Protests

New Zealand’s Parliament was briefly suspended Thursday after Maori members staged a traditional ceremonial dance to protest legislation that would reinterpret a treaty between the British and indigenous Maori.

A fake protest encampment set up for a TV shoot on a New York City college campus sparked a real reaction from pro-Palestinian activists who organized their own demonstration against the filming at a New York City college.

Elected officials in New York City and Los Angeles have signaled recently that they’re open to reinstating decades-old mask bans after several tense pro-Palestinian demonstrations, where local officials say masked protesters aimed to conceal their identity.

The pro-Palestinian demonstration comes after more than a dozen protestors were arrested on June 5.

The group Climate Defiance took responsibility for the protest, wearing shirts reading “end fossil fuels.”

There have been weeks of protests, encampments and the occupation of an administration building at Columbia that led to a police response and mass arrests.

New York police officers arrived at Columbia University shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday night to clear protesters barricaded inside Hamilton Hall.