant disrespect that they hand Trump an easy image with which to demagogue. Often attendant to the idea that protesting players are shooting themselves in the foot is the notion that in some other era, black protest proved to be a unifying force that altered the psychology of some critical mass of open-minded whites.

Black Lives Matter protesters reportedly cursed at officers outside a police union fundraiser for a White officer who’s been suspended after fatally shooting a Black man in the back following a traffic stop. Asa Khalif, one of the group’s coordinators, shouted at police through a bullhorn on Sunday that, “It’s a disgrace you’re having a party for a murderer.” Union president John McNesby declined comment. Police commissioner Richard Ross says Officer Ryan Pownall has been suspended and should be terminated later this month.

More than 100 people have been arrested as supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny hold protests in some 80 cities across Russia, reports say. They are demanding he be allowed to stand in 2018 presidential elections. The rallies coincide with President Vladimir Putin's 65th birthday. Most are unauthorised, including those in Moscow and St Petersburg. Mr Navalny is currently serving 20 days in jail for repeatedly violating a law on organising public meetings.

Carrying acid in public will be outlawed without “good reason” and sales to under-18s banned, following a series of horrific attacks. Home Secretary Amber Rudd announced the crackdown, as she also vowed to cut the number of knife attacks by preventing children buying knives online. “We are going to stop people carrying acid in public if they don’t have a good reason,” she told the Conservative party conference.

Thousands of people took to Dublin's streets to call for change to Ireland's strict abortion laws today. The March for Choice, now in its sixth year, is the first major rally since the Government set an indicative timescale of early summer 2018 for a referendum on the section of the state's constitution that ensures tight legal restrictions on terminations.