LONDON: A Conservative politician has urged the British government to heed advice from its own lawyers on the legality of Israel’s actions in Gaza, the Observer newspaper reported on Saturday. Former Foreign Office…
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How Joe Lieberman went from anti-war candidate to pro-war pariah
by Horace Hallby Horace HallFormer Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman’s death on Wednesday led to many retrospectives about the 82-year-old’s high-profile place in national elections, including his history-making turn in 2000 as the first Jewish person on…
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Activists occupy government department to demand halt on Israel arms
ACTIVISTS from London for a Free Palestine occupied the Department of Business and Trade today, demanding that the British government stop arming Israel. The campaigners took over the lobby in…
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13 activists arrested ahead of Supreme Court abortion pill hearing
Thirteen pro-abortion protestors were arrested Tuesday morning outside the Supreme Court, ahead of oral arguments in a case that could dramatically limit access to mifepristone, a widely used abortion pill.…
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Green Party activist loses part of her finger after a dog chomped down on it while she was posting campaign fliers through the letter box
by Ivan Griffinby Ivan GriffinA Green Party activist has lost part of her finger after a dog chomped down on it while she was posting campaign fliers through the letter box. Danica Priest, who…
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21 years after her death in Gaza, Palestinians remember U.S. activist Rachel Corrie
AMMAN, Jordan — Twenty-one years ago this month, Rachel Corrie, a young American activist, was protesting the Israeli demolition of homes in the Gaza Strip. Bulldozers had already destroyed the…
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Mexico activists protest return of bullfights to capital
Animal rights defenders in Mexico City on Sunday marched to protest the return of the centuries-old spectacle of bullfighting to the capital after almost two years. “Torture is not art,…
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Hong Kong Offers HK$1m Bounties on Five Overseas Activists
by Ivan Griffinby Ivan GriffinHong Kong police have offered rewards of HK$1m (£100,400; $128,000) for information leading to the arrests of five pro-democracy activists. They include Simon Cheng, a former UK consulate employee detained in…
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North Koreans Deported From Chinese Jails Face Torture, Activists Warn
by Horace Hallby Horace HallActivists say up to 600 North Korean defectors, believed to be mostly women, have not been heard from since their deportation from China. In October, China carried out the largest…
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Agnes Chow: Fugitive Activist Says Hong Kong is Now a ‘Place of Fear’
by Billy Hillby Billy HillHong Kong is now a “place full of fear”, pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow, who recently jumped bail, said. Ms Chow was under investigation for “collusion with foreign forces”, but had…