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Judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist who led protests at Columbia
An immigration judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian graduate student who led protests…
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Palestine Action activist compared to suffragette
An alleged Palestine Action activist accused of violent disorder during a break-in at an Israel-based defence firm's UK site, has been…
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Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah arrives in UK after release from Egyptian prison
Abd el-Fattah, 44, has become Egypt's most prominent political prisoner after spending much of his adult life in and out of detention due…
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Russian court sentences pro-war activist and Putin critic to 6 years in prison
A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of President Vladimir Putin of justifying terrorism and sentenced…
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Hamas hoarded, hid tons of baby formula in Gaza over past six months, Gazan activist accuses
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib reveals footage of Hamas hiding baby formula in Gaza during the hunger crisis. Israel’s Foreign Ministry condemns…
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2 former South African apartheid police officers are convicted of killing an activist 38 years ago
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Two former apartheid-era police officers in South Africa were found guilty of murder Tuesday in the 1987…
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Trial of pro-Palestine activist begins
A woman used social media posts to invite support towards proscribed terrorist organisations, prosecutors have told a court. The trial of…
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Ukrainian activist says victims must have a say in peace talks
The current peace talks on Ukraine need to pay greater attention to humanitarian issues, Oleksandra Matviichuk, whose Center for Civil…
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'Palestine Action activist whipped security guard'
An alleged Palestine Action activist "whipped" a security guard during an organised break-in at an Israel-based defence firm's UK site, a…
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Freed British-Egyptian activist not allowed to fly to UK, family says
British-Egyptian pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was stopped from flying to the UK by Egyptian passport control earlier this…
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For this undocumented activist, returning to Mexico wasn’t exile. It was liberation
On an overcast morning in September, Hector Alessandro Negrete left his beloved Los Angeles — the city he was brought to at 3 months old —…
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Bipartisan group of lawmakers calls on Trump to press China's Xi to release activist Jimmy Lai
A bipartisan group of more than 30 senators led by Rick Scott of Florida urged President Trump ahead of his meeting with Chinese President…
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Global Sumud Flotilla activist sentenced to 10 days in prison after assaulting guard
The activist was fined 10,000 shekels and given a suspended fine of 5,000 shekels for three years. Seven detainees from the flotilla…
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Family waits, worries after SoCal activist with Gaza flotilla is sent to Israeli prison
Last week, David Adler posted what he said would be his final communication from aboard a boat sailing toward Gaza carrying medical…
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Black Liberation Activist Assata Shakur Dies After 41 Years in Exile
Shakur briefly lived as a fugitive in the U.S., as police monitored her daughter and friends and performed massive, armed sweeps of Black…
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Activist flotilla seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza says drones attacked its boats
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Activists taking part in a flotilla seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza said Wednesday that some of their…
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Paris court orders trial for far-right activist accused of killing former Argentina rugby star
PARIS (AP) — The Paris court of appeal on Tuesday ordered a man linked with France’s extreme right to stand trial on a charge of murder in…
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British-Egyptian activist reunited with family
British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has been freed and reunited with his family after almost six years of imprisonment in Egypt.…
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Al-Sissi pardons prominent Egyptian activist Abdel-Fattah
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi issued a pardon on Monday for prominent activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, a presidential statement…
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Egypt's president pardons British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned the prominent British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has been imprisoned for…
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Transgenderism vs. ‘Trans Ideology’: A Useful Distinction, No Matter What the Activist Class Says
There are those who seek to live an unobtrusive life in the identity of their choice, and those whose gender dysphoria is accompanied by…
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Neglect of Israel's Bedouin communities could lead to catastrophe, activist warns
Hagai Reznik warns decades of neglect towards Israel’s Bedouin community in the Negev could lead to a catastrophe, citing illegal weapons,…
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Nigeria secessionist activist jailed for terrorism in Finland
A court in Finland has sentenced a controversial leader of a Nigerian secessionist movement to six years in prison after convicting him of…
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Activist from terrorist-linked group joins latest Gaza flotilla with Greta Thunberg
Abubakra is one of the founders of Masar Badil, as well as the coordinator for the Madrid chapter of the Samidoun Prisoner Solidarity…