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The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network has dismissed more than 14 staff members just as they began organizing a union, according to supporters raising funds for the affected workers. A GoFundMe titled 'Stand with WAISN Workers Organizing Their Union' is circulating, and immigration and labor activists in Seattle and the wider Pacific Northwest are urging people to donate and show support.

The WA Labor government has created an "Exclusion Zone" around the Perth Weapons Expo, with penalties of $36,000 fines and up to three years in jail for activists who enter. Critics say the zone shields arms sales to regimes including Israel, and activists are reportedly planning legal action against the police-enforced ban.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is facing renewed condemnation from critics who accuse the agency of cruelty toward migrant children. Detractors point to young children appearing in immigration court without legal representation, cases of children driven to suicide, and thousands of families held in detention facilities they describe as concentration camps. Activists are calling for the agency to be abolished.

Al Jazeera is running a live blog asking how many people Israel has killed and injured in Gaza, alongside updates on widening conflict, including intensified fighting and hundreds reported killed or injured in Yemen. Activists are sharing the coverage widely, framing the casualties as war crimes and crimes against humanity and calling for boycotts. The figures highlight the mounting human cost of the conflict across the region.

Demonstrations took place across the UK as part of a nationwide day of action demanding the cancellation of Palantir's multi-billion-pound contract with the National Health Service. Campaigners, linking the protests to pro-Palestine and ceasefire causes, are urging the government to end its data and technology agreements with the US software company.

Human rights groups are condemning an OECD mediation process over pesticide poisoning affecting indigenous communities in Paraguay, arguing it has failed to hold the German chemical company Bayer accountable. Activists describe the process as flawed and amounting to greenwashing, and are calling for pesticide bans and justice for affected communities.

Reports claim the British state has opened what critics call another unfair trial against Palestine Action, using counter-terrorism measures to secure convictions of the pro-Palestinian group. Commenters condemned the move, describing it as anti-democratic and an abuse of terrorism legislation to silence activists. Palestine Action was banned under UK terror laws last year, and prosecutions of its supporters remain highly controversial.

Chief Justice John Roberts was met by protesters during a visit to Maine, with demonstrators gathering to voice opposition to the Supreme Court and its recent rulings. The encounter highlights ongoing public anger toward the court's conservative majority, and images of the protest are circulating widely, drawing commentary about the increasing willingness of activists to confront justices outside Washington.