The other defendants included “Hong Kong’s father of democracy” Martin Lee and veteran pro-democracy figures Albert Ho and Lee Cheuk-yan. They were charged with organizing and taking part in a …
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Many of the villages targeted are controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU), an ethnic armed group that holds large swathes of territory in the borderlands. A 5-year-old boy died …
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Black voters showed they matter in Georgia. Here's how activists are trying to keep it that way
On an unseasonably muggy February afternoon, a tour bus emblazoned with “We got power” snaked through Warner Robins. Wrapped in the pan-African colors of red, black and green, it was …
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HONG KONG: Twenty-four activists appeared in a Hong Kong court on Friday on charges related to a June 4 vigil last year marking the anniversary of China’s military crackdown on …
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Three BJP activists arrested for raising ‘goli maro…’ slogan at party leader Suvendu Adhikari’s rally – Politics News , Firstpost
The Opposition BJP accused the police administration of being partial as it failed to take action against the TMC supporters who had raised similar slogans on Tuesday Representational Image. AFP …
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Among those summoned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a case of alleged terror funding by the pro-Khalistan organisation Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) are farmers, shopkeepers, activists, and journalists …
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Foreign ministers from the United States, Canada, Britain and Australia condemned last week’s arrest of over 50 democracy activists in Hong Kong in a joint statement on Sunday, calling on …
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‘What a joke’: Black Lives Matter activists note contrast in police response at Capitol – World News , Firstpost
Activists who protest the police say they believe they are targeted because of their criticism of law enforcement While protesting the police killing of a Black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, …
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More than 50 pro-democracy and civil society leaders in Hong Kong have been arrested under China’s national security law, an unprecedented crackdown as Beijing tries to throttle Hong Kong’s remaining …
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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police arrested 53 former lawmakers and democracy proponents Wednesday for allegedly violating the new national security law by participating in unofficial election primaries for …
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WASHINGTON: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday called for the immediate release of 10 Hong Kong activists who were sentenced to between seven months and three years in …
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Activists have raised the red flag against the new electric supply code formulated by the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (MERC) new supply code. Alleging that the draft new code has …
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A college run by the Jain community in Baghpat district of western Uttar Pradesh has accused the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh …
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ATLANTA: When a conservative organization announced plans this month to launch an election integrity operation in Georgia, the groups news release included a high-profile name: the chairman of the states …
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Those who leave, and those who stay. Hong Kong’s democracy activists face two choices and neither are easy
The latter scenario might not sound nightmarish, but democracy activist Chu, 43, knows what it symbolizes: his dread of being separated from his daughter if he eventually goes to jail. …
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The indictment took their cases a step closer to court, although no date has been set for their hearings to begin. A court in the southern city of Shenzhen, where …
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HONG KONG — Ten Hong Kong activists who were captured at sea while trying to flee to Taiwan in August were charged in mainland China on Wednesday with illegal boundary-crossing …
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In blow to human rights activists, ICC in The Hague rules out investigating China’s detention of Muslims – World News , Firstpost
China has denied that the camps are abusive, describing them instead as job training centres aimed at countering religious extremism and terrorism File image of Uighur men near a police …
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In blow to human rights activists, ICC in The Hague rules out investigatin China’s detention of Muslims – World News , Firstpost
China has denied that the camps are abusive, describing them instead as job training centres aimed at countering religious extremism and terrorism File image of Uighur men near a police …
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This week is the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate accord, the ambitious international agreement to address climate change that more than 190 countries signed on to in 2015. President …
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Sections 213 and 214 of the penal code had criminalized “unnatural sex,” widely interpreted as homosexuality. Lawmaker Ugyen Wangdi, the vice chairperson of a joint panel considering the changes, said …
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By: AP | Bangkok | December 10, 2020 4:51:23 pm A line of pro-democracy protesters wearing helmets link hands as they walk in front of others carrying large inflatable ducks …
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Activists are fighting for a renewable future in Sub-Saharan Africa. Chinese coal projects threaten to dirty those plans
He knew the proposed plant’s wastewater, ash pit and mercury emissions posed serious health and environmental risks to the local fishing and farming communities. Access to clean drinking water was …
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International Animal Rights Day is celebrated annually on December 10, which coincides with the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. All animals have the right to …
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By: Deutsche Welle | December 8, 2020 3:45:39 pm The arrests came shortly after the US sanctioned 14 top Chinese officials, all of them vice chairpersons of the National People’s …
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North Carolina Democrats and progressive organizers this year had hoped for a repeat of the 2008 election, when Democrats won in the state up and down the ballot. Instead, they …
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