Vivian Silver, 74, had moved to Israel to advocate for peace, according to her family. Vivian Silver, a Canadian-Israeli peace activist who went missing during…
NewsFeedThis activist in the occupied West Bank was detained, beaten and sexually assaulted by Israeli settlers. The UN says settler attacks have tripled since October…
An anti-police activist who was involved in a physical altercation with Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin De León at a holiday toy giveaway has filed…
Wesa, who travelled the country campaigning for girls to have access to education, freed after seven months in prison. An Afghan rights campaigner who advocated…
Swedish activist held at protest against the influence of the fossil fuel industry on UK and global climate politics. Greta Thunberg has been detained by…
The woman whose work helped usher in my lifelong dream of becoming an author died last week. Louise Jenkins Meriwether, born May 8, 1923, in…
Glamour has named actor and activist America Ferrera as one of this year’s global Women of the Year for her dedication to social justice advocacy.…
WASHINGTON — Charlie Kirk’s $4.75-million Spanish-style estate is tucked away in a gated Arizona country club that boasts a guest casita, “resort-style” pool and striking views…
What did the Telangana High Court decide? The law was deemed to be in violation of Article 14, which protects the right to equality, and…
Rights groups condemn sentence against prominent campaigner on issues of climate change and environmental degradation. Vietnam has sentenced prominent environmental activist Hoang Thi Minh Hong…
Anon Nampa was arrested in 2020 after making the call for change during mass anti-government protests. A court in Thailand has jailed activist and lawyer…
BREAKINGBREAKING, Justin Trudeau calls on Indian government to cooperate with probe into Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing in Canada in June. Canada’s prime minister has said…
Activist says she wants to meet her jailed father Abdulhadi al-Khawaja who is currently on hunger strike. A daughter of prominent Bahraini rights activist Abdulhadi…
Part of Europe’s biggest wind turbine farm was built on land traditionally used by the Indigenous Sami community to herd reindeer. An Indigenous Sami activist…
Barker was working in radio in 1956 when producer Ralph Edwards invited him to audition as the new host of “Truth or Consequences,” a game…
Hisham Kassem’s al-Tayyar al-Hurr plans to back an opposition candidate to President el-Sisi in the next election. Egyptian authorities have transferred prominent publisher and political…
UN rights expert raises alarm over nearly decade-long detention of the former professor who is 90 percent disabled and bound to a wheelchair. A United…
Authorities in Pakistan have arrested a prominent human rights lawyer and a former lawmaker in overnight arrests in the capital, Islamabad. Rights activist and lawyer…
Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma, a leading figure in 2011 uprising, has been granted a presidential pardon, lawyers say. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has pardoned…
Women’s rights activist Mahbouba Seraj confronts Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid on women’s rights and girls’ education in Al Jazeera documentary. Afghan women’s rights activist Mahbouba Seraj…