TORONTO — The Canadian branch of Amnesty International said Monday it was…
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Trial begins over death of Ugandan woman killed in Utah park
SALT LAKE CITY — Ludovic Michaud was driving around the scenic red…
George Clooney, Gladys Knight among Kennedy Center honorees
WASHINGTON — Performers such as Gladys Knight or the Irish band U2…
Mamie King-Chalmers, woman in civil rights photo, dies at 81
DETROIT — Mamie King-Chalmers, who as a young Black woman appeared in…
Human rights groups criticize Cuba’s new criminal code
HAVANA — Cuba enacted a new penal code this week that activists…
Egypt announces freedom, mass pardon for 30 jailed activists
CAIRO — Egypt announced late Thursday the release of 30 political activists…
Nigerian teens create fashion from trash to fight pollution
LAGOS, Nigeria — Teenage climate activists in Nigeria’s largest city are recycling…
Nigerian teens create fashion from trash to fight pollution
LAGOS, Nigeria — Teenage climate activists in Nigeria’s largest city are recycling…
Activist Carol Leigh, who coined term `sex work’, dies at 71
SAN FRANCISCO — Carol Leigh, a San Francisco activist who is credited…
Family: Egypt activist deteriorated since hunger strike
CAIRO — The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah said that…
Climate activist blasts leaders holding onto fossil projects
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate slammed world leaders…
Family says Egyptian hunger-striking activist drinking water
CAIRO — Egypt’s imprisoned hunger-striking activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah has started drinking water…
Famed painting ‘The Scream’ targeted by climate activists
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norwegian police said two climate activists tried in vain…
Just Stop Oil pauses UK highway protest that snarled traffic
LONDON — British climate activists who have blocked roads and splattered artworks…
Climate activists block private jets at Amsterdam airport
EDE, Netherlands — Hundreds of climate protesters blocked private jets from leaving…
California governor pardons abortion activist from 1940s
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday posthumously pardoned an abortion…
Family: Egypt activist in prison starts ‘full hunger strike’
LONDON — Egypt’s most prominent imprisoned activist went on “full hunger strike”’…
Journalist crushed to death at ex-Pakistan PM Khan’s march
LAHORE, Pakistan — A female journalist was crushed to death Sunday in…
Climate protesters throw mashed potatoes at Monet painting
BERLIN — Climate protesters threw mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting…
Inflation protests across Europe threaten political turmoil
LONDON — In Romania, protesters blew horns and banged drums to voice…