Ex-Ukraine MP and language campaigner shot dead in Lviv
A former Ukrainian nationalist MP has died after being shot on the street in the western city of Lviv.Iryna Farion caused controversy in 2023 by…
‘Do not cry for me’, says breast cancer campaigner in final post
11 minutes agoBy Rumeana Jahangir, BBC News@kate_rackhamKate Rackham shared updates about her treatment on social mediaTributes have been paid after the death of a teacher who raised…
Russian human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov sentenced to jail | Newsfeed
NewsFeedThe co-chair of a Russian rights group that shared the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has been jailed for two and half years for ‘discrediting’ the…
Meet the campaigner at the forefront of HIV/AIDS activism since the 1980s
“We started off literally one night a week with a telephone helpline. Then slowly there were more people in Manchester living with HIV, so very…
Russia jails Navalny campaigner Vadim Ostanin for ‘extremism’ | Courts News
Russia has outlawed Navalny’s organisation as part of a crackdown on dissent that’s worsened since the war in Ukraine. Russia has sentenced Vadim Ostanin, a…