Tunisia activists appeal jail terms over pollution protests | Environment News
Aguereb, Tunisia – Dozens of environment activists are appealing prison sentences handed down for protesting pollution at a massive landfill site in a national park…
Texas Democrat, activists hold Capitol 'thirst strike' for worker heat protections
Greg Casar won’t be eating, drinking or taking breaks “until nurses request him to stop.” Source link
Hong Kong arrests 4 accused of aiding exiled pro-democracy activists
Police in Hong Kong said they have arrested four men accused of funding dissidents who have fled overseas where they continue their activism. File Photo…
9/11 stalled immigration reform, inspired young activists
WASHINGTON — Ali-Reza Torabi was a sixth-grader in San Diego when two planes slammed into the twin towers in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. Torabi…
Activists sue Harvard over legacy admissions
WASHINGTON — A civil rights group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost…
Hong Kong issues arrest warrant for Australian citizen and seven other pro-democracy activists
An Australian citizen is among eight overseas-based activists who have been accused by Hong Kong police of national security offences, including foreign collusion and incitement to secession.Key points:Melbourne…
Activists seek to confront UK’s plan to ban boycotting Israel | Features
Glasgow, United Kingdom – The UK’s right to challenge Israel’s decades-long oppression of the Palestinians through the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement must be protected.…
LGBTQ+ activists defy Pride ban and hold annual march in Istanbul
Hundreds of people defied a ban on staging an annual LGBTQ+ Pride march in Istanbul, resulting in more than 40 activists being detained. On 25…
Extrajudicial Killings By Military In Cameroon Grow As Activists Decry It
Women in the Belo subdivision of the northwestern part of Cameroon say they have been burying young boys executed by military officials between June 10…
Activists condemn Rishi Sunak for mocking trans people in leaked video
LGBTQ+ organisations and activists are calling on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to publicly apologise for mocking transgender people in a leaked video. In a…
Activists say the human rights movement is failing
“The state of the modern human rights movement is rather dire,” said Ramy Yaacoub, who works on Middle East issues for the Open Society Foundations,…
China spied on Hong Kong activists using TikTok, lawsuit claims | Technology
Former ByteDance executive alleges that Chinese officials used ‘god credential’ to get around protections for user data. Taipei, Taiwan – China’s Communist Party (CCP) can…
LGBTQ+ stars and activists share empowering messages for Pride Month
Pride Month has started! Whilst this is a time to celebrate, we are also seeing a concerted attack on LGBTQ+ rights in the UK. In…
Hong Kong police detain artists and activists on Tiananmen Square massacre 34th anniversary
1/5 Protesters walk during a rally to mark the 34th anniversary of the Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing's Tiananmen Square near…
Germany convicts left-wing activists for attack on neo-Nazis | The Far Right News
A 28-year-old woman and her three accomplices were sentenced to prison for their roles in a series of attacks on neo-Nazis and other right-wing sympathisers.…
Hopefuls for Feinstein Senate seat woo Democratic activists
On the largest stage to date in the race to replace retiring California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the three top Democratic candidates dashed through their state…
The activists confronting period taboos in Pakistan | Women
Thul, Pakistan – In November last year, I met Razia* at a rice mill in Thul, a little over an hour from Jacobabad city in…
Egyptian activist’s arrest sparks safety fears in Lebanon | News
Lebanese security agents stormed the apartment of exiled Egyptian activist Abdelrahman Tarek, known to friends as Moka, on May 24, telling the 29-year-old to pack a…
Climate activists who smeared paint on case protecting Degas sculpture indicted
The two climate activists who smeared paint on the case protecting one of the most famous sculptures in modern art history housed at the National…
Netherlands arrests more than 1,500 climate activists | Climate Crisis News
Climate activists blocked parts of a motorway in The Hague to protest against Dutch fossil fuel subsidies. More than 1,500 people have been arrested during…