DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Activists designated Saturday a day of protest at the COP28 summit in Dubai. And their calls for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip couldn’t name the parties involved. “I’m here to say to end with the colonial powers and with the white supremacy.”Many climate activists point to the same causes for today’s climate crisis. Typically, COP summits see mass demonstrations of tens of thousands of people outside of the Blue Zone. The detainees protest had been scheduled to take place days earlier, but negotiations with U.N. officials dragged on — likely due to the sensitivity of even mentioning the detainees’ names in the country.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 10, 2023 10:17 UTC