Tag: Political activism
Russian rights NGO disbands under ‘foreign agent’ pressure
MOSCOW — A longtime human rights organization in Russia announced Sunday it's disbanding because of pressure from the country’s foreign agents law.
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GOP pushes bills to allow social media ‘censorship’ lawsuits
Republican state lawmakers are pushing for social media giants to face costly lawsuits for policing content on their websites, taking aim at a federal...
German officials want emails, IMs tied to real-world ID
BERLIN — Germany security officials are proposing that Internet companies should link a user's real-world identity to all of their instant messages, emails and...
In Peru, sterilization case against Fujimori goes to court
LIMA, Peru — Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is on trial for his role in a 1990s government program in which many Indigenous women...
LeBron James rejects Zlatan’s criticism of activist athletes
LOS ANGELES — LeBron James responded to Zlatan Ibrahimovic's criticism of his political activism with a promise that he will never just shut up...
Lawyer: Egypt releases activist after 30 months of detention
CAIRO — Egyptian authorities Tuesday released a university professor and activist after he spent more than a year in pre-trail detention, his lawyer said.
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Lawyer: Egypt releases activist after 30 months of detention
CAIRO — Egyptian authorities Tuesday released a university professor and activist after he spent more than a year in pre-trail detention, his lawyer said.
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Activist charged with felony stemming from Kenosha protests
KENOSHA, Wis. — An activist who participated in protests following the August police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha was charged Friday with a...
Wife: No signs of torture on body of slain Hezbollah critic
BEIRUT — An independent autopsy revealed no signs of torture on the body of a well-known Lebanese publisher and vocal critic of the Shiite...
