As global leaders gather at the COP28 summit in Dubai, environmental activists around the world are still challenging climate sceptics. Young people from five countries told BBC News how they…
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Activist Ahed Tamimi was one of 30 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel on Wednesday, as part of the truce deal with Hamas. Israel’s prison service said a mixture of men…
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Activist RightsNewsUnited Kingdom
Just Stop Oil: Activists Deny Damaging Rokeby Venus Glass
by Trevor Lambby Trevor LambTwo Just Stop Oil protesters have denied damaging glass protecting the Rokeby Venus painting in London’s National Gallery. Harrison Donnelly, 20, of Sillitoe Way, Nottingham, and Hanan Ameur, 22, of…
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Human Rights Activists Facing Threats In 40 Countries For Cooperating With UN
by Kyle Bridgesby Kyle BridgesBe warned: If you are a human rights activist or an individual cooperating with the UN in revealing abuses, you may be under surveillance or in danger of facing physical…
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Activist RightsNewsUnited StatesUS
Conservative Activist Uses Civil War-Era Law to Challenge US Corporate Diversity
Sept 25 (Reuters) – The anti-affirmative action activist behind the successful U.S. Supreme Court challenge to race-conscious college admissions policies is trying to use a Civil War-era law designed to protect formerly enslaved Black…
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Life Prison Sentence for Turkish Cultural Rights Activist Osman Kavala is Upheld
by Joel Fosterby Joel Foster(New York) – Türkiye’s Supreme Court of Appeals yesterday upheld the life imprisonment sentence against Osman Kavala on September 28. Kavala, a cultural rights activist and founder of several publishing houses has…
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Activist RightsNewsUnited StatesUS
Hyde Park Academy Alums Honor Classmate and Civil Rights Activist Diane Nash
by Ivan Griffinby Ivan GriffinDiane Nash, a civil rights activist and Hyde Park Academy graduate, was honored for her activism last weekend by former classmates in an intimate celebration at the school. The plaque…
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Thai Park Officers Acquitted of Murder of Indigenous Rights Activist
by Horace Hallby Horace HallBANGKOK — A Thai court Thursday found four national park officers not guilty of abducting and murdering an Indigenous rights activist who disappeared nine years ago while aiding a lawsuit against…
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European Politicians Must Stop Exploiting Migrant Crisis: Rights Activists
by Billy Hillby Billy HillBERLIN Germany’s new measures to reduce irregular migration have prompted sharp criticism from refugees and human rights activists. The government has introduced temporary border checks this week at crossings with…
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NGOs Call for Action After Killing of Bangladesh Union Activist
DHAKA, BANGLADESH — Human Rights Watch and global workers’ rights organizations have intensified a call for action after the June killing of Bangladeshi union activist Shahidul Islam, urging the government to…